Difference between revisions of "8 cm/40 3rd Year Type (76 mm)"
Inceptor57 (talk | contribs) |
(→History: added history) |
||
| Line 25: | Line 25: | ||
'''Pros:''' | '''Pros:''' | ||
| + | |||
* | * | ||
'''Cons:''' | '''Cons:''' | ||
| + | |||
* | * | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
| − | + | The Imperial Japanese Navy began moving to the metric system from the Imperial system during the Taishō period and as a result, most of their older guns were re-designated to conform to the new bureaucracy even though the guns were mostly unchanged from their Meiji era designs. An example is the 8-centimeter 40-caliber 3rd Year Type (the re-designation having occurred in the third year of Emperor Taishō's reign 1917) formerly the [[3-inch/40 Type 41 (76 mm)|3-inch/40 Type 41]]. The design did undergo some changes later in its life, but the original guns were still overall similar to the Type 41 that came before. The first change to occur was adding a sliding breech block and later variants of the design were built with monobloc barrels. The Japanese battleships and battlecruisers built between 1914 and 1925 used these weapons as anti-aircraft guns. While they were later phased out from this role after 1925, the guns would be used well into World War II on smaller ships such as cruisers, destroyers, armed merchantmen, gunboats, and so on. Mounted on an elevating mount, these weapons were intended to be dual-purpose guns and also dismounted from ships in the coastal defense role. A wet mount called Type 88 was developed for mounting on submarines. In the coastal defense role, the guns were used to defend a large number of IJN island bases including Kiska, the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, Kolombangara in the New Georgia Islands group of the Solomon Islands, Saipan, and Tinian in the Northern Marina Islands, and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands (now the capital of the Republic of Kiribati). | |
== Media == | == Media == | ||
| Line 38: | Line 40: | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:'' | ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:'' | ||
| + | |||
* ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;'' | * ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;'' | ||
* ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.'' | * ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.'' | ||
| Line 45: | Line 48: | ||
* ''topic on the official game forum;'' | * ''topic on the official game forum;'' | ||
* ''other literature.''--> | * ''other literature.''--> | ||
| + | |||
* [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNJAP_3-40_3ns.php [Navweaps<nowiki>]</nowiki> Japan 8 cm/40 (3") 3rd Year Type] | * [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNJAP_3-40_3ns.php [Navweaps<nowiki>]</nowiki> Japan 8 cm/40 (3") 3rd Year Type] | ||
Revision as of 02:34, 12 October 2022
Contents
Description
The 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type is a Japanese naval cannon. Used in-game on the Type K-8 No.13 submarine chasers, the 8 cm/40 guns were used as dual-purpose guns for coastal defense and anti-aircraft.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
General info
Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.
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).
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 Imperial Japanese Navy began moving to the metric system from the Imperial system during the Taishō period and as a result, most of their older guns were re-designated to conform to the new bureaucracy even though the guns were mostly unchanged from their Meiji era designs. An example is the 8-centimeter 40-caliber 3rd Year Type (the re-designation having occurred in the third year of Emperor Taishō's reign 1917) formerly the 3-inch/40 Type 41. The design did undergo some changes later in its life, but the original guns were still overall similar to the Type 41 that came before. The first change to occur was adding a sliding breech block and later variants of the design were built with monobloc barrels. The Japanese battleships and battlecruisers built between 1914 and 1925 used these weapons as anti-aircraft guns. While they were later phased out from this role after 1925, the guns would be used well into World War II on smaller ships such as cruisers, destroyers, armed merchantmen, gunboats, and so on. Mounted on an elevating mount, these weapons were intended to be dual-purpose guns and also dismounted from ships in the coastal defense role. A wet mount called Type 88 was developed for mounting on submarines. In the coastal defense role, the guns were used to defend a large number of IJN island bases including Kiska, the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, Kolombangara in the New Georgia Islands group of the Solomon Islands, Saipan, and Tinian in the Northern Marina Islands, and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands (now the capital of the Republic of Kiribati).
Media
Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.
See also
Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:
- reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;
- references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.
External links
| 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) |
