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12cm Single Gun Mount
No.1 12cm単装砲
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Refittable Class | |
Coastal Defense Ship | Destroyer |
Light Cruiser | Torpedo Cruiser |
Heavy Cruiser | Training Cruiser |
Aviation Cruiser | Fast Battleship |
Battleship | Aviation Battleship |
Light Carrier | Standard Carrier |
Armored Carrier | Seaplane Tender |
Submarine | Aircraft Carrying Submarine |
Submarine Tender | Fleet Oiler |
Repair Ship | Amphibious Assault Ship |
Introduction
旧型の小型砲です。
旧型駆逐艦に標準的主砲として搭載されました。
装填・操砲も人力ですが、シンプルな構造で経済性も高く、駆逐艦や海防艦等の主砲として、長く使われました。
対空射撃には不向きです。
The older main gun for small vessels.
Equipped as the standard weapon on old destroyers.
Both loading and rotation were hand-operated, but with its simple construction and low cost, it served for a long time as the main weapon of destroyers and escorts.
Not intended for anti-air firing.
Notes
Buildable
Category Equipment that consume 12cm Single Gun Mount during improvement not found
Trivia
- This gun's basic structure is based on British QF 4.7in. Mk.IV gun, which later produced domestically in Japan, which was used by old Japanese Destroyers (Up to the Mutsuki-class) as their primary armament.
See also
- Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun - Wikipedia
- 45口径三年式12cm砲 - Wikipedia (Japanese link)
- Japan 12 cm/45 (4.7") 3rd Year Type and 11th Year Type - NavWeaps