12-inch/45 Vickers (305 mm) - Revision history

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-*[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNJAP_12-45_EA.php Japan 12"/45 (30.5 cm) Armstrong | NavWeaps]
+* [[wikipedia:EOC 12-inch 45-calibre naval gun|[Wikipedia] EOC 12-inch 45-calibre naval gun]]
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 == Description ==
-The 12-inch/45 Vickers (305 mm) is a naval gun that was developed by the British in the early 1900s. This gun was used in both World War I and World War II by the Royal Navy and other navies around the world. It was also used on several classes of warships, including battleships, battlecruisers, and monitors. The 12-inch/45 Vickers was known for its accuracy and power, making it a formidable weapon in naval combat.
+The '''12-inch/45 Vickers''' is a 305 mm naval gun that was developed by the British firms Armstrong and Vickers in the early 1900s.
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-| 12-inch APC || APC || 575 || 501 || 399 || 320 || 260 || 187
+| 12-inch APC || APC || 496 || 432 || 345 || 278 || 229 || 172
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-| 12-inch HE || HE || 825 || 400.06 || N/A || 0.1 || 37.82 || 79° || 80° || 81°
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 | 12-inch APC || APC || 825 || 400.06 || 0.035 || 17 || 13.64 || 48° || 63° || 71°

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 == History ==
-Around the turn of the 20th century, the naval powers of the world would begin a naval arms race and Japan did not want to fall behind. At the time, Japan lacked the capability to build large capital ships, so they frequently turned to Britain to build their battleships while working to obtain the know-how to build capital ships from them. The 12-inch/45-calibers Vickers was first built for the ''Katori''-class battleships. These wire-wound guns were based on the [[305 mm/45 Mark X (305 mm)|12-inch/45 Mark X]] first used on [[HMS Dreadnought|''HMS Dreadnought'']]. In fact, ''IJN Katori'' mounted these very guns as it was built by Vickers while her sister ship ''Kashima'' was armed with similarly designed guns made by the Elswick Ordinance Company. The guns would eventually be produced under license in Japan and were designated the 12-inch/45 Type 41 guns in 1908 (1908 being the 41st year of the reign of Emperor Meiji).
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-The launch of [[HMS Invincible|''HMS Invincible'']] in 1908 turned Japan's entire capital ship fleet obsolete but Japan wasn't far behind. The ''Ibuki''-class which was already planned was retrofitted with 12-inch guns and closely followed by the ''Tsukuba''-class battlecruisers ''IJN Tsukuba'' and [[IJN Ikoma|''IJN Ikoma'']] which were planned from the start to use 12-inch guns after being on the receiving end of these powerful weapons during the Battle of the Yellow Sea in the Russo-Japanese War. The ''Mikasa'' a pre-dreadnought battleship was refitted in 1908 with these 12-inch/45 Vickers.
+The launch of [[HMS Invincible|HMS ''Invincible'']] in 1908 rendered Japan's entire capital ship fleet obsolete, but Japan wasn't far behind. The ''Ibuki'' class which was already planned was retrofitted with 12-inch guns and closely followed by the ''Tsukuba''-class battlecruisers ''Tsukuba'' and [[IJN Ikoma|''Ikoma'']] which were planned from the start to use 12-inch guns after being on the receiving end of these powerful weapons during the Battle of the Yellow Sea in the Russo-Japanese War. The ''Mikasa'', a pre-dreadnought battleship, was refitted in 1908 with these 12-inch/45 Vickers.
-While [[HMS Dreadnought|''HMS Dreadnought'']] was the first all-big-gun battleship to be finished in 1906, the Japanese were first to approve construction of such a design in 1904 with what became the ''Satsuma''-class. While planned to be armed with a large battery of 12-inch guns, the ''Satsuma''-class, the first class of battleships built in Japan, were forced to build with a large secondary battery instead because of budget cutbacks and a lack of 12-inch guns after the Russo-Japanese War. The last Japanese pre-dreadnoughts of the ''Kawachi''-class were finished in 1912. The ''IJN Kawachi'' and [[IJN Settsu|''IJN Settsu'']] had four of these guns mounted amidships complimenting the fore and aft [[12-inch/50 Vickers (305 mm)|12-inch/50 Vickers]] due the same budget cutbacks. After the Washington Naval Treaty was signed in 1922, the limitations of capital ship tonnage were restricted leading to the IJN to scrap most of their ships using these guns and mounting their turrets as coastal defense guns at Tokyo Bay.
+While [[HMS Dreadnought|HMS ''Dreadnought'']] was the first all-big-gun battleship to be finished in 1906, the Japanese were first to approve construction of such a design in 1904 with what became the ''Satsuma'' class. While planned to be armed with a large battery of 12-inch guns, the ''Satsuma'' class, the first class of battleships built in Japan, were forced to build with a large secondary battery instead because of budget cutbacks and a lack of 12-inch guns after the Russo-Japanese War. The last Japanese pre-dreadnoughts of the ''Kawachi'' class were finished in 1912. ''Kawachi'' and [[IJN Settsu|''Settsu'']] had four of these guns mounted amidships complimenting the fore and aft [[12-inch/50 Vickers (305 mm)|12-inch/50 Vickers]] due the same budget cutbacks. After the Washington Naval Treaty was signed in 1922, the limitations of capital ship tonnage led the IJN to scrap most of their ships using these guns and mounting their turrets as coastal defense guns in Tokyo Bay.
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