| Show UNCLE SAWS BIG GUNS facts about their liber weight and ranga bango american amerlean Amerl can ships of war armed with huge cannon which fire A projectile weighing one thousand pounds ton ten miles milea the following facts concerning the power and capabilities of some of the main and secondary battery guns guna carried aboard war ships of the united states readers may find of interest the main battery guns have for a maximum caliber at present thirteen in inches clies these guna are sixty sity seven ton breech loading leadin rifles th the minimum caliber now allowed in the main batteries of high powered ordnance guns is the four inch rapid fire firc piece the various calibers include the thirteen inch twelve inch ten inch eight inch six inch five inch and four inch the secondary batteries include the six three and one rapid fire guns the doity seven millimeter and thirty seven mi ili hi meter revo ving cannon and the gatling gun recently however the navy department has confined the guns of the sc andary battery to the six and long one rapid fire pie pic GS es the thirty seven millimeter rev revolving olvin ca cagnon mon and the catling gun the majoli of main battery guns in service aenice toh tob to h b are arc of the six inch caliber the I 1 i up lip of the ordnance of the L lii i t i t acs novy navy may be said to have b 1 on in avith the six inch guns just r ii mover AN ever there appears to be a r t i i vy v y v to make the four inch guns gun p in numbers the dahiel rapid fire breech mechanism malam ma aln i is caliber gun an ideal weapon for the smaller class of unarmored blimps no guns of the thirteen cen mch caliber have bave asyet as yet been fabricated this type of gun will not be demanded until the now new indiana massachusetts and oregon now building are ready for sei vice each of these battle battie ships will V ill hane four thirteen inch guns in lisitin limiting the main battery guns to the thirteen 4 mch en caliber liber the navy department lias has adopted the plan now in vogue in the british navy until recently the british admiralty was ordering inch toon ton guns the maximum caliber gun now building for use in the british navy is the inch 67 ton gun A few to ton guns are afloat today to day aboard british ivar warships ships but when the life of these pieces is exhausted they will in all probability be replaced by 07 ton guns the heaviest caliber guns 0 far completed for the united states navy are arc the welve twelve inch weapons of which two are finished they are both designed for service aboard the coast defense battle ship monterey Montc rcy the twelve inch guns weigh I 1 li about fifty ont tons fire a projectile weighing one thousand pounds to a distance of about ten miles the powder charge m weighing five hundred pounds TI alie le twelve inch projectile should be able to pierce eighteen inches of steel armor at point blank range the twelve inch gun is worked either cither by hydraulic or pneumatic power all the elevating training C and loading being under the control of levers the united states navy has to date four ten inch guns mounted aboard ship they are arc carried by the double turreted monitor two ten inch guns being in in each of her turrets this gun has a weight of about thirty tons the projectile fired weighs about five hundred pounds ani an I 1 is propelled by a powder charge weighing about two hundred and thirty y pounds the estimated range is about eight miles the eight inch ann nn is in service aboard five warships warship of the navy and will be placed aboard a number of the new warships as the vessels put in their appearance this gun fires a shot weighing about two hundred and ten pounds with a powder charge of about ninety pounds ane range is about seven miles the six inch gun weighs very close to five tons the projectile weighs one hundred pounds and the powder charge e about forty five pounds the range is close to five miles the five inch gun weir weighs flis about forty hundred wei weight ht and the four inch gun about twenty six hundredweight hundred weight the projectile of the latter weighs thirty three pounds and the range is over three miles |
