305 mm/54 B-50 (305 mm) - Revision history

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


* {{Specs-Link|ussr_battlecruiser_kronshtadt}}

== General info ==
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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).''

=== Comparison with analogues ===
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== Usage in battles ==
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=== Pros and cons ===
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'''Pros:'''
*

'''Cons:'''
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== History ==
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== 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.''

== External links ==
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* ''topic on the official game forum;''
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{{USSR naval cannons}}

[[Category:Naval cannons]]

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+{{:{{PAGENAME}}/Ammunition|12 inch HE patt. 1928, 12 inch APCBC}}
 === Comparison with analogues ===

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 * ''other literature.'' -->
-*[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNRussian_12-55_B-50.php USSR 305 mm/55 (12") B-36 Pattern 1937 and B-50 Pattern 1940 | NavWeaps]
+*[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNRussian_12-55_B-50.php <nowiki>[NavWeaps]</nowiki> USSR 305 mm/55 (12") B-36 Pattern 1937 and B-50 Pattern 1940]
 {{USSR naval cannons}}
 [[Category:Naval cannons]]

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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).'' -->
 {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
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 ! 1,000 m !! 2,500 m !! 5,000 m !! 7,500 m !! 10,000 m !! 15,000 m
 |-
-| 12-inch APCBC || APCBC || 677 || 622 || 541 || 472 || 415 || 330
+| 12 inch HE patt. 1928 || HE || 72 || 72 || 72 || 72 || 72 || 72
 |-
-| 12-inch HE patt.1928 || HE || 72 || 72 || 72 || 72 || 72 || 72
+| 12 inch APCBC || APCBC || 677 || 622 || 541 || 472 || 415 || 330
 |-
 |}
 {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
 ! colspan="10" | Shell details
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 ! 0% !! 50% !! 100%
 |-
-| 12-inch APCBC || APCBC || 900 || 470.9 || 0.05 || 17 || 18.79 || 48° || 63° || 71°
+| 12 inch HE patt. 1928 || HE || 1,000 || 314 || 0 || 0.1 || 55.41 || 79° || 80° || 81°
 |-
-| 12-inch HE patt.1928 || HE || 1000 || 314 || 0 || 0.1 || 55.41 || 79° || 80° || 81°
+| 12 inch APCBC || APCBC || 900 || 470.9 || 0.05 || 17 || 18.79 || 48° || 63° || 71°
 |-
 |}

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 == History ==
-The B-50 is a gun that was designed but never actually got off the drawing as was also the case of the ship meant to use the guns, the [[Kronshtadt|''Kronshtadt'']]. The guns are based on the B-36 another unfinished design for the Project 25 battleships that were originally made intended to use 10-inch guns. The ''Kronshtadt''-class was intended primarily to counter the new wave of heavy and light cruisers built under the specifications of the Washington and London Naval Treaties along with Germany's "pocket battleships". The requirements were later revised to make a battlecruiser that could counter the French ''Dunkerque'', Japanese [[Kongo (Family)|''Kongo''-class]] battlecruisers, and the German [[Scharnhorst|''Scharnhorst-''class]] battleships. The design for the B-50 would have featured an extremely high muzzle velocity and equally long range at the cost of the liner life. Work on the design began in 1938, but the guns fell behind schedule and Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in 1940 led to Stalin making a trade agreement for the 38 cm guns of the ''Bismarck''-class battleships from Germany to arm the ''Kronshtadt''. However, work on the program was terminated when Operation Barbarossa occurred in June 1941.
+<!-- ''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>.'' -->
 == Media ==

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 == External links ==
-''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
+<!-- ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
-* ''topic on the official game forum;''
+*[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNRussian_12-55_B-50.php USSR 305 mm/55 (12") B-36 Pattern 1937 and B-50 Pattern 1940 | NavWeaps]
 {{USSR naval cannons}}
 [[Category:Naval cannons]]

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 '''Pros:'''
+*
 '''Cons:'''
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 == 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 B-50 is a gun that was designed but never actually got off the drawing as was also the case of the ship meant to use the guns, the [[Kronshtadt|''Kronshtadt'']]. The guns are based on the B-36 another unfinished design for the Project 25 battleships that were originally made intended to use 10-inch guns. The ''Kronshtadt''-class was intended primarily to counter the new wave of heavy and light cruisers built under the specifications of the Washington and London Naval Treaties along with Germany's "pocket battleships". The requirements were later revised to make a battlecruiser that could counter the French ''Dunkerque'', Japanese [[Kongo (Family)|''Kongo''-class]] battlecruisers, and the German [[Scharnhorst|''Scharnhorst-''class]] battleships. The design for the B-50 would have featured an extremely high muzzle velocity and equally long range at the cost of the liner life. Work on the design began in 1938, but the guns fell behind schedule and Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in 1940 led to Stalin making a trade agreement for the 38 cm guns of the ''Bismarck''-class battleships from Germany to arm the ''Kronshtadt''. However, work on the program was terminated when Operation Barbarossa occurred in June 1941.
 == 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.''