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| − | '' | + | The 120 millimeter/45-calibers O.T.O. Mod. 1926 is a licensed version of the French [[120 mm/45 Canet-Schneider-Armstrong mod.1918-19 (120 mm)|120 mm/45 Canet-Schneider-Armstrong mod.1918]] naval gun. A French design, the guns were originally used to arm auxiliary craft during World War I. Licensed production began with Vickers-Terni in 1924 leading the 120 mm/45 Vickers-Terni Mod. 1924 used on the ''Sauro''-class destroyers. These new guns offered more firepower compared to the prior WWI-era destroyers built with 102mm guns and 102mm as the standard caliber for future destroyer designs. These guns used a 17-pound smokeless powder charge to launch a 51-pound projectile at 2,800 feet per second and a range of 9.6 miles. Its maximum elevation was 33 degrees and it used a 16.6 twin mount to increase dispersion. In 1926, The Terni Steelworks formally merged with ''Cantiere navale fratielli Orlando'' and ''Canitieri navali Odero'' to form O.T.O. The designation was thus changed to The 120 mm/45 O.T.O. model 1926 which was used to arm the later [[Turbine (Family)|''Turbine''-class]] destroyers and rearm their ''Sella''-class destroyers. |
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| + | All ships of the ''Turbine''-class with the majority serving in Italian service. However, ''RN Euro'' was still in service by the time of the Armistice of Cassibile in September 1943 and served in the Dodecanes Campaign before being sunk by [[Ju 87 (Family)|Ju 87 ''Stuka'']] air raid in October 1943 off the coast of Leros Island, Greece. The namesake ship [[RN Turbine|''RN Turbine'']] was seized by the ''Kriegsmarine'' (German War Navy) in 1944 and the Aegean Sea as a torpedo before suffering severe damage from an explosion at Porto Lago, Greece, and then being sunk by a US air strike while being repaired at Salamis Island. The ''Sella''-class similarly would change hands a few times during the war and two survived the conflict as a result. The namesake ''RN Quintino Sella'' served in the Italian Co-Belligerent Navy after the Armistice and was sunk on September 11th that year by a German E-boat while in the Adriatic Sea. ''Francesco Crispi'' was seized by the Germans like ''Turbine'' and, under the new name ''TA15'', she served until being sunk by an air attack in the Aegean on March 8th, 1944. The two ships to survive the war were the ''Bettino Ricasoli'' and ''Giovanni Nicotera''. These ships were sold to the Swedish in 1940 and the nation's neutrality meant the newly rechristened ''HSwMS Puke'' and ''HSwMS Psilander'' had mostly uneventful careers before they decommissioned in 1947 and were scrapped two years later. | ||
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* ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;'' | * ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;'' | ||
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* ''encyclopedia page on the weapon;'' | * ''encyclopedia page on the weapon;'' | ||
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History
The 120 millimeter/45-calibers O.T.O. Mod. 1926 is a licensed version of the French 120 mm/45 Canet-Schneider-Armstrong mod.1918 naval gun. A French design, the guns were originally used to arm auxiliary craft during World War I. Licensed production began with Vickers-Terni in 1924 leading the 120 mm/45 Vickers-Terni Mod. 1924 used on the Sauro-class destroyers. These new guns offered more firepower compared to the prior WWI-era destroyers built with 102mm guns and 102mm as the standard caliber for future destroyer designs. These guns used a 17-pound smokeless powder charge to launch a 51-pound projectile at 2,800 feet per second and a range of 9.6 miles. Its maximum elevation was 33 degrees and it used a 16.6 twin mount to increase dispersion. In 1926, The Terni Steelworks formally merged with Cantiere navale fratielli Orlando and Canitieri navali Odero to form O.T.O. The designation was thus changed to The 120 mm/45 O.T.O. model 1926 which was used to arm the later Turbine-class destroyers and rearm their Sella-class destroyers.
All ships of the Turbine-class with the majority serving in Italian service. However, RN Euro was still in service by the time of the Armistice of Cassibile in September 1943 and served in the Dodecanes Campaign before being sunk by Ju 87 Stuka air raid in October 1943 off the coast of Leros Island, Greece. The namesake ship RN Turbine was seized by the Kriegsmarine (German War Navy) in 1944 and the Aegean Sea as a torpedo before suffering severe damage from an explosion at Porto Lago, Greece, and then being sunk by a US air strike while being repaired at Salamis Island. The Sella-class similarly would change hands a few times during the war and two survived the conflict as a result. The namesake RN Quintino Sella served in the Italian Co-Belligerent Navy after the Armistice and was sunk on September 11th that year by a German E-boat while in the Adriatic Sea. Francesco Crispi was seized by the Germans like Turbine and, under the new name TA15, she served until being sunk by an air attack in the Aegean on March 8th, 1944. The two ships to survive the war were the Bettino Ricasoli and Giovanni Nicotera. These ships were sold to the Swedish in 1940 and the nation's neutrality meant the newly rechristened HSwMS Puke and HSwMS Psilander had mostly uneventful careers before they decommissioned in 1947 and were scrapped two years later.
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