QF 6-inch 40 calibre naval gun 15 cm/40 (6") 41st Year Type | |
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![]() Typical naval deck mounting. An early long cartridge case for gunpowder propellant is upended at bottom left, a shell stands next to the cartridge. | |
Type | Naval gun Coast defence gun |
Place of origin | United Kingdom licence-produced in Japan |
Service history | |
In service | 1892–1945 |
Used by | Royal Navy Imperial Japanese Navy Chilean Navy Italian Navy Argentine Navy United States Romanian Navy Royal Canadian Navy |
Wars | Russo-Japanese War World War I World War II |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Elswick Ordnance Company Royal Arsenal, Woolwich |
Specifications | |
Mass | 6.6 tons |
Barrel length | 240 inches (6.096 m) bore |
Shell | QF, separate cartridge and shell |
Shell weight | 100 pounds (45 kg) |
Calibre | 6-inch (152mm) |
Elevation | -5 / +20 degrees |
Traverse | +150 / -150 degrees |
Rate of fire | 5–7 rounds per minute |
Muzzle velocity | 2,154 feet per second (657 m/s)[1] 820 feet per second (250 m/s) for anti-submarine shells |
Effective firing range | 10,000 yards (9,140 m) at 20°elevation; 15,000 yards (13,700 m) at 28°elevation |
The QF 6-inch 40 calibre naval gun (Quick-Firing) was used by many United Kingdom-built warships around the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century. In British service it was known as the QF 6-inch Mk I, II, III guns.[note 1] As the 15 cm/40 (6") 41st Year Type naval gun it was used for pre-dreadnought battleships, armoured cruisers and protected cruisers of the early Imperial Japanese Navy built in UK and European shipyards. It was also the heaviest gun ever carried by a pre-Cold War destroyer.
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