Minizini (100 mm)

Description

The 100 mm Minizini is the Soviet designation of the Italian 100 mm/47 O.T.O. Mod. 1928 naval gun, itself a derivative of the Austro-Hungarian Škoda 10 cm K1, imported for use on the Svetlana and Admiral Nakhimov class cruisers. The name Minizini is derived from the designer of the twin-gun mount, General Eugenio Minisini.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• Kerch
• Krasny Kavkaz
• Krasny Krym

General info

The Minizini is effective against most small targets, its size allows it to hull-break boats, the base-fuze HE can help damage the interiors of small ships, and the HE-TF can be used against aircraft, though the timed-fuze is not very accurate. The mount has a good traverse speed, and a fast reload of 5 seconds aced. These factors make it an effective secondary weapon for the cruisers it's equipped on, allowing them to easily destroy smaller targets that the main guns can't engage.

Available ammunition

There are 2 choices of shells for the Minizini, a base-fuze HE and a timed-fuze HE.

• HE - Its base fuze allows it to effectively damage the interior modules of destroyers and lightly armoured cruisers
• Anti-air HE

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		100 m	1,000 m	2,000 m	3,000 m	4,000 m	5,000 m
HE	HE	53	46	40	34	30	26
Anti-air HE	HE-TF	26	26	26	26	26	26

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (s)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
HE	HE	800	15.8	0.035	5	1,240	79°	80°	81°
Anti-air HE	HE-TF	880	13.85	0	0.1	2,060	79°	80°	81°

Comparison with analogues

• 100 mm/47 O.T.O. Mod. 1928 - Despite being the same weapon, the Soviet Minizini has a higher rate of fire than its Italian counterpart. The Minizini also fires more powerful HE shells, (1.91/2.06 kg to 1.3 kg of explosive mass).
• 10.5 cm SK C/33 AA - Similar twin mount German AA gun, it has a higher rate of fire and muzzle velocity but weaker shells. Depending on the ship, has access to either a selection of shells or just an HE-TF shell.

Usage in battles

The Minizini is a secondary weapon on 3 very different light cruisers, but its use generally doesn't change. It is very effective against small boats due to its fast reload and good traverse speed, which is very useful because of the slow traverse of the various main batteries, and it can hull break boats, which the AA battery cannot. The HE-TF like all timed fuze shells is not very effective or accurate against aircraft, but those ships already have good AA batteries to compensate.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Can hull-break boats
• Decent explosive mass in shells, comparable to the 102 mm guns on the Frunze
• Twin gun mounts, more firepower per shot
• Fast reload, allows for better sustained fire
• Fast turret traverse, can quickly turn to face unexpected targets

Cons:

• No access to AP shells, cannot effectively damage armoured vessels
• Shell has no tracer, can be hard to see where it will land

History

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See also

• 100 mm/47 O.T.O. Mod. 1937 - Further Italian development in a single mount

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USSR naval cannons
20 mm	ShVAK
25 mm	2M-3
30 mm	AK-230 · 30 mm/54 AK-630 · 30 mm/54 AK-630M · BP "Plamya"
37 mm	37 mm/67 70-K · V-11
45 mm	45 mm/46 21-K · 45 mm/68 21-KM · 45 mm/89 SM-20-ZIF · 45 mm/89 SM-21-ZIF
57 mm	AK-725
75 mm	75 mm/50 Canet patt.1892
76 mm	34-K · 39-K · 76 mm/60 AK-176M · AK-726 · D-56TS · F-34 · Lender AA gun, pattern 1914/15
85 mm	85 mm/52 92-K · 85 mm/54.6 ZIS-C-53 · 90-K
100 mm	100 mm/56 B-34 · 100 mm/70 SM-5-1 · Minizini
102 mm	Pattern 1911
120 mm	120 mm/50 pattern 1905
130 mm	130 mm/55 pattern 1913 · 130 mm/58 SM-2-1 · B-13
152 mm	152 mm/57 B-38
180 mm	180 mm/57 B-1-P · 180 mm/60 B-1-K
305 mm	12-inch/52 pattern 1907 · 305 mm/54 B-50
356 mm	14-inch/52 pattern 1913 (356 mm)
	Foreign:
40 mm	2pdr QF Mk.IIc (Britain) · Skoda (Czechoslovakia)
47 mm	3 pdr QF Hotchkiss (Britain)
76 mm	76 mm/40 Ansaldo mod.1917 (Italy)
88 mm	SK C/30 (Germany)
120 mm	120 mm/50 Mk.4 Bofors M1924 (Sweden) · 120 mm/50 O.T.O. Mod.1933 (Italy)
152 mm	152/53 mm O.T.O. Mod.1929 (Italy)
320 mm	320 mm/44 Ansaldo model 1934 (Italy)