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14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun

Field	Value
name	14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun
image	Type 3 140mm Gun from Battleship Mutsu - 1-wp.jpg
image_size	300
caption	14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun from the battleship Mutsu
origin	Japan
type	Naval gun
Coast-defense gun
is_ranged	YES
is_artillery	YES
service	1914–1945
used_by
wars	*World War I
weight	5600 -
part_length	7.0 m (bore length)
cartridge	separate-loading, bagged charge
cartridge_weight	38 kg
caliber	14 cm
rate	About 6 rounds per minute
velocity	850 -
max_range	19750 m at +35°
breech	Welin breech block
elevation	-7° to +35° depending on mount

Coast-defense gun

World War II

The 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun was a Japanese low-angle weapon introduced during World War I.

History

It served as the secondary armament in a number of Japanese dreadnoughts and as the main armament in light cruisers and some auxiliary ships. It was also the most common Japanese coast-defense gun during World War II. "Third year type" refers to the Welin breech block on this gun. Breech-block design began in 1914, the third year of the Taishō period. This breech-block design was also used on Japanese 40 cm (16 inch), 20 cm (8 inch), 15.5 cm (6 inch), 12.7 cm (5 inch), and 12 cm (4.7 inch) naval guns.

This gun was not mounted aboard submarines. Submarine cruisers used the shorter-barreled 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun.

Naval Use

single casemate mounts
- 20x1 (removed during conversion to hybrid carrier)
- 20x1
single pedestal mounts
- 7x1
- 7x1
- 7x1
- 4x1
- 2x1 light cruiser (also had twin mounts)
- 4x1 aircraft carrier
twin mounts
- 3x2 seaplane carrier
- 2x2
- 2x2
- 2x2 minelayer
- 2x2 light cruiser (also had single mounts)

(uncertain mount)

Gallery

File:14 cm 3rd Year Type naval gun.jpg| A 3rd Year Type gun used for coastal defense. File:EnogaiCoastalGun.jpg| A captured gun after the Battle of Enogai. File:Japanese 14cm Guns on Tarawa, Pacific Ocean, 1943, WWII.JPG| A turret mounted gun captured on Tarawa. File:USMC-111203-M-LS108-091.jpg| One of the three surviving Piti Guns on Guam.

Notes

References

Campbell, p. 190
Campbell, pp. 173, 190
Campbell, pp. 190–91

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