203mm/55 Modèle 1931 | |
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Type | Naval gun |
Place of origin | France |
Service history | |
Used by | France |
Wars | Second World War |
Production history | |
Designed | 1931 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 22 tonnes [1] |
Barrel length | 11.3 metres (37 ft) [1] |
Shell | Separate charges and shell: APC M1936: 134 kilograms (295 lb) [1] |
Caliber | 203 millimetres (8.0 in) |
Breech | Welin Breech Block |
Rate of fire | 4-5 RPM |
Muzzle velocity | 840 metres per second (2,800 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 31,000 metres (34,000 yd) at 45° [1] |
The 203mm/55 Modèle 1931 gun was a medium naval gun of the French Navy.These guns used the same ammunition as the 203mm/50 Modèle 1924 gun and were very similar except for the longer bore. It is believed that the guns were built from tubes of the older 240mm/50 Modèle 1902 guns. [1]
Although commonly described as being used as the main battery of the heavy cruiser Algérie, mounted in four twin turrets, [1] Algérie in fact used the same 203mm/50 Modèle 1924 as the rest of the French heavy cruisers. [2]
In fact as written in French Cruisers 1922 - 1956 these guns did not exist. [3] [4]
203mm/55 Modèle 1931 | |
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Type | Naval gun |
Place of origin | France |
Service history | |
Used by | France |
Wars | Second World War |
Production history | |
Designed | 1931 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 22 tonnes [1] |
Barrel length | 11.3 metres (37 ft) [1] |
Shell | Separate charges and shell: APC M1936: 134 kilograms (295 lb) [1] |
Caliber | 203 millimetres (8.0 in) |
Breech | Welin Breech Block |
Rate of fire | 4-5 RPM |
Muzzle velocity | 840 metres per second (2,800 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 31,000 metres (34,000 yd) at 45° [1] |
The 203mm/55 Modèle 1931 gun was a medium naval gun of the French Navy.These guns used the same ammunition as the 203mm/50 Modèle 1924 gun and were very similar except for the longer bore. It is believed that the guns were built from tubes of the older 240mm/50 Modèle 1902 guns. [1]
Although commonly described as being used as the main battery of the heavy cruiser Algérie, mounted in four twin turrets, [1] Algérie in fact used the same 203mm/50 Modèle 1924 as the rest of the French heavy cruisers. [2]
In fact as written in French Cruisers 1922 - 1956 these guns did not exist. [3] [4]