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Naval Historical Center #41976
| Bore |
4" 101.6mm |
| Ammunition Type |
Contact fused HE fixed shell |
| Projectile weight | 33 lbs 15 kg |
| Velocity | 2900 feet per second 884 meters per second |
| Maximum elevation | 25 degrees |
| Range | 15,920 yards 14,560 meters |
| Firing cycle | 7 seconds |
This obsolescent weapon, which had no
antiaircraft capability,
was still employed on the Clemsons,
a few submarines,
and some auxiliaries and
armed merchantment early in the war. It came in several
slightly different
marks.
References
The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia (c) 2007 by Kent G. Budge. Index
