12-inch/50 Mark 8 (305 mm) - Revision history

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-*[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_12-50_mk8.php USA 12"/50 (30.5 cm) Mark 8 | NavWeaps]
+* [[wikipedia:12-inch/50-caliber Mark 8 gun|[Wikipedia] 12-inch/50-caliber Mark 8 gun]]
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	== Description ==		== Description ==
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 == Description ==
-The 12-inch/50 Mark 8 (305 mm) is a naval gun that was developed by the United States Navy in the early 1900s. It was first installed on the USS South Carolina, a pre-dreadnought battleship that was commissioned in 1910. The gun fired 305 mm rounds at a maximum range of over 24 kilometers and could fire up to 2 rounds per minute.
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+The '''12-inch/50 Mark 8''' is a 305 mm naval gun that was developed by the United States Navy in the early 1900s. It was first installed on the USS South Carolina, a pre-dreadnought battleship that was commissioned in 1910. The gun was highly regarded for its accuracy and power, and was used in a variety of combat scenarios, including in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
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 == History ==
-After the [[USS Wyoming|''Wyoming''-class]] Dreadnoughts were completed in 1912, the United States Navy halted construction of 12-inch guns in favor of larger 14-inch and later 16-inch guns for their battleships. However, they began re-evaluate their naval forces after the rise of German "pocket battleships" such as the [[Admiral Graf Spee]] and [[Scharnhorst]] along with the planned Japanese B-65 which were all designed to counter the 8-inch gun heavy cruisers codified by the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty. As a result the United States began construction of what became the [[USS Alaska|''Alaska''-class large cruiser]] to counter these threats. The 12-inch was thus revived as the 12-inch/50 Mark 8. Designed to fire a new armor-piercing "super heavy" shell and penetrates side belt armor 20,000 and 30,000 yards which thanks to interwar improvements, this gun had superior characteristics to the pre-Treaty 14-inch guns. The 12<nowiki>''</nowiki>/50 Mark 8 was only used on the USS Alaska and USS Guam.
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+After the [[USS Wyoming|''Wyoming''-class]] Dreadnoughts were completed in 1912, the United States Navy halted construction of 12-inch guns in favor of larger 14-inch and later 16-inch guns for their battleships. However, they began re-evaluate their naval forces after the rise of German "pocket battleships" such as the [[Admiral Graf Spee]] and [[Scharnhorst]] along with the planned Japanese B-65 which were all designed to counter the 8-inch gun heavy cruisers codified by the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty. As a result the United States began construction of what became the [[USS Alaska|''Alaska''-class large cruiser]] to counter these threats. The 12-inch was thus revived as the 12-inch/50 Mark 8. Designed to fire a new armor-piercing "super heavy" shell and penetrates side belt armor 20,000 and 30,000 yards which thanks to interwar improvements, this gun had superior characteristics to the pre-Treaty 14-inch guns. The 12<nowiki>''</nowiki>/50 Mark 8 was only used on the USS Alaska and USS Guam.
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