40 mm/39 Vickers-Terni mod.1915/1917 (40 mm)
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Description
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General info
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Available ammunition
Penetration statistics | |||||||
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Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 2,000 m | ||
40 mm HE-TF | HE-TF | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | |||||
0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||||||
40 mm HE-TF | HE-TF | 610 | 0.92 | 0 | 0.1 | 31 | 79° | 80° | 81° |
Comparison with analogues
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Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
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History
The Vickers-Terni mod.1915/1917 is an Italian licensed version of the 2-pounder Mark II "pom-poms" used by the British Navy. In 1915, the Royal Navy understood the threat aircraft would pose and ordered what became the "pom-poms" to arm their ships of cruiser size and below. A scaled-up version of a design by Sir Hiram Maxim, the design was adopted by the Italians in 1917. Originally, 50 were purchased from the UK before the production license was negotiated with Vickers-Terni. It remained the main production anti-aircraft gun until the 1930s when the Regio Marina (Royal Italian Navy) began looking for a replacement. While the gun was updated as the 40 mm/39 Vickers-Terni mod.1915/1917, Modif.1930, this move was only a stopgap until the locally designed 37 mm/54 Breda Mod.32 was adopted.
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See also
- 40 mm/39 Vickers-Terni mod.1915/1917, Modif.1930 (40 mm) - updated drum-fed variant.
External links
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