5 inch/38 Mk.12 (127 mm)

Description

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• USS Bennion
• USS Cowell
• USS Aylwin
• USS Fletcher
• USS Phelps
• USS Porter
• USS Somers
• USS Sumner
• USS Atlanta
• USS Cleveland
• USS Helena

General info

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Available ammunition

Penetration Statistics
Ammunition	Type of Warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		1000 m	2500 m	5000 m	7500 m	10000 m	15000 m
AAC Mk.34	HE	36	36	36	36	36	36
Common Mk.32	SAP	121	102	83	71	63	55
SP Common Mk.46	SAPBC	148	125	101	87	77	68
AAVT Mk.31	HE-VT	36	36	36	36	36	36

Shell Details
Ammunition	Type of Warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile Mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Trigger Radius (m)	Arming Distance (m)	Tracer	Normalisation at 30° from horizontal	Ricochet
											0%	50%	100%
AAC Mk.34	HE	792	25	0.4	0.1	3,220	N/A	N/A	✓	?.?°	79°	80°	81°
Common Mk.32	SAP	792	24.49	6.0	5.0	1,150	N/A	N/A	✓	?.?°	48°	63°	71°
SP Common Mk.46	SAPBC	792	25.02	6.0	5.0	906.5	N/A	N/A	✓	?.?°	48°	63°	71°
AAVT Mk.31	HE-VT	792	25	0.0	0.1	3,220	23	457	✓	?.?°	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

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Media

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See also

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• references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.

External links

• [Wikipedia] 5"/38 caliber gun