4.7 inch gun

A 4.7 inch Gun is any of a number of British-built 120 mm naval artillery guns. Several of these guns were designed and manufactured by the Elswick Ordnance Company, part of Armstrong Whitworth. They were a major export item and hence were actually of 120 millimetres (4.724 in) calibre to meet the requirements of metricised navies, 4.7 inch is an approximation used for the British designation. 4.7 inch guns include:

• QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I - IV British naval gun deployed on cruisers 1888 to 1918, also as a field gun in World War I
• QF 4.7 inch Mk V naval gun Japanese-built gun, armed British merchant ships in World War I & World War II
• BL 4.7 inch /45 naval gun British naval gun used 1918 to 1945
• QF 4.7 inch Mk VIII naval gun British anti-aircraft gun on Nelson class battleships in World War II
• 4.7 inch QF Mark IX & XII British naval guns deployed on destroyers in World War II
• QF 4.7 inch Mark XI gun British naval gun deployed on destroyers in World War II

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12 cm naval gun; 120 mm naval gun; 4.7" gun; 4.7" naval gun
rifled breech loader, naval artillery, 
30 mm Breda-Mauser, Canon de 24 C modèle 1864, Independencia-class coastal defence ship, naval artillery, 

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