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
The gun succeeded the QF 4-inch Mk III, whose Script error: No such module "convert". shell had been considered insufficiently powerful for its intended role. The BL Mk VIII fired a Script error: No such module "convert". shell. It armed the following warships :
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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
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See also
- List of naval guns
- German 10.5 cm SK L/40 naval gun – firing slightly heavier shell
Notes
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- ↑ Mark VIII = Mark 8. Mark XI = Mark 11. Britain used Roman numerals to denote marks (models) of ordnance until after World War II. This was the eighth model of British BL 4-inch gun.
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References
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- ↑ HANDBOOK for the 4" Mark VII. and VIII. B.L. Guns 1913
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Sources
External links
- Tony DiGiulian, British 4"/40 (10.2 cm) BL Mark VIII and Mark XI