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340mm/28 Modèle 1881 gun

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340mm/28 Modèle 1881
A 340mm/28 Modèle 1881 aboard the Magenta
TypeNaval gun
Place of originFrance
Service history
In service1881-1922
Used byFrance
Specifications
Mass52.2 t (51.4 long tons; 57.5 short tons)[1]
Length9.7 m (32 ft) L/28.5 calibres[1]

ShellSeparate loading bagged charges and projectiles
Shell weightAP: 420.0 kg (925.9 lb)
Common: 350.0 kg (771.6 lb)[1]
Calibre340 mm (13 in)
BreechInterrupted screw
Muzzle velocity600 m/s (1,969 ft/s)[1]

The 340mm/28 Modèle 1881 gun was a heavy naval gun of the French Navy.

History

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The type was used in single mountings on the ironclads of the Marceau class, and on the Hoche.

Railway guns

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Canon de 340 modèle 1881/84 à glissement
TypeRailway gun
Place of originFrance
Service history
In service1919-?
Used by France
Production history
DesignerSchneider
Designed1917
ManufacturerSchneider
Produced1918
No. built8
Specifications
Mass187 t (184 long tons; 206 short tons)
Barrel length9.7 m (32 ft) L/28.5 calibres[2]

ShellSeparate loading bagged charges and projectiles
Shell weight430 kg (950 lb)
Caliber340 mm (13 in)
BreechInterrupted screw breech[2]
RecoilCarriage recoil
CarriageTwo six-axle bogies
Elevation+3° to +40°
TraverseNone
Rate of fire1 round every five minutes
Muzzle velocity430 m/s (1,400 ft/s)
Maximum firing range19 km (12 mi)[2]

Eight guns were converted from naval use to railway guns by Schneider and designated Canon de 340 modèle 1881/84 à glissement. The conversions were ordered during 1917 but they weren't delivered until January 1919 after the war had ended. The guns were suspended from two six-axle rail bogies and used carriage recoil known as the glissement system. The guns had no traverse mechanism so aiming was done by drawing the guns across a section of curved track.[3]

See also

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Weapons of comparable role, performance and era

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d French gun tables quoted in Brasseys Naval Annual 1901
  2. ^ a b c Hogg, Ian (2004). Allied artillery of World War One. Ramsbury: Crowood. p. 218. ISBN 1861267126. OCLC 56655115.
  3. ^ Miller, H. W. (1921). Railway Artillery, vols. I and II. Washington: Government Printing Office. pp. 193–196.
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