The Type 41 3-inch naval gun otherwise known as the 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun was a Japanese dual-purpose gun introduced before World War I. Although designated as 8 cm, its shells were 76.2 mm
A 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun at the Yasukuni Shrine.
A 12-pounder aboard the Japanese Battleship Mikasa.
A 12-pounder showing its single-motion interrupted screw breech and bottom mounted recoil system.
A Japanese 3rd year type showing its 45° sliding block breech and its top mounted recoil system.
Kongō-class battlecruiser
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The Kongō-class battlecruiser was a class of four battlecruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy immediately before World War I. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, the lead ship
8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun
…Kinesaki-class food supply ship Kongō-class battlecruiser Kuma-class cruiser…
Kongō in May 1913
A 14-inch gun being installed aboard Haruna, October 1914
Kongō following her first reconstruction
Hiei in 1933, as a training ship