320 mm/44 Ansaldo model 1936 (320 mm) - Revision history

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


* {{Specs-Link|it_battleship_caio_duilio}}

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=== Available ammunition ===
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'''Cons:'''
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{{Italy naval cannons}}

[[Category:Naval cannons]]

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 == Description ==
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 | 320 mm/44 Ansaldo model 1936 (320 mm)
 | [[RN Duilio]] || SAP || 320 || 830 || 2.1 || 4.2 || 5.1 || 23.4 || 427 || 327 || 241
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 | 320 mm/44 Ansaldo model 1936 (320 mm)
 | [[RN Duilio]] || APCBC || 320 || 830 || 2.1 || 4.2 || 5.1 || 6.38 || 678 || 533 || 403
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 == Usage in battles ==
 ''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against notable opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.''
+[[File:320 mm 44 Ansaldo model 1936 (320 mm) in combat.jpg|thumb|x250px|320 mm/44 Ansaldo model 1936 firing broadside]]
 === Pros and cons ===
 <!-- ''Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.'' -->

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 * [http://navweaps.com/Weapons/WNIT_126-44_m1934.php <nowiki>[NavWeaps]</nowiki> 320 mm/44 (12.6") Model 1934 and Model 1936]
-* [[wikipedia:320_mm_Model_1934_naval_gun|320 mm Model 1934 naval gun]]
+* [[wikipedia:320_mm_Model_1934_naval_gun|[Wikipedia] 320 mm Model 1934 naval gun]]
 {{Italy naval cannons}}
 [[Category:Naval cannons]]

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 == History ==
-Unlike the other signatories of the Washington Naval Treaty, Italy was allowed to continue constructing battleships, albeit restricted in their tonnage by a total of 70,000 tonnage for new capital ships. When Italy began the development of the ''Littorio''-class battleships in the 1930s, they knew it would take a while to build them and as a stopgap, they gave an extensive refit of their World War I-era dreadnoughts. Among the changes was boring out and relining their main battery guns. As the Regio Marina (Royal Italian Navy) used two different forms of 12-inch guns on their dreadnoughts from different manufacturers, the new 12.6-inch guns were given different designations for the refits on their dreadnoughts. For the [[RN Andrea Doria|''Andrea Doria''-class dreadnoughts]], the guns were redesignated the 320 mm/44 Ansaldo model 1936.
+<!-- ''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 Ansaldo model 1936 guns began life as the [[305 mm/46 Vickers model 1909 (305 mm)|305 mm/46 Vickers model 1909]] on the ''RN Andrea Doria'' and her sister ship the [[RN Duilio|''RN Duilio'']]. The new Ansaldo-modified guns were bored out (which included moving the A tube and wiring) to 320 millimeters from 305 millimeters. The other changes were the addition of new liners, new ammunition, and increased elevation angles. During World War II, the ''Andrea Doria'' and ''Duilio'' saw little action in combat as the lack of radar or aerial reconnaissance left their battleships only rarely able to locate and attack British targets. The two ships spent most of their career during the war engaging in convoy escort duties in the Mediterranean. The rare case of the ''Andrea Doria'' seeing action occurred at ''the'' First Battle of Sirte on December 17<sup>th</sup>, 1941, off the coast of Libya and possibly damaged the destroyer ''HMS Kipling'' (British sources note the caliber of the shell splinters were the same as the main battery guns of the ''Andrea Doria'' or ''Giulio Cesare''). Eventually, both ships were forced back into port before the Armistice with the Allies in September 1943 (the ''Andrea Doria'' due to mechanical faults and the ''Duilio'' due to Italy’s fuel shortage) and were scrapped in 1956 and 1957 respectively.
+The Ansaldo model 1936 guns began life as the [[305 mm/46 Vickers model 1909 (305 mm)|305 mm/46 Vickers model 1909]] on the RN ''Andrea Doria'' and her sister ship the [[RN Duilio|RN ''Duilio'']]. The new Ansaldo-modified guns were bored out (which included moving the A tube and wiring) to 320 mm from 305 mm. The other changes were the addition of new liners, new ammunition, and increased elevation angles. During World War II, the ''Andrea Doria'' and ''Duilio'' saw little action in combat as the lack of radar or aerial reconnaissance left their battleships only rarely able to locate and attack British targets. The two ships spent most of their career during the war engaging in convoy escort duties in the Mediterranean. The rare case of the ''Andrea Doria'' seeing action occurred at the First Battle of Sirte on December 17<sup>th</sup>, 1941, off the coast of Libya and possibly damaged the destroyer HMS ''Kipling'' (British sources note the calibre of the shell splinters were the same as the main battery guns of the ''Andrea Doria'' or ''Giulio Cesare''). Eventually, both ships were forced back into port before the Armistice with the Allies in September 1943 (the ''Andrea Doria'' due to mechanical faults and the ''Duilio'' due to Italy's fuel shortage) and were scrapped in 1956 and 1957 respectively.
 == Media ==
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 == See also ==
 * [[305 mm/46 Vickers model 1909 (305 mm)]] - Original version of these guns
 == External links ==
-* http://navweaps.com/Weapons/WNIT_126-44_m1934.php
+* [http://navweaps.com/Weapons/WNIT_126-44_m1934.php <nowiki>[NavWeaps]</nowiki> 320 mm/44 (12.6") Model 1934 and Model 1936]
-* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/320_mm_Model_1934_naval_gun
+* [[wikipedia:320_mm_Model_1934_naval_gun|320 mm Model 1934 naval gun]]
 {{Italy naval cannons}}
 [[Category:Naval cannons]]

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 == Description ==
-''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.''
+<!-- ''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.'' -->
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 == General info ==
-''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.''
+<!-- ''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.'' -->
 === 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).'' -->
 {{:{{PAGENAME}}/Ammunition|320 mm Granata Perforante, 320 mm APHEBC Palla}}
 === Comparison with analogues ===
-''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns that have firepower equal to this weapon.''
+<!-- ''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns that have firepower equal to this weapon.'' -->
 == Usage in battles ==
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 === Pros and cons ===
-''Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''
+<!-- ''Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.'' -->
 '''Pros:'''
+* Excellent penetration for the calibre
 '''Cons:'''
+* No High Explosive shells
 == History ==