• Source: 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun

The 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun was a Japanese low-angle weapon introduced during World War I.




History


It served as the secondary armament in a number of Japanese dreadnoughts and as the main armament in light cruisers and some auxiliary ships. It was also the most common Japanese coast-defense gun during World War II. "Third year type" refers to the Welin breech block on this gun. Breech-block design began in 1914, the third year of the Taishō period. This breech-block design was also used on Japanese 40 cm (16 inch), 20 cm (8 inch), 15.5 cm (6 inch), 12.7 cm (5 inch), and 12 cm (4.7 inch) naval guns.
This gun was not mounted aboard submarines. Submarine cruisers used the shorter-barreled 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun.




Naval Use


single casemate mounts
20x1 Ise-class battleship (removed during conversion to hybrid carrier)
20x1 Nagato-class battleship
single pedestal mounts
7x1 Sendai-class cruiser
7x1 Nagara-class cruiser
7x1 Kuma-class cruiser
4x1 Tenryū-class cruiser
2x1 light cruiser Yūbari (also had twin mounts)
4x1 aircraft carrier Hōshō
twin mounts
3x2 seaplane carrier Nisshin
2x2 Jingei-class submarine tender
2x2 Katori-class cruiser
2x2 minelayer Okinoshima
2x2 light cruiser Yūbari (also had single mounts)
(uncertain mount)
Akagi Maru-class armed merchantmen
Kongō Maru-class armed merchantmen
Ning Hai-class cruiser




See also






= Weapons of comparable role, performance and era

=
BL 5.5 inch Mark I naval gun : British equivalent
Canon de 138 mm Modèle 1910 Naval gun : French equivalent




Gallery























Notes






References


Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War Two. 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.




External links



14 cm/50 3rd Year Type on navweaps.com

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Kapal penjelajah Jepang Tenryū
• Kapal penjelajah Jepang Isuzu
• Daftar meriam laut menurut kaliber
• Kapal penjelajah kelas Kuma
• Meriam kaliber 16"/45
• Kaliber 155 mm
• Kapal penjelajah Jepang Takao (1930)
• 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun
• 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun
• 41 cm/45 3rd Year Type naval gun
• 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun
• Type 10 120 mm AA gun
• 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun
• List of naval guns by caliber
• List of naval guns by country
• QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun
• 16-inch/45-caliber Mark 6 gun