8"/35 caliber gun
The 8"/35 caliber gun Mark 3 and Mark 4 (spoken "eight-inch-thirty-five--caliber") were used for the main batteries of the United States Navy's first armored cruisers and the secondary batteries for their first battleships, the Indiana-class. The 8"/40 caliber gun Mark 5 initially armed the Pennsylvania-class armored cruisers.
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8"/35 caliber gun
The 8"/35 caliber gun Mark 3 and Mark 4 (spoken "eight-inch-thirty-five--caliber") were used for the main batteries of the United States Navy's first armored cruisers and the secondary batteries for their first battleships, the Indiana-class. The 8"/40 caliber gun Mark 5 initially armed the Pennsylvania-class armored cruisers.
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The 8"/35 caliber gun Mark 3 a ...... lvania-class armored cruisers.
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used in war
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Crewmen standing atop forward port side 8-inch gun turret, circa the later 1890s.
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elevation
* Marks 3 and 4: -5° to +20°
* ...... Marks 7, 8, and 9: −7° to +14°
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*Marks 3 & 4:
*Mark 5:
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number
*Mark 3: 19
*Mark 4: 56
*Mark 5: 24
part length
*Marks 3 & 4: bore
*Mark 5: bore
range
Marks 3 & 4: at 20.1° elevation
rate
* 1890s: 0.5 – 0.8 rounds per minute
* 1900s: 2 – 2.8 rounds per minute
service
* Mark 3: 1890
* Mark 5: 1894
traverse
* Bow and Stern Mountings: −15 ...... klyn Amidships Mountings: 140°
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velocity
*Marks 3 & 4:
*Mark 5:
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*Mark 3:
*Mark 5:
*Mark 5:
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The 8"/35 caliber gun Mark 3 a ...... lvania-class armored cruisers.
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8"/35 caliber gun
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8"/35 caliber Mark 3 & 4 / 8"/40 caliber Mark 5 Naval Gun
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