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


* {{Specs-Link|it_battleship_dante_alighieri}}

== 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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== History ==
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== See also ==
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{{Italy naval cannons}}

[[Category:Naval cannons]]

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 == History ==
-The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 showed the real threat of torpedo boats which started getting called destroyers after the conflict ended. The Regio Marina (Royal Italian Navy) kept the lessons the war showed in mind when they laid down their first dreadnought for the arms that preceded World War I. The [[RN Dante Alighieri|''RN Dante Alighieri'']] was laid down with 13 anti-torpedo boat guns in single mounts to defend it. The guns used were not actually built in Italy itself but purchased from Britain. Elswick Ordinance Works the arms division of Sir W. G. Armstrong & Company started getting involved in the export business in the 1870s when they lost a significant contract to build guns for the Royal Navy to Woolwich Arsenal.  Even when advances in breech-loading technology led to the Elswich guns being adopted started in the 1880s, the company kept its export business going. In 1897 production began on the [[3 inch 12pdr 12 cwt QF Mk.V (76 mm)|3 inch 12pdr 12 cwt QF]] designed in 1894 to defend larger vessels from torpedo boats. The Regio Marina purchased 13 such examples to arm their ''Dante Alighieri'' dreadnought in 1912 hence the designation Armstrong Mod.1897/1912. The guns were later replaced according to some sources with more powerful 50 cannons. Regardless, none of the guns of the ship were ever fired in anger as the ship only engaged in the Second Battle Durazzo (in present-day Albania) during World War II where she was positioned to attack potential Austria-Hungarian reinforcements from Cattaro (now Kotor, Montenegro). The First World War did significant damage to the Italian economy and left them unable to maintain a large fleet. Being seen as outdated compared to the more modern dreadnoughts in the Regio Marina by Admiral Giovanni Sechi, the ''RN Dante Alighieri'' was scrapped in 1928 to reduce the naval budget.
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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.''