Japan
5.5"/50 (14 cm) 3rd Year Type
14 cm/50 (5.5") 3rd Year Type
Pictures

Updated 23 September 2010


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Light Cruiser IJN Kuma off Tsingtao in 1935
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 82094



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14 cm gun salvaged from battleship IJN Mutsu at Yûshûkan Museum at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan
Picture courtesy of Taku Saito and from Museum Trip



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Rear view of above 14 cm gun
Picture courtesy of Taku Saito and from Museum Trip



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Detail view of breech and elevation arc of above 14 cm gun.  Handwheel is missing.
Picture courtesy of Taku Saito and from Museum Trip


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