3 pdr QF Hotchkiss (47 mm)

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Description

The 47 mm 3 pdr QF Hotchkiss is a naval gun used on Russian and British ships.

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History

The 3-pounder QF Hotchkiss is French naval cannon that is a smaller counterpart to the larger 6-pounder Hotchkiss introduced the year. The 6-pounder was intended to repel torpedo boats and other small targets but it was too large for use on some ships. Thus in 1886, the 3-pounder was created to fill the gap for torpedo boat protection. The first modern quick-firing (as in a complete round instead of projectile and shell-casing being loaded separately) adopted by the Royal Navy, it was produced under license by the Elswick Ordinance Company. Finding itself on most small cruisers and other small boats during World War I, the Hotchkiss was also mounted on battleships such as HMS Invincible of the Colossus-class battleships or the King George V-class. It was found to be ineffective due to their cartridge mid-way through World War I however and began to phase out for the Ordinance QF (Quick-Firing) 3-pounder Vickers. As they began getting removed from front-line duties the Hotchkiss found itself in service as a sub-caliber training weapon and a saluting gun. Despite their age, 1,950 guns were still serving in rear line roles when World War II started and due to a pressing need for small ships such as the Fairmile A Motor Launches and merchant vessels, the guns brought back into combat service. They would remain in service in this role early in the war and in port defense against torpedo boats but were soon replaced by the 6pdr 7cwt QF Mk IIA in those roles. The guns are still in British service to this day as saluting guns at Victory Green on the Falkland Islands.

The guns were not only used by the Royal Navy. It was used in France, Italy, Japan, the United States, and Russia. The Russians, who have previously adopted a Gatling-style five-barrel Hotchkiss 3-pounder in the 1880s, were quick to adopt the single-barrel 3-pounder Hotchkiss in 1884. They would become standard equipment on every Imperial Russian Navy ship from 1880 to 1905. After the Russo-Japanese War ended, the Russians reached the same conclusion the British would reach in World War I and phased them from front-line service. While the guns were still in service during World War I, they were instead used on riverboats and lightships and as anti-aircraft guns. The Soviet Navy would keep some of these guns in service into World War II as part of the Pinsk River Flotilla.

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USSR naval cannons
20 mm  ShVAK
25 mm  2M-3
30 mm  AK-230 · 30 mm/54 AK-630 · 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
  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)

Britain naval cannons
20 mm  20 mm/70 Oerlikon Mk.II · 20 mm/70 Oerlikon Mark V · 20 mm/70 Oerlikon Mark 24
40 mm  2pdr QF Mk.IIc · 2pdr QF Mk.VIII · 2pdr Rolls Royce · QF Mark V · QF Mark VII · QF STAAG Mark II
47 mm  3 pdr QF Hotchkiss
57 mm  6pdr 7cwt QF Mk IIA · 6pdr QF Mk.V
76 mm  3 inch 12pdr 12 cwt QF Mk.V · 3 inch/70 Mark 6 · 76 mm/45 QF 3in 20cwt HA Mark I · 76 mm/50 12pdr 18cwt QF Mark I · OQF 3in 20cwt
102 mm  4 inch/40 QF mark III · 4 in QF Mark V · 4 inch/45 Mark XVI · 4 inch/50 BL Mark VII · BL Mark IX
114 mm  4.5 inch/45 QF Mark IV · 4.5 inch/45 QF Mark V · 8cwt QF Mk I
120 mm  4.7 inch/45 Mk.XII
133 mm  5.25 inch/50 QF Mark I
152 mm  6 inch/45 BL Mark VII · 6 inch/45 BL Mark XII · 6 inch/50 BL Mark XXIII · 6 inch/50 QF Mark N5
190 mm  7.5 inch/45 BL Mk.VI
203 mm  8 inch/50 Mark VIII
305 mm  305 mm/45 Mark X · 12 inch/50 Mark XI
343 mm  13.5 inch/45 Mark 5(H) · 13.5 inch/45 Mark 5(L)
381 mm  15 inch/42 BL Mark I
  Foreign:
20 mm  Rh202 (Germany)
40 mm  Bofors L/60 Mark 2 (USA) · Bofors L/60 Mark 3 (USA)
76 mm  3 inch Mk.33 (USA) · 76 mm/62 OTO-Melara Compact (Italy)