List of naval anti-aircraft guns
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Naval anti-aircraft guns include anti-aircraft guns specially designed or adapted for mounting on ships, and naval guns adapted for high-angle fire. Today they have been largely superseded by surface-to-air missile
s and automatic close-in weapon systems.
Surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile or ground-to-air missile is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles...
s and automatic close-in weapon systems.
| Caliber Caliber In guns including firearms, caliber or calibre is the approximate internal diameter of the barrel in relation to the diameter of the projectile used in it.... (mm) |
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| 20 | Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Oerlikon 20 mm cannon The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons, based on an original design by Reinhold Becker of Germany, very early in World War I, and widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others... |
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| 25 | Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun |  Empire of Japan |
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| 28 | 4 | 1.1"/75 (28mm) gun | World War II | |
| 37 | 2 | 3.7 cm SK C/30 3.7 cm SK C/30 The 3.7 cm SK C/30 was the German Kriegsmarine's primary anti-aircraft gun during the Second World War... |
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| 40 | 1, 4 or 8 | QF 2 pdr Mk II, Mk VIII QF 2 pounder naval gun The 2-pounder gun, officially designated the QF 2-pounder and universally known as the pom-pom, was a 1.575 inch British autocannon, used famously as an anti-aircraft gun by the Royal Navy. The name came from the sound that the original models make when firing... Vickers 2-pounder pom-pom |
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| 40 | Bofors 40 mm gun Bofors 40 mm gun The Bofors 40 mm gun is an anti-aircraft autocannon designed by the Swedish defence firm of Bofors Defence... |
World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... - Cold War Cold War The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States... |
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| 76.2 | QF 3 inch 20 cwt QF 3 inch 20 cwt The QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun became the standard anti-aircraft gun used in the home defence of the United Kingdom against German airships and bombers and on the Western Front in World War I. It was also common on British warships in World War I and submarines in World War II... |
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| 76.2 | 3"/23 caliber gun 3"/23 caliber gun The 3"/23 caliber gun was the standard anti-aircraft gun for United States destroyers through World War I and the 1920s... |
World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... - 1920s |
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| 76.2 | 3"/50 caliber gun | World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... - Cold War Cold War The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States... |
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| 76.2 | 2 | 3"/70 Mark 26 gun 3"/70 Mark 26 gun The 3"/70 Mark 26 Gun was developed to protect United States Warships from kamikaze attacks in World War II. The name indicates in US Navy terminology that this piece of naval artillery fires a 3" projectile in diameter and has a caliber length of 70 .-History:The 3"/70 Mark 26 Gun saw its... |
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| 102 | QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun The QF 4 inch Mk V gun was a Royal Navy gun of World War I which was adapted on HA mountings to the heavy anti-aircraft role both at sea and on land, and was also used as a coast defence gun.-Naval service:... |
World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... |
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| 102 | QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun The QF 4 inch Mk XVI gun was the standard British Commonwealth naval anti-aircraft and dual-purpose gun of World War II.-Service:The Mk XVI superseded the earlier QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun on many Royal Naval ships during the late 1930s and early 1940s... |
World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... - Cold War Cold War The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States... |
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| 113 | QF 4.5 inch Mk I - V naval gun | World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... - Cold War Cold War The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States... |
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| 120 | QF 4.7 inch Mk VIII naval gun QF 4.7 inch Mk VIII naval gun The QF 4.7 inch Gun Mark VIII was a British naval anti-aircraft gun designed in the 1920s for the Royal Navy. It was mounted on the two , two of the three s and the Australian submarine tender HMAS Albatross .-External links:... |
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| 120 | Type 10 120 mm AA Gun Type 10 120 mm AA Gun The Type 10 was a Japanese 120 mm calibre dual-purpose anti-aircraft and coastal defense gun used during the Second World War. The weapon was originally designed for ship use and was produced in large numbers during 1944... |
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| 127 | 5"/25 caliber gun | 1920s - World War II | ||
| 127 | 5"/38 caliber gun | World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... - Cold War Cold War The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States... |
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| 133 | QF 5.25 inch Mark I naval gun | World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... |