3 inch Mk.33 (76 mm) - Revision history

U12017485: Added JDS Murasame

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Added JDS Murasame

U22067555: /* Vehicles equipped with this weapon */ Added USS Roanoke

2023-12-15T11:38:06Z

‎Vehicles equipped with this weapon: Added USS Roanoke

U38088265 at 17:58, 25 March 2023

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U44629479: /* Vehicles equipped with this weapon */ Edits

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‎Vehicles equipped with this weapon: Edits

U17577377 at 22:30, 13 March 2023

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U38088265: /* History */

2022-10-12T21:17:06Z

‎History

U137319744: Added history a description and a link the Mark 34 a single mount variant of this gun.

2022-10-12T01:29:41Z

Added history a description and a link the Mark 34 a single mount variant of this gun.

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 === Comparison with analogues ===

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 [[File:3_inch_Mk.33_(76_mm).png|350px|thumb|right|3 inch Mk.33 on Chikugo]]
 == Description ==
 The 3-inch Mark 33 is an American naval anti-aircraft gun, but ironically for being part of a long-serving American naval cannon it is mostly found in the Japanese tech tree where it was introduced on post-war Japanese designs.
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 == History ==
-In late 1944, the [[20 mm/70 Oerlikon Mark V (20 mm)|20 mm Oerlikon]] and [[Bofors L/60 Mark 1 (40 mm)|Bofors L/60]] were found to be insufficient to defend naval ships against Japanese Kamikaze attacks and eventually settled on developing a 3-inch gun based on A design that was in service since the 1890s. The reason for the 3-inch gun caliber was that they wanted to use radio proximity or VT fuses and the 3-inch was the smallest caliber capable of using these shells. The first gun to enter production in the anti-aircraft role of this capacity was the Mark 24, but later the twin mounts Mark 27 to the Mark 33 which featured a new slide. While the Mark 33 had a higher rate of fire compared to the earlier predecessors and used the same mount as the Bofors, it suffered from a short barrel life. The Mark 33 and the other variants of the gun entered service after the war and had long service history in the United States Navy from the late 1940s until the 80s. The gun also saw action in multiple other navies including Spain, where it is in service to this day, Norway, and most relevant to this game, Japan and Italy. During the post-war period, the majority of the Japanese and Italian naval strength was disbanded or destroyed, but the rebuilding of the nations along with the geopolitics of the Cold War made the United States more amiable to the idea of these nations getting reformed navies with former US Navy destroyers serving as the first ships in these new services. For the Italians, they got former Fletcher-class destroyers such as the [[Geniere|''Geniere'']]. The Japanese meanwhile got the Mark 33 for locally made destroyers such as the [[JDS Ayanami (DD-103)|''JDS Ayanami'' (DD-103)]] which was the first ship to mount these guns and later destroyer escorts such as the [[Ikazuchi|''Ikazuchi''-class]]. In Japanese service, locally produced existed known as Type 68.
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 == Media ==
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 == See also ==
 * [[3-inch Mk.34 (76 mm)]] - Single mount variant.
 == External links ==