203 mm/53 Ansaldo mod.1927 (203 mm) - Revision history

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‎Available ammunition: Converted to transclusion

U22067555: Added RN Bolzano

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Added RN Bolzano

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Edits

U38088265: /* Available ammunition */

2022-10-24T22:41:03Z

‎Available ammunition

U2126463: /* Available ammunition */ added ammo chart

2022-10-24T22:38:34Z

‎Available ammunition: added ammo chart

U38088265: /* History */ 2nd paragraph lacks relevance to the history of the gun itself, it may be more suited to Zara (Family)

2022-10-18T18:01:08Z

‎History: 2nd paragraph lacks relevance to the history of the gun itself, it may be more suited to Zara (Family)

U137319744: /* History */ added history and link to earlier 8-inch gun in the Italian tech tree.

2022-10-18T01:05:24Z

‎History: added history and link to earlier 8-inch gun in the Italian tech tree.

U38088265: Updated for 2.3

2021-01-17T19:09:18Z

Updated for 2.3

U38088265: Created page

2020-09-04T16:17:09Z

Created page

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== Description ==
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{{Italy naval cannons}}

[[Category:Naval cannons]]

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 == History ==
-The best cruiser guns available to the ''Regio Marina'' (Royal Italian Navy) during World War II, the 203 mm/53 Ansaldo mod. 1927 was the main armament for the [[Zara (Family)|''Zara''<nowiki />-class]] heavy cruisers. Built under the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty, these 8-inch guns in addition to being calibers longer than the preceding [[203 mm/50 Ansaldo mod.1924 (203 mm)|203 mm/50 Ansaldo mod.1924]] guns used on the [[RN Trento|''Trento''<nowiki />-class]], the guns fired more powerful 276-pound shells, could reload at the maximum 45-degree angle of elevation (the mod. 1924 guns could only load at 15 degrees or less) and a removable liner instead of a fixed one. The 276-pound shells had a muzzle velocity of 3,080 feet per second and a range of 34,400 yards. These guns were some of the best 8-inch cannons in the world at the time. The only weapons of the same caliber to beat them out in range were the German [[20.3 cm/60 SK C/34 (203 mm)|20.3 cm/60 SK C/34]] and the bursting shells had some of the best hitting power in the class. However, these guns were not perfect. The high operating pressure meant the liners quickly wore out though this did mean the guns were designed with removable liners and the dispersion problem, while not as bad as on the earlier Ansaldo mod. 1924 guns, were still present due to the same issues of shell tolerance and cradle mounting. As a result, the Ansaldo mod. 1927 guns were similarly downgraded to shells that had a reduced muzzle velocity of 3,000 feet per second, but the performance was still better than the mod. 1924s. A variant of this design is called the Ansaldo mod. 1929 was also built with a thinner faceplate liner to reduce and was mounted on the one-off heavy cruiser ''RN Bolzano''
+<!-- ''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 best cruiser guns available to the ''Regia Marina'' (Royal Italian Navy) during World War II, the 203 mm/53 Ansaldo mod. 1927 was the main armament for the [[Zara (Family)|''Zara''-class]] heavy cruisers. Built under the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty, these 8-inch guns, in addition to being 3 calibres longer than the preceding [[203 mm/50 Ansaldo mod.1924 (203 mm)|203 mm/50 Ansaldo mod.1924]] guns used on the [[RN Trento|''Trento'']]-class, fired more powerful 276-pound shells, could reload at the maximum 45-degree angle of elevation (the mod. 1924 guns could only load at 15 degrees or less) and had a removable liner instead of a fixed one. The 276-pound shells had a muzzle velocity of 3,080 feet per second and a range of 34,400 yards. These guns were some of the best 8-inch cannons in the world at the time. The only weapons of the same calibre to beat them out in range were the German [[20.3 cm/60 SK C/34 (203 mm)|20.3 cm/60 SK C/34]] and the bursting shells had some of the best hitting power in the class. However, these guns were not perfect. The high operating pressure meant the liners quickly wore out though this did mean the guns were designed with removable liners and the dispersion problems, while not as bad as on the earlier Ansaldo mod. 1924 guns, were still present due to the same issues of shell tolerance and cradle mounting. As a result, the Ansaldo mod. 1927 guns were similarly downgraded to shells that had a reduced muzzle velocity of 3,000 feet per second, but the performance was still better than the mod. 1924s. A variant of this design called the Ansaldo mod. 1929 was also built with a thinner faceplate liner to reduce and was mounted on the one-off heavy cruiser RN ''Bolzano''.
 == Media ==
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 == See also ==
 * [[203 mm/50 Ansaldo mod.1924 (203 mm)]] - Earlier Italian 203 mm gun.

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 == External links ==
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 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
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