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=== Available ammunition ===
 
=== Available ammunition ===
''Describe the shells that are available for the weapon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).''
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
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! colspan="8" | Penetration statistics
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! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Ammunition
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! rowspan="2" | Type of<br>warhead
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! colspan="6" | Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
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! 1,000 m !! 2,500 m !! 5,000 m !! 7,500 m !! 10,000 m !! 15,000 m
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| 12-inch HE || HE || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69
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| 12-inch APC || APC || 575 || 501 || 399 || 320 || 260 || 187
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
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! colspan="10" | Shell details
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! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Ammunition
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! rowspan="2" | Type of<br>warhead
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! rowspan="2" | Velocity<br>(m/s)
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! rowspan="2" | Projectile<br>Mass (kg)
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! rowspan="2" | Fuse delay<br>(s)
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! rowspan="2" | Fuse sensitivity<br>(mm)
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! rowspan="2" | Explosive Mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
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! colspan="3" | Ricochet
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! 0% !! 50% !! 100%
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| 12-inch HE || HE || 915 || 400.1 || N/A || 0.1 || 37,820 || 79° || 80° || 81°
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| 12-inch APC || APC || 915 || 400.1 || 0.035 || 17 || 13,640 || 48° || 63° || 71°
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=== Comparison with analogues ===
 
=== Comparison with analogues ===

Revision as of 01:01, 25 October 2022

Description

Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.

Available ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
1,000 m 2,500 m 5,000 m 7,500 m 10,000 m 15,000 m
12-inch HE HE 69 69 69 69 69 69
12-inch APC APC 575 501 399 320 260 187
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%
12-inch HE HE 915 400.1 N/A 0.1 37,820 79° 80° 81°
12-inch APC APC 915 400.1 0.035 17 13,640 48° 63° 71°

Comparison with analogues

Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns that have firepower equal to this weapon.

Usage in battles

Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against notable opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.

Pros and cons

Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.

Pros:

Cons:

History

The turn of the 20th century marked an international naval arms race for nations around the world. When the idea of an all-big-gun battleship was published in the magazine Jane's Fighting Ships in 1906, Japan was the first nation to lay down a ship to such specifications, but the finished Satsuma-class battleships were instead built with significant 10-inch gun batteries due to an economic depression after the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. The following Kawachi-class ships, Kawachi and Settsu, were built with similar plans as an all-big-gun battleship, but in 1908, the Imperial Japanese Navy learned of the 12 inch/50 Mark XI guns being built by the Royal Navy and decided to use similar guns on these ships. Designed jointly by Vickers and Armstrong, the manufacturing of these guns was handled by their subsidiary Nihon Seiko Si (Japanese Steelworks). Japan was still in a depression at the time of construction so only the fore and aft super-firing turret were equipped with these guns, while the shorter barrelled 12-inch/45 Vickers was mounted amidships. The 12-inch/50-calibre Vickers was only used on the Kawachi class as the following Fuso class were armed with 36 cm/45 Type 41 to counter the 14-inch guns of the New York class. The Kawachi was destroyed in a magazine detonation in 1918 in Tokoyama Bay, Yamaguchi Prefecture while the Settsu would be scrapped following the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty due to the limitations on battleship tonnage. The 12-inch/50-calibre (by this point re-designated the 30 cm/50 41st Year Type) guns were reassigned to the Imperial Japanese Army and mounted as coastal defense guns with hydraulic rammers at Nagasaki and Tsushima Island.

Media

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See also

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  • reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;
  • references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.

External links

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  • topic on the official game forum;
  • other literature.


Japan naval cannons
20 mm  JM61 · Type 98
25 mm  25 mm/60 Type 96
37 mm  Type 4 · Type 11 pattern 1922
40 mm  40 mm/62 Vickers
57 mm  Type 97
75 mm  Type 88 AA
76 mm  3-inch/40 Type 41 · 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type · 8 cm/60 Type 98
100 mm  100/65 mm Type 98 mod A
120 mm  120 mm/45 3rd Year Type · 120 mm/45 10th year type
127 mm  5 inch/40 Type 89 · 127 mm/50 3rd Year Type
140 mm  140 mm/50 3rd Year Type
152 mm  6-inch/45 Type 41 · 15 cm/50 Type 41
155 mm  155 mm/60 3rd Year Type
200 mm  20 cm 3rd year type No.1
203 mm  20 cm/45 Type 41 · 20 cm/50 3rd year type No.2
356 mm  36 cm/45 Type 41
410 mm  410 mm/45 Type 3
  Foreign:
20 mm  20 mm/70 Oerlikon Mk.II (USA/Britain)
40 mm  Bofors L/60 Mark 1 (USA) · Bofors L/60 Mark 2 (USA) · Bofors L/60 Mark 3 (USA)
47 mm  3 pdr QF Hotchkiss (Britain)
76 mm  3-inch Mark 10 (USA) · 3 inch Mk.33 (USA) · 3-inch Mk.34 (USA)
120 mm  4,7-inch/40 Armstrong (Britain)
127 mm  5 inch/38 Mk.12 (USA)
305 mm  12-inch/45 Vickers (Britain) · 12-inch/50 Vickers (Britain)