Английская Википедия:BL 4-inch Mk VIII naval gun

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The BL 4-inch Mark VIII naval gun[note 1] was a British medium-velocity wire-wound naval gun introduced in 1908 as an anti-torpedo boat gun in smaller ships whose decks could not support the strain of the heavier and more powerful Mk VII gun.[1]

Mk VIII history

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The gun succeeded the QF 4-inch Mk III, whose Шаблон:Convert shell had been considered insufficiently powerful for its intended role. The BL Mk VIII fired a Шаблон:Convert shell. It armed the following warships :

The gun was succeeded in its class from 1911 by the QF 4-inch Mk IV.

In World War II many guns were used to arm merchant ships.

Mk XI submarine gun

Шаблон:Anchor A Mark XI-variant was adapted to arm the K-class submarines laid down 1915.

See also

Notes

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  1. HANDBOOK for the 4" Mark VII. and VIII. B.L. Guns 1913