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| + | Designer: KAO (Kuninkaallinen Aseiden Osasto(Royal Armament Department)) |
− | |is_artillery=yes
| + | Weight: 50 tonnes |
− | |is_explosive= yes
| + | Length: 9.45 meters |
− | |is_ranged=yes
| + | Caliber: 305mm |
− | | image= HMSDreadnought gunsLOCBain17494.jpg
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− | | image_size = 300
| + | [[category:Emperia]] |
− | |caption=On {{HMS|Dreadnought|1906|6}}
| + | [[category:Heimojenmaa]] |
− | |name= BL 12 inch gun Mk X
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− | |origin= United Kingdom
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− | |used_by=
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− | |wars=[[World War I]]
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− | |type=Naval gun
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− | |date=
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− | |designer=[[Vickers]]
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− | |manufacturer=[[Vickers]]
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− | |service=1906 - 1923
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− | |caliber= {{convert|12|in|mm|sigfig=4}}
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− | |part_length={{convert|45|ft|m|sigfig=4}} bore (45 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|cal]])
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− | |carriage=
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− | |breech=[[Welin interrupted screw]]
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− | |rate=
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− | |velocity={{convert|2700|ft/s|m/s|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}<ref>2700 ft/second : As quoted in [http://dreadnoughtproject.org/docs/notes/Range_Tables_for_HM_Fleet_1910.php "Range Tables for His Majesty's Fleet, 1910. February, 1911"]; with 260 lb cordite MD size 45 propellant : [[Treatise on Ammunition]], 1915</ref>
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− | |cartridge={{convert|850|lb|sigfig=4}} [[British ordnance terms#Common lyddite|Lyddite]], [[Armour-piercing]], [[Shrapnel shell|Shrapnel]]<ref>850 lb shells : [[Treatise on Ammunition]], 1915</ref>
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− | |max_range={{convert|22860|m|yd|abbr=on}}<ref>22,860 metres quoted at : http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/76624x53535/8330/a0.htm This is understood to be the maximum possible range at 45° elevation, which was possible for siege mountings on land but not for naval mounts</ref>
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− | |weight=57 tons barrel & breech<ref>http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/76624x53535/8330/a0.htm</ref>
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Revision as of 19:17, 9 February 2018
Designer: KAO (Kuninkaallinen Aseiden Osasto(Royal Armament Department))
Weight: 50 tonnes
Length: 9.45 meters
Caliber: 305mm