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240mm/50 Modèle 1902 gun

Field	Value
name	240mm/50 Modèle 1902 gun
image	French battleship Condorcet NH 42847 (cropped).jpg
image_size	300
caption	Secondary guns of the Condorcet
origin	France
type	Naval gun
Coastal defense gun
is_ranged	y
is_explosive	y
is_artillery	y
used_by	France
wars	First World War
Second World War
design_date	1902/1906
production_date	1910
weight	29.55 t
part_length	12.508 m L/50
cartridge	Separate loading bagged charges and projectiles
cartridge_weight	240 kg
caliber	240 mm
rate	2 rounds per minute
velocity	800 m/s
max_range	Naval: 14000 m at +13°
Coastal: 23812 m at +45°
breech	Manz interrupted screw
recoil	Hydro-pneumatic
elevation	Naval: +13°
Coastal: +45°
traverse	-80° to +80°
filling	Picric acid

Coastal defense gun Second World War Coastal: 23812 m at +45° Coastal: +45° The 240mm/50 Modèle 1902 gun was a heavy naval gun and Coastal defense gun of the French Navy.

The type was used on the Danton-class battleships as secondary battery, mounted in six twin turrets.

The guns were later used as coastal artillery after the ships were broken up, and served during the Second World War, notably in the Battle of Dakar. One open-top twin gun turret is preserved at the battery Castel Gorée, where it has been installed after 1934 to the older coastal defence armoured turret.

Two further examples in single open barbettes are preserved near the Jesus Christ Statue at Vũng Tàu in reasonably good condition. These emplacements were part of a system of coastal fortifications constructed in French Indochina during the early 20th century.

Photo Gallery

File:Gorée-Canon.jpg| Batterie du Castel at Gorée, Senegal File:Gorée - Canons du Castel.JPG File:Gorée - Batterie du Castel (2).JPG

Bibliography

References

Campbell, ''Naval Weapons of WWII'', p.290.
DiGiulian, Tony. "France 24 cm/50 (9.45") Model 1902-1906 - NavWeaps".

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