4.7 inch gun
A 4.7 inch Gun is any of a number of British-built 120 mm naval artillery guns. Several of these guns were designed and manufactured by the Elswick Ordnance Company, part of Armstrong Whitworth. They were a major export item and hence were actually of 120 mm calibre to meet the requirements of metricised navies (although the size was ultimately based on a 12-pound round shot), 4.7 inch is an approximation used for the British designation.
Also recorded as 4.7" gun · 12 cm naval gun · 4.7" naval gun · 120 mm naval gun
4.7 inch gun
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A 4.7 inch Gun is any of a number of British-built 120 mm naval artillery guns. Several of these guns were designed and manufactured by the Elswick Ordnance Company, part of Armstrong Whitworth. They were a major export item and hence were actually of 120 mm calibre to meet the requirements of metricised navies (although the size was ultimately based on a 12-pound round shot), 4.7 inch is an approximation used for the British designation.
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4.7 inch guns include: • QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I - IV British naval gun deployed on cruisers 1888 to 1918, also as a field gun in World War I • QF 4.7 inch Mk V naval gun Japanese-built gun, armed British merchant ships in World War I & World War II • BL 4.7 inch /45 naval gun British naval gun used 1918 to 1945 • QF 4.7 inch Mk VIII naval gun British anti-aircraft gun on Nelson class battleships in World War II • 4.7 inch QF Mark IX & XII British naval guns deployed on destroyers in World War II • QF 4.7 inch Mark XI gun British naval gun deployed on destroyers in World War II
4.7 inch gun is a rifled breech loader or naval artillery.
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