14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun

14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun Type 3 140mm Gun from Battleship Mutsu - 1-wp.jpg 300 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun from the battleship Mutsu Japan Naval gunCoast-defense gun YES YES 1914–1945 Imperial Japanese Navy World War I World War II 5600 - 5700 kg us 0 7.0 m ftin us (bore length) separate-loading, bagged charge 38 kg us 14 cm in 2 us About 6 rounds per minute 850 - 855 m/s ft/s us 19750 m yd us at +35°Campbell, p. 190 Welin breech block -7° to +35° depending on mount The 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun was a Japanese low-angle weapon introduced during World War I. History It served as the secondary armament in a number of Japanese dreadnoughts and as the main armament in light cruisers and some auxiliary ships. It was also the most common Japanese coast-defense gun during World War II. "Third year type" refers to the Welin breech block on this gun. Breech-block design began in 1914, the third year of the Taishō period. This breech-block design was also used on Japanese 41 cm on, 20.3 cm on, 15.5 cm on, 12.7 cm on, and 12 cm on naval guns.Campbell, pp. 173, 190 This gun was not mounted aboard submarines. Submarine cruisers used the shorter-barreled 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun.Campbell, pp. 190–91 Naval Use single casemate mounts 20x1 Ise battleship (removed during conversion to hybrid carrier) 20x1 Nagato battleship single pedestal mounts 7x1 Sendai cruiser 7x1 Nagara cruiser 7x1 Kuma cruiser 4x1 Tenryū cruiser 2x1 light cruiser Japanese cruiser Yūbari 2 (also had twin mounts) 4x1 aircraft carrier Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō 2 twin mounts 3x2 seaplane carrier Japanese seaplane carrier Nisshin 2 2x2 Jingei submarine tender 2x2 Katori cruiser 2x2 minelayer Japanese minelayer Okinoshima 2 2x2 light cruiser Japanese cruiser Yūbari 2 (also had single mounts) (uncertain mount) Akagi Maru armed merchantmen Kongō Maru armed merchantmen Ning Hai cruiser See also Weapons of comparable role, performance and era BL 5.5 inch Mark I naval gun : British equivalent Canon de 138 mm Modèle 1910 Naval gun : French equivalent Gallery Notes References Naval Weapons of World War Two Campbell John Naval Institute Press Annapolis, Maryland 1985 0-87021-459-4 Friedman Norman Naval Weapons of World War One: Guns, Torpedoes, Mines and ASW Weapons of All Nations; An Illustrated Directory Seaforth Publishing Barnsley, UK 2011 978-1-84832-100-7 Norman Friedman External links 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type on navweaps.com Category:World War II naval weapons Category:Naval guns of Japan Category:140 mm artillery