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Can anyone explain what exactly ' followed by a trip to Watervliet Arsenal until they were 65% complete' means? I would edit it to make it less confusing, but I don't know what the intended meaning is.-- Anon423 ( talk) 20:37, 20 July 2010 (UTC) reply

Can we move this to a more specific name? There have been many 12"/50cal guns in history. The Land ( talk) 13:58, 7 January 2009 (UTC) reply

for instance, BL 12 inch Mk XI - XII naval gun. The Land ( talk) 14:03, 7 January 2009 (UTC) reply

Fair point, I've renamed it in accordance with another US gun - 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun Ϣere Spiel Chequers 15:15, 7 January 2009 (UTC) reply

This article could use {{ Infobox Weapon}} as shown by another naval rifle: BL 13.5 inch Mk V naval gun - MBK ₀₀₄ 05:45, 11 January 2009 (UTC) reply