12-inch/40-caliber gun
The 12"/40 caliber gun (spoken as "twelve-inch-forty--caliber") were used for the primary batteries of the United States Navy's last class of monitors and the Maine-class and Virginia-class pre-dreadnought battleships.
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12-inch/40-caliber gun
The 12"/40 caliber gun (spoken as "twelve-inch-forty--caliber") were used for the primary batteries of the United States Navy's last class of monitors and the Maine-class and Virginia-class pre-dreadnought battleships.
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The 12"/40 caliber gun (spoken ...... s pre-dreadnought battleships.
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used in war
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View of and her forward 12"/40 caliber guns in the Mark 4 turret in 1916.
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armor-piercing
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elevation
*Marks 4:-3° to +15°
*Marks 5:−7° to +20°
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is artillery
YES
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is ranged
YES
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number
*Mark 3: 41
*Mark 4: 10
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United States
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bore
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range
at 15.5° elevation
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rate
* 0.66 rounds per minute
* 2 rounds per minute
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service
traverse
−150° to +150°
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used by
variants
Mark 3 and Mark 4
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weight
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The 12"/40 caliber gun (spoken ...... s pre-dreadnought battleships.
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12-inch/40-caliber gun
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12"/40 caliber Mark 3 and Mark 4
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