138.6 mm/40 model 1927 (138.6 mm) - Revision history

U22067555: /* Vehicles equipped with this weapon */ Added Vauquelin

2023-12-15T11:46:44Z

‎Vehicles equipped with this weapon: Added Vauquelin

U35997892: Saying most of the french fleet was ' sank " at Mers el khébir is not correct . The french fleet suffured hight damage and the battleship Bretagne was lost , Provence and Dunkerque suffured hight damage while the Strabourg escaped whith a escort of DD .

2023-09-01T23:46:51Z

Saying most of the french fleet was ' sank " at Mers el khébir is not correct . The french fleet suffured hight damage and the battleship Bretagne was lost , Provence and Dunkerque suffured hight damage while the Strabourg escaped whith a escort of DD .

U12017485: Added /Available ammunition/ template

2023-06-29T17:49:10Z

Added ‎Available ammunition: template

U123137325: /* Vehicles equipped with this weapon */ added Milan and Vautour

2023-06-25T13:35:15Z

‎Vehicles equipped with this weapon: added Milan and Vautour

U38088265: /* History */

2023-04-02T08:53:21Z

‎History

U137319744: /* History */ Added History

2023-04-01T04:04:13Z

‎History: Added History

U38088265: Created page

2023-03-09T13:35:48Z

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== Description ==
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=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===


* {{Specs-Link|fr_destroyer_aigle_class_aigle}}

== General info ==
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=== Available ammunition ===
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=== Comparison with analogues ===
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== Usage in battles ==
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=== Pros and cons ===
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'''Cons:'''
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== History ==
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{{France naval cannons}}

[[Category:Naval cannons]]

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 * {{Specs-Link|fr_destroyer_aigle_class_milan}}
 * {{Specs-Link|fr_destroyer_aigle_class_vautour}}
 == General info ==

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 These ships would go on to see some action during World War II. Three ''Aigle''-class destroyers ''Aigle'', ''Vautour'', and ''Albatros'' took part in Operation Vado, the bombardment of northwestern Italy during the Battle of France in June 1940. The entire class of destroyers would become part of the Vichy French Navy after the French Armistice. Three destroyers, ''Albatros'', ''Épervier'', and ''Milan'' participated in the Battle of Casablanca during Operation Torch in November 1942 with the latter two destroyed while the ''Albatros'' was captured by the Allies and served in the French Navy after the war until it was scrapped in 1959. Three ''Vauquelin''-class destroyers, ''Tartu'', ''Cassard'', and ''Le Chevalier Paul'', also participated in Operation Valo, expending 1,600 rounds attempting to bombard targets Vado Ligure with little damage performed. The entire class also served under the Vichy French except for the ''Maillé Brézé'' which was lost in April 1940 to a magazine detonation while docked at Scotland. However, they would not use their guns in combat again.
-The ''Bougainville''-class avisoes would notably serve in both the Free French Naval Forces (''Forces Navales Françaises Libres'', or FNFL) and Vichy French Navy. This led to the rare case of a ship class fighting itself when the two navies faced off. The lead ship ''Bougainville'' was destroyed in this manner by her sister ship ''Savorgnan de Brazza'' during the Battle of Gabon in November 1940. At the time of her sinking, ''Bougainville'' was landing troops on the Ogooué River near the capital of Libreville leaving her unable to match her sister's rate of fire. Even before the lines between Free France and Vichy were clearly defined, the ''Rigault de Genouilly'' engaged Force H of the Royal Navy after it sunk most of the French Fleet at Mers El Kébir, Algeria, on July 3<sup>rd</sup>, 1940, but did not have success in sinking the British ships. ''Rigault de Genouilly'' was sunk the next day by HMS ''Pandora'' off the coast of French Algeria. The ''D'Entrecasteaux'' was stationed in Madagascar and saw action during Operation Ironclad (the British naval landings on the island) before being beached after an attack by Swordfish bombers on May 6<sup>th</sup>, 1942. The ''Dumont d'Urville'' and ''Amiral Charner'' were in the Vichy French Navy and participated in the 1940 Franco-Thai War most notably during the Battle of Ko Chang. The ''Savorgnan de Brazza'' survived the war and joined her sister ship ''Dumont d'Urville'' in the bombardment of the Indochina city of Haiphong in what became known as the Haiphong Massacre on November 23<sup>rd</sup>, 1946. The final ''Bougainville''-class to see combat was the ''La Grandière'' which supported the UN Task Force's naval landings at Inchon during the Korean War.
+The ''Bougainville''-class avisoes would notably serve in both the Free French Naval Forces (''Forces Navales Françaises Libres'', or FNFL) and Vichy French Navy. This led to the rare case of a ship class fighting itself when the two navies faced off. The lead ship ''Bougainville'' was destroyed in this manner by her sister ship ''Savorgnan de Brazza'' during the Battle of Gabon in November 1940. At the time of her sinking, ''Bougainville'' was landing troops on the Ogooué River near the capital of Libreville leaving her unable to match her sister's rate of fire. Even before the lines between Free France and Vichy were clearly defined, the ''Rigault de Genouilly'' engaged Force H of the Royal Navy after the attack of the French Fleet at Mers El Kébir, Algeria, on July 3<sup>rd</sup>, 1940, but did not have success in sinking the British ships. ''Rigault de Genouilly'' was sunk the next day by HMS ''Pandora'' off the coast of French Algeria. The ''D'Entrecasteaux'' was stationed in Madagascar and saw action during Operation Ironclad (the British naval landings on the island) before being beached after an attack by Swordfish bombers on May 6<sup>th</sup>, 1942. The ''Dumont d'Urville'' and ''Amiral Charner'' were in the Vichy French Navy and participated in the 1940 Franco-Thai War most notably during the Battle of Ko Chang. The ''Savorgnan de Brazza'' survived the war and joined her sister ship ''Dumont d'Urville'' in the bombardment of the Indochina city of Haiphong in what became known as the Haiphong Massacre on November 23<sup>rd</sup>, 1946. The final ''Bougainville''-class to see combat was the ''La Grandière'' which supported the UN Task Force's naval landings at Inchon during the Korean War.
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 == History ==
-The French in World War I grew concerned about the cannons being mounted on foreign destroyers and decided they needed a more effective weapon than the guns on those destroyers for their cruisers and battleships. The new 130 mm/40 M1919 that entered service in 1926 didn’t meet their expectations and a new design was needed to meet their requirements for an anti-destroyer armament. Fortunately for the ''Marine Nationale'' (French National Navy) they had the destroyer ''Amiral Sénès'' (ex''-SMS S113'') from Germany as war reparations and studied the 15 cm L/45 to develop the 138.6 mm/40 model 1927. The gun copied the horizontal breech block and semi-automatic action from the German design but was scaled to the 138.6mm (5.45 in) caliber used by French destroyers. The model 1927 was used on the [[Aigle|''Aigle''-class]] and ''Vauquelin''-class destroyers built to serve in the main fleet along with the ''Bougainville''-class aviso built for colonial service.
+<!-- ''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.'' -->
-These ships would go on to see some action during World War II. Three ''Aigle''-class destroyers ''Agile'', ''Vautour'' and ''Albatros'' took part in Operation Vado, the bombardment of northwestern Italy during the Battle of France in June 1940. The entire class of destroyers would become part of the Vichy French Navy after the French Armistice. Three destroyers, ''Albatros'', ''Épervier'', and ''Milan'' participated in the Battle of Casablanca during Operation Torch in November 1942 with the latter too destroyed while the ''Albatros'' was captured by the Allies and served in the French Navy after the war until it was scrapped in 1959. Three ''Vauquelin''-class destroyers, ''Tartu'', ''Cassard'', and ''Le Chevalier Paul'', also participated in Operation Valo, expending 1,600 rounds attempting to bombard targets Vado Ligure with little damage performed. The entire class also served under the Vichy French except for the ''Maillé Brézé'' which was lost in April 1940 to a magazine detonation while docked at Scotland. However, they would not use their guns in combat again.
+These ships would go on to see some action during World War II. Three ''Aigle''-class destroyers ''Aigle'', ''Vautour'', and ''Albatros'' took part in Operation Vado, the bombardment of northwestern Italy during the Battle of France in June 1940. The entire class of destroyers would become part of the Vichy French Navy after the French Armistice. Three destroyers, ''Albatros'', ''Épervier'', and ''Milan'' participated in the Battle of Casablanca during Operation Torch in November 1942 with the latter two destroyed while the ''Albatros'' was captured by the Allies and served in the French Navy after the war until it was scrapped in 1959. Three ''Vauquelin''-class destroyers, ''Tartu'', ''Cassard'', and ''Le Chevalier Paul'', also participated in Operation Valo, expending 1,600 rounds attempting to bombard targets Vado Ligure with little damage performed. The entire class also served under the Vichy French except for the ''Maillé Brézé'' which was lost in April 1940 to a magazine detonation while docked at Scotland. However, they would not use their guns in combat again.
-The ''Bougainville''-class avisoes would notably serve in both the Free French Naval Forces (''Forces Navales Françaises Libres'', or FNFL''')''' and Vichy French Navy. This led to the rare case of a ship class fighting itself when the two navies faced off. The lead ship ''Bougainville'' was destroyed in this manner by her sister ship ''Savorgnan de Brazza'' during the Battle of Gabon in November 1940. At the time of her sinking, ''Bougainville'' was landing troops on the Ogooué River near the capital of Libreville leaving her unable to match her sister’s rate of fire. Even before the lines between Free France and Vichy were clearly defined, the ''Rigault de Genouilly'' engaged Force H of the Royal Navy after it sunk most of the French Fleet at Mers El Kébir, Algeria, on July 3<sup>rd</sup>, 1940, but did not have success in sinking the British ships. ''Rigault de Genouilly'' was sunk the next day by ''HMS Pandora'' off the coast of French Algeria. The ''D'Entrecasteaux'' was stationed in Madagascar and saw action during Operation Ironclad (the British naval landings on the island) before being beached after an attack by Swordfish bombers on May 6<sup>th</sup>, 1942. The ''Dumont d’Urville'' and ''Amiral Charner'' were in the Vichy French Navy and participated in the 1940 Franco-Thai War most notably during the Battle of Ko Chang. The ''Savorgnan de Brazza'' survived the war and joined her sister ship ''Dumont d’Urville'' in the bombardment of the Indochina city of Haiphong in what became known as the Haiphong Massacre on November 23<sup>rd</sup>, 1946. The final ''Bougainville''-class to see combat was the ''La Grandière'' which supported the UN Task Force’s naval landings at Inchon during the Korean War.
+The ''Bougainville''-class avisoes would notably serve in both the Free French Naval Forces (''Forces Navales Françaises Libres'', or FNFL) and Vichy French Navy. This led to the rare case of a ship class fighting itself when the two navies faced off. The lead ship ''Bougainville'' was destroyed in this manner by her sister ship ''Savorgnan de Brazza'' during the Battle of Gabon in November 1940. At the time of her sinking, ''Bougainville'' was landing troops on the Ogooué River near the capital of Libreville leaving her unable to match her sister's rate of fire. Even before the lines between Free France and Vichy were clearly defined, the ''Rigault de Genouilly'' engaged Force H of the Royal Navy after it sunk most of the French Fleet at Mers El Kébir, Algeria, on July 3<sup>rd</sup>, 1940, but did not have success in sinking the British ships. ''Rigault de Genouilly'' was sunk the next day by HMS ''Pandora'' off the coast of French Algeria. The ''D'Entrecasteaux'' was stationed in Madagascar and saw action during Operation Ironclad (the British naval landings on the island) before being beached after an attack by Swordfish bombers on May 6<sup>th</sup>, 1942. The ''Dumont d'Urville'' and ''Amiral Charner'' were in the Vichy French Navy and participated in the 1940 Franco-Thai War most notably during the Battle of Ko Chang. The ''Savorgnan de Brazza'' survived the war and joined her sister ship ''Dumont d'Urville'' in the bombardment of the Indochina city of Haiphong in what became known as the Haiphong Massacre on November 23<sup>rd</sup>, 1946. The final ''Bougainville''-class to see combat was the ''La Grandière'' which supported the UN Task Force's naval landings at Inchon during the Korean War.
 == Media ==

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 === Available ammunition ===
-''Describe the shells that are available for the weapon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).''
+<!-- ''Describe the shells that are available for the weapon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).'' -->
 === Comparison with analogues ===

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 '''Pros:'''
+*
 '''Cons:'''
+*
 == History ==
-''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.''
+The French in World War I grew concerned about the cannons being mounted on foreign destroyers and decided they needed a more effective weapon than the guns on those destroyers for their cruisers and battleships. The new 130 mm/40 M1919 that entered service in 1926 didn’t meet their expectations and a new design was needed to meet their requirements for an anti-destroyer armament. Fortunately for the ''Marine Nationale'' (French National Navy) they had the destroyer ''Amiral Sénès'' (ex''-SMS S113'') from Germany as war reparations and studied the 15 cm L/45 to develop the 138.6 mm/40 model 1927. The gun copied the horizontal breech block and semi-automatic action from the German design but was scaled to the 138.6mm (5.45 in) caliber used by French destroyers. The model 1927 was used on the [[Aigle|''Aigle''-class]] and ''Vauquelin''-class destroyers built to serve in the main fleet along with the ''Bougainville''-class aviso built for colonial service.
 == Media ==
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 == See also ==
 ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
 * ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''
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 == External links ==
 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''