| Vickers 14 inch 45-calibre naval gun 14"41st Year Type 14" 43rd Year Type 36 cm 41st Year Type |
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Gun being installed on Haruna, Kobe, October 1914 |
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| Type | Naval gun |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1913 - 1945 |
| Used by | Japan |
| Wars | World War II |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Vickers |
| Manufacturer | Vickers Kure Arsenal Japan Steel Works |
| Specifications | |
| Barrel length | Bore 52 ft 6 in (16.002 m) (45 calibres |
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| Shell | 673.5 kg (1,485 lb)[1] |
| Calibre | 14-inch (355.6 mm) |
| Muzzle velocity | 775 m/s (2,540 ft/s)[2] |
| Maximum range | 35,450 m (38,770 yd)[3] |
The Vickers 14 inch 45 calibre gun was designed and built by Vickers and initially installed on the battlecruiser Kongō which it was building for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Guns to this Vickers design were also later built in Japan to arm Kongō's sister ships and subsequent Japanese-constructed "super-dreadnoughts" which were all built in Japan.
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Guns armed the following Japanese warships :
Japanese-built versions of the guns were designated 14 inch 41st Year Type, and from 1917 when the Navy went metric they were redesignated 36 cm 41st Year Type.