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    The 4.5 inch Mark 8 is a British naval gun system which currently equips the Royal Navy's destroyers and frigates, and some British destroyers and frigates...
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    of guns up to the 1970s. For the later unrelated 55-calibre Royal Navy gun, see 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun. Like all British nominally 4.5 inch naval guns...
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    The 5-inch (127 mm)/54-caliber (Mk 45) lightweight gun is a U.S. naval artillery gun mount consisting of a 5 in (127 mm) L54 Mark 19 gun on the Mark 45...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 15-inch Mk I naval gun
    The BL 15-inch Mark I succeeded the BL 13.5-inch Mk V naval gun. It was the first British 15-inch (380 mm) gun design and the most widely used and longest...
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    The QF 5.25-inch Mark I gun was the heaviest dual-purpose gun used by the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Although considered less than completely...
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  • family of naval guns, actually of 4.45 inches (113 mm) calibre, in service 1938 through 2013 4.5-inch Mark 8 naval gun, a British naval gun in service...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 8-inch Mk VIII naval gun
    The BL 8 inch gun Mark VIII was the main battery gun used on the Royal Navy's County-class cruisers, in compliance with the Washington Naval Treaty of...
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    4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun is comparable to the standard 155 mm (6.1 in) gun-howitzer of the British Army. The standard shell from a 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 13.5-inch Mk V naval gun
    The BL 13.5 inch Mk V gun was a British heavy naval gun, introduced in 1912 as the main armament for the new super-dreadnought battleships of the Orion...
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    The 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 – United States Naval Gun is the main armament of the Iowa-class battleships and was the planned main armament of the canceled...
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    naval gun terminology indicates the gun barrel had an internal diameter of 8 inches (203 mm), and the barrel was 55 calibers long (barrel length is 8...
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  • Thumbnail for 5-inch/51-caliber gun
    States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 5-inch (127 mm) in diameter, and the barrel was 51 calibers long. The different marks of...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4.7-inch Mk I–IV naval gun
    The QF 4.7-inch gun Mks I, II, III, and IV were a family of British quick-firing 4.724-inch (120 mm) naval and coast defence guns of the late 1880s and...
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    14-inch/45-caliber gun, (spoken "fourteen-inch-forty-five-caliber"[citation needed]), whose variations were known initially as the Mark 1, 2, 3, and 5,...
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    The 3-inch/50-caliber gun (spoken "three-inch fifty-caliber") in United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 3 inches (76 mm)...
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  • Thumbnail for 12-inch/45-caliber Mark 5 gun
    The 12-inch/45-caliber Mark 5 gun was an American naval gun that first entered service in 1906. Initially designed for use with the Connecticut-class of...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4-inch naval gun Mk XVI
    The QF 4 inch Mk XVI gun was the standard British Commonwealth naval anti-aircraft and dual-purpose gun of World War II. The Mk XVI superseded the earlier...
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  • Thumbnail for 5-inch/54-caliber Mark 42 gun
    consisted of the Mark 18 gun and Mark 42 gun mount. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fires a projectile 5 inches (127.0 mm) in diameter...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 6-inch Mk II–VI naval gun
    The BL 6-inch gun Marks II, III, IV and VI were the second and subsequent generations of British 6-inch rifled breechloading naval guns, designed by the...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 6-inch Mk VII naval gun
    The BL 6-inch gun Mark VII (and the related Mk VIII) was a British naval gun dating from 1899, which was mounted on a heavy travelling carriage in 1915...
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  • This is a list of naval guns of all countries ordered by caliber. List of artillery List of the largest cannon by caliber Glossary of British ordnance...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4.7-inch Mk IX & XII naval gun
    The 4.7 inch QF Mark IX and Mark XII were 45-calibre, 4.7-inch (120 mm) naval guns which armed the majority of Royal Navy and Commonwealth destroyers in...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4-inch naval gun Mk V
    The QF 4 inch Mk V gun was a Royal Navy gun of World War I which was adapted on HA (i.e. high-angle) mountings to the heavy anti-aircraft role both at...
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  • Thumbnail for 5-inch/25-caliber gun
    States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 5 inches (127 mm) in diameter, and the barrel was 25 calibers long (that is, for a 5" bore...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 7.5-inch Mk VI naval gun
    7.5-inch gun Mark VI was the 45 calibre naval gun forming the main battery of Royal Navy Hawkins-class cruisers. These ships with seven single gun mounts...
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  • Thumbnail for 8-inch/55-caliber Mark 71 gun
    Lightweight Gun (MCLWG) program was the 8"/55 caliber Mark 71 major caliber lightweight, single-barrel naval gun prototype (spoken "eight-inch-fifty-five-caliber")...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 16-inch Mk I naval gun
    The BL 16-inch Mark I was a British naval gun introduced in the 1920s and used on the two Nelson-class battleships. A breech-loading gun, the barrel was...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4-inch naval gun Mk XIX
    The QF 4-inch Mk XIX gun was a British low-velocity 4-inch 40-calibre naval gun used to arm small warships such as Bathurst and Castle-class corvette and...
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  • Thumbnail for 16-inch/45-caliber Mark 6 gun
    The 16"/45-caliber Mark 6 gun is a naval gun designed in 1936 by the United States Navy for their Treaty battleships. It was introduced in 1941 aboard...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 4-inch Mk I–VI naval gun
    BL 4-inch gun Mk I – Mk VI were a family of early British breech-loading 4-inch naval guns. This was the first 4-inch BL gun. With its short (60-inch total)...
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