12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun
The 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun was a medium calibre naval gun of the Imperial Japanese Navy used during World War II. It was the standard weapon for Japanese destroyers between 1928 and 1944 (except Akizuki and Matsu classes). It has been credited as a true dual-purpose gun, but this was more a nominal capability than real as its bag propellant and need for hand ramming required the gun to be loaded at angles between 5–10° which dropped its rate of fire to a relatively slow 5–10 rounds per minute and its training speed of only 6° per second meant that it had a great deal of difficulty engaging enemy aircraft with any chance of success. After the end of World War II the gun remained in service on the two Japanese destroyers ceded to the Soviet Union and the Republic of China as war reparat
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12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun
The 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun was a medium calibre naval gun of the Imperial Japanese Navy used during World War II. It was the standard weapon for Japanese destroyers between 1928 and 1944 (except Akizuki and Matsu classes). It has been credited as a true dual-purpose gun, but this was more a nominal capability than real as its bag propellant and need for hand ramming required the gun to be loaded at angles between 5–10° which dropped its rate of fire to a relatively slow 5–10 rounds per minute and its training speed of only 6° per second meant that it had a great deal of difficulty engaging enemy aircraft with any chance of success. After the end of World War II the gun remained in service on the two Japanese destroyers ceded to the Soviet Union and the Republic of China as war reparat
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50倍径三年式127毫米炮(平假名:50こうけいさんねんしき ...... 驱逐舰用火炮,在日本海军中从吹雪型驱逐舰开始多用于驱逐舰上。
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50口径三年式12.7センチ砲(50こうけいさんねんしき12 ...... る。吹雪型駆逐艦を筆頭に日本海軍の駆逐艦の多くに採用された。
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Il 12,7 cm/50 Type 3 era un ca ...... peratore Taishō, cioè il 1914.
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The 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gu ...... c of China as war reparations.
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50倍径三年式127毫米炮(平假名:50こうけいさんねんしき ...... 驱逐舰用火炮,在日本海军中从吹雪型驱逐舰开始多用于驱逐舰上。
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50口径三年式12.7センチ砲(50こうけいさんねんしき12 ...... る。吹雪型駆逐艦を筆頭に日本海軍の駆逐艦の多くに採用された。
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Il 12,7 cm/50 Type 3 era un ca ...... peratore Taishō, cioè il 1914.
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The 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gu ...... public of China as war reparat
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12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun
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127 mm Type 3
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50倍径三年式127毫米炮
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50口径三年式12.7センチ砲
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