12.7 cm/50 Type 3 gun
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The 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun was a medium-caliber naval gun of the Imperial Japanese Navy used during World War II. It was the standard weapon for Japanese destroyers between 1928 and 1944. It has been credited as a true dual-purpose gun, but this was more a nominal capability than real, as its bag propellant and need for hand ramming required the gun to be loaded at elevation angles of 5–10°. This dropped its rate of fire to a relatively slow 5–10 rounds per minute, and its training speed of only 6° per second meant that it had a great deal of difficulty engaging enemy aircraft with any chance of success. After the end of World War II, the gun was exported via the two Japanese destroyers ceded as war reparations to the Soviet Union and the Republic of China.
1928
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700 produced,
Imperial Japanese Navy, 
14 cm/50 3rd Year Type gun, 15.5 cm/60 3rd Year Type gun, 30 mm Breda-Mauser, 40 cm/45 Type 94 gun, Canon de 24 C modèle 1864,
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
IJN destroyer Sagiri with yours 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval guns, c. 1941IJN destroyer Sagiri with yours 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval guns, c. 1941
Japanese destroyer Oyashio training her forward 12.7 cm (5 in) gun turret to port on training duties.
Type A turret - 127 mm Type 3 gunType A turret - 127 mm Type 3 gun
Type B turret - 127 mm Type 3 gun-2Type B turret - 127 mm Type 3 gun-2
Type A single turret - 127 mm Type 3 gunType A single turret - 127 mm Type 3 gun
Sailors aboard the Japanese destroyer Samidare during the 2nd Sino Japanese war| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| commons | image | IJN destroyer Sagiri with yours 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval guns, c. 1941 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | IJN destroyer Sagiri with yours 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval guns, c. 1941 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Japanese destroyer Oyashio training her forward 12.7 cm (5 in) gun turret to port on training duties. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Type A turret - 127 mm Type 3 gun | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Type A turret - 127 mm Type 3 gun | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Type B turret - 127 mm Type 3 gun-2 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Type B turret - 127 mm Type 3 gun-2 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Type A single turret - 127 mm Type 3 gun | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Type A single turret - 127 mm Type 3 gun | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Sailors aboard the Japanese destroyer Samidare during the 2nd Sino Japanese war | Commons | ||
