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Thursday, September 23, 2004

Japanese guns

I was to look at Japanese gun data in Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War:

20in/45 (510mm)

  • length of barrel: 77.3ft
  • weight with breach: 227 tons
  • AP shot: 4,299 lbs
  • charge: 1,058 lbs
  • twin turret weight: 2,780 tons
  • date: 1940

18.1in/45 (460mm)

  • length of barrel: 69.3ft
  • weight with breach: 165.76 tons
  • AP shot: 3218.75 lbs
  • charge: 793.66 lbs
  • triple turret weight: 2,565 tons
  • date: 1934-1939

18.9in/45

  • length of barrel: unknown
  • weight with breach: 167 tons
  • AP shot: 3,417.17 lbs
  • charge: 751.78 lbs
  • twin turret weight: 2,500 tons
  • date: 1916

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