The 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 – United States Naval Gun is the main armament of the Iowa -class battleships and was the planned main armament of the canceled Montana -class battleship.

2020年6月20日 · Constructional view of 16"/50 (40.6 cm) Mark 7 gun. Sketch from "Iowa Class Battleships" by Sumrall. Components for 16"/50 (40.6 cm). From left to right: Liner, A tube, Jacket (B1 and B2) and Outer Hoops (C1 and C2). 16" (40.6 cm) gun barrel being lowered into an electric furnace gun pit at the WNY Naval Gun Factory for liner insertion. The pit ...

These 10 ships, completed between 1941 and 1944, comprised the USN's "third generation" battleships and all saw service in WW II. The designation 16"/50 means a 16" diameter shell and a barrel 50 calibers long. That would be 16x50=800 inches, or a barrel 66.66 feet long.

The US Army's 16"/50 (40.6 cm) M1919 coastal defense gun was an almost completely different design and was one of the few wire wound guns ever built in the USA. It weighed nearly 24 tons (25 mt) more than the Mark 2 and was about 0.5 calibers longer.

This heavier projectile made these guns nearly the equal in terms of penetration power to the 46 cm (18.1") guns of the Japanese Yamato class battleships, yet they weighed less than three-quarters as much.

2020年10月22日 · The Iowa-class fast battleships (they had a top speed of 35 knots) displaced 45,000 tons, and their main armament was nine 16-inch guns in three three-gun turrets. When built, they had twenty five-inch guns in ten two-gun turrets.

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2023年10月4日 · The gun seen here is a 16 inch (406mm) L/50 Mark 7 naval gun, the main weapon of Iowa class battleships, and one of the best large caliber naval guns ever developed. The full gun is 20.7...

2010年4月10日 · These projectiles were fired from the largest guns used by the U.S. Navy, specifically the 16-inch/50 caliber guns on the Iowa-class battleships. These ships were the USS Iowa (BB61), USS New Jersey (BB62), USS Missouri (BB63), and USS Wisconsin (BB64) built between 1940 and 1944.

2013年7月3日 · Well, the 16-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 cannons of the US Navy’s Iowa class battleships were the biggest stick the country had for over 50 years. Model of 16 inch gun on exhibition. In 1938, the...