Bow 305 mm/52 (12") turret on Battleship
Marat in 1925
Photograph from "Last Giants of the Russian
Imperial Fleet"
305 mm/52 (12") on test stand
Notice that the recoil cylinders are not
pressurized, allowing the gun to go to the full recoil position
305 mm/52 (12") now at Central Naval Museum,
St. Petersburg, Russia
Photograph copyrighted by Vladimir Yakubov
305 mm/52 (12") now at Central Naval Museum,
St. Petersburg, Russia
Photograph copyrighted by Vladimir Yakubov
305 mm/52 (12") APC now at Central Naval
Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Photograph copyrighted by Vladimir Yakubov
305 mm/52 (12") HE now at Central Naval
Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Photograph copyrighted by Vladimir Yakubov