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| Bore |
3" 76.2mm |
| Ammunition Type |
Contact or time fused HE fixed
shell. Shrapnel and star shells were also avaiilable. |
|
Weight of round |
17.5 lbs 7.94 kg |
|
Velocity |
2024 feet per second 617 meters per second |
|
Maximum
elevation |
90 degrees |
|
Range |
12,920 yards 11,810 meters |
| Altitude | 25,500
feet 7770 meters |
|
Firing cycle |
4.6 seconds |
This obsolete gun (introduced in 1914) was widely employed
on lesser warships,
basically
because it was available. Some of those mounted on submarines had a maximum elevation
of only 40 degrees, making them useless as antiaircraft guns.
References
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