Gun Model: BR 6in 50cal BL Mk XXIII

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Gun Model	BR 6in 50cal BL Mk XXIII


Gun Model Type	Light Cruiser

Gun Models
	Developed By	Design	In Service	Barrels Used
	Great Britain	1930 Jan 01	1933 Jan 01	415

Gun Models
	Bore	Bore	Calibre	Barrel Length	Barrel Weight	Working Pressure	Barrel Life EFC
	6in	0.152m	50	7.62m	7ton	344.877MPa	1 100

Gun Models
	Shell Mass	Muzzle Velocity	Rate Of Fire Per Minute	Kg/s	Max Range
	50.8kg	841m/s	8	6.773	23 300m

Gun Models
	Usual Rounds Per Gun	Max Firing Time Minute
	200	25

Gun Models
	Barrel Recoil Velocity	Barrel To Shell Weight Ratio	Average Shell Acceleration	Recoil	Average Barrel Acceleration	Max Pressure Shell Acceleration	Kinetic Energy Joule
	6.093m/s	138.006	46.409km/s2	0.419m	44.304m/s2	123.84km/s2	17.964M

Turret Models
1) Mounted In Turret Model	2) 1:Gun Armament	3) 2: As Built Of Ship Class	4) 3: Primary Image	5) 3: First Laid Down YMD	6) 2: Rounds Per Gun	7) 1: Depicted In Image
BR 6in 50cal Mk XXI Twin	HMS Arethusa Gun 3 X BR 6in 50cal Mk XXI Twin	HMS Arethusa		1933 Jan 25	200
	HMS Leander Gun 4 X BR 6in 50cal Mk XXI Twin	HMS Leander		1930 Sep 08	200
	HMS Modified Leander Gun 4 X BR 6in 50cal Mk XXI Twin	HMS Modified Leander		1933 Jun 26	200
BR 6in 50cal Mk XXII Triple	HMS Southampton Gun 4 X BR 6in 50cal Mk XXII Triple	HMS Southampton		1934 Oct 04	200
BR 6in 50cal Mk XXIII Triple	HMS Edinburgh Gun 4 X BR 6in 50cal Mk XXIII Triple	HMS Edinburgh		1936 Dec 10	200
	HMS Fiji Gun 4 X BR 6in 50cal Mk XXIII Triple	HMS Fiji		1938 Feb 08	200
	HMS Hawke Gun 4 X BR 6in 50cal Mk XXIII Triple	HMS Hawke		1945 Jan 01	200
	HMS Minotaur Gun 3 X BR 6in 50cal Mk XXIII Triple	HMS Minotaur		1941 Oct 01	200
	HMS Uganda Gun 3 X BR 6in 50cal Mk XXIII Triple	HMS Uganda		1939 Apr 27	200
BR 6in Vickers Mk W Triple	ARG La Argentina Gun 3 X BR 6in Vickers Mk W Triple	ARG La Argentina		1936 Jan 11

Used In Activity

1939 Aug 20 German Cruise Graf Spee South Atlantic Indian Ocean

1939 12 13 0100 Surface Action Sinking Of Graf Spee River Plate

1940 07 03 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Mers El Kebir, Algeria

1940 07 09 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Punto Stilo, Italy

1940 07 19 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Cape Spada, Crete

1940 11 11 0100 Air Strike Attack On Taranto Taranto

1940 11 27 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Cape Spartivento, Sardinia

1941 03 27 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Cape Matapan, Greece

1941 May 19 German Cruise Rheinubung Bismarck Breakout North Atlantic

1941 05 27 0947 Battle Sinking Of Bismarck Mid North Atlantic

1941 11 09 0100 Surface Action Battle Of The Duisberg Convoy Mediterranean Sea

1942 02 27 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Java Sea

1942 03 01 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Sunda Strait

1942 05 07 0100 Battle Of The Coral Sea

Directive: 1942 Jul 02 United States Directive Seizure Of New Britain, New Ireland, New Guinea

1942 Aug 07 United States Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Tulagi, Solomon Islands

1942 08 09 0100 Surface Action First Battle Of Savo Island, Solomon Islands

1942 12 01 0100 Surface Action Convoy JW51B North Cape, North Atlantic

1943 12 26 0100 Surface Action Sinking Of The Scharnhorst North Cape, North Atlantic

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