Bofors 15.2 cm M/12 naval gun
Appearance
15.2 cm marinkanon M/12 | |
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Interior of a single-gun M/12 turret, showing the open breech and the interrupted screw | |
Type | Naval artillery |
Place of origin | Sweden |
Service history | |
In service | 1916–1957 |
Production history | |
Designer | Bofors |
Designed | 1912 |
Manufacturer | Bofors |
Specifications | |
Mass | 7.75 t (7.63 long tons; 8.54 short tons) |
Barrel length | 762 cm (25 ft) (50 caliber) |
Shell | 45.4 kg (100 lb) |
Caliber | 15.2 cm (6.0 in) |
Breech | Interrupted screw |
Elevation | -5°/+30° |
Rate of fire | 3–4 rpm |
Muzzle velocity | 850 m/s (2,800 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 16,000 m (17,000 yd) (19,000m post 1930's) |
The Bofors 15.2 cm M/12 naval gun was a weapon used as the secondary armament of the Swedish Sverige-class coastal defence ships. It was designed and built by Bofors a few years before the First World War.
Bibliography
[edit]- Ahlberg, Lars (1986). "Gun Data for the Swedish Svierge Class Coastal Battleships". F.P.D.S. Newsletter. XIV (3): 1.
- Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-459-4.
- Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval Weapons of World War One: Guns, Torpedoes, Mines and ASW Weapons of All Nations; An Illustrated Directory. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-100-7.
- Harris, Daniel G. (1992). "The Svierge Class Coastal Defense Ships". In Gardiner, Robert (ed.). Warship 1992. London: Naval Institute Press. pp. 80–98. ISBN 0-85177-603-5.
External links
[edit]- Tony DiGiulian, Sweden 15.2 cm/50 (6") Model 1912