QF 4 inch Mk XIX naval gun

Ordnance QF 4 inch gun Mk XIX

Crew of HMAS Cowra at gun drill, Tarakan Island, June 1945
Type Dual-purpose gun
Service history
Used by  Royal Navy
Royal Canadian Navy

Royal Australian Navy
Wars World War II
Specifications
Barrel length 160 inches (4.064 m) bore (40 calibres)
Shell Fixed QF HE, Starshell
Shell weight 35 pounds (16 kg)
Calibre 4-inch (101.6 mm)
Breech horizontal sliding block
Muzzle velocity 396 metres per second (1,300 ft/s)[1]
Maximum range 8,870 metres (9,700 yd)[1]

The QF 4-inch Mk XIX gun[2] was a British low-velocity 4-inch 40-calibre naval gun used to arm small warships such as Bathurst and Castle class corvettes and some River-class frigates in World War II, mainly against submarines.[3] It succeeded the more powerful World War I-era BL 4-inch Mk IX in this role, and its high-angle mounting added some anti-aircraft capability and allowed it to fire starshells to illuminate the battle area at night.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b http://navalhistory.flixco.info/H/119171x53535/8330/a0.htm : quotes from John Campbell, "Naval Weapons Of World War Two", Annapolis : Naval Institute Press, 1985, ISBN 0 87021 459 4
  2. ^ MK XIX = Mark 19. Britain used Roman numerals to denote Marks (models) of ordnance until after World War II. This was the nineteenth model of British QF 4-inch gun
  3. ^ DiGiulian

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