12.7 cm SK C/34 naval gun
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The 12.7 cm SK C/34 was a German medium-caliber naval gun deployed on destroyers from 1934 through the Second World War. Some of these guns remained in service until 2003 in the coastal defense units
Aft guns on Z3 Max Schultz
5-inch/38-caliber gun
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The Mark 12 5"/38-caliber gun was a United States dual-purpose naval gun, but also installed in single-purpose mounts on a handful of ships. The 38-calibers long barrel was a mid-length compromise bet
12.7 cm SK C/34 naval gun
…inch QF Mark IX & XII : equivalent British destroyer guns, firing a shell nearly 12 pounds lighter, to a range 2,000 yards less than the German gun. 5"/38 caliber gun : equivalent US gun, but unlike the German gun had dual-purpose mount allowing anti-aircraft fire. However, the 5"/38 caliber was a lighter weapon, and…
Two Mk 30 single enclosed base ring mounts on USS David W. Taylor
Mk 12 gun assembly
Vertical Sliding Wedge Breech Block.
Drawing of the recoil and counter-recoil systems. The arrow shows the motion of the housing in the slide during recoil.