Mk XIV & XV : 2,900 feet per second (880 m/s) Mk XVI : 3,000 feet per second (910 m/s) Mk XVII : 2,905 feet per second (885 m/s) Mk XVIII : 2,874 feet per second (876 m/s) Aft 6-inch gun displayed on ...

Quick Facts Ordnance BL 6-inch gun Mks II, III, IV, VI, Type ...

Today's US Navy is poorly equipped to support a landing force, but that wasn't the case decades ago when it had ships like ...

It’s not coincidental that the largest collections of military artefacts on the northern beaches are at opposite ends of the ...

They reached the shore, carried and destroyed a battery of 6-inch naval guns, which erupted on the lightening coast like a volcano. It was time for the Canadians. Ham Roberts’ soldiers had been ...

The USS Iowa, nicknamed the “Big Stick,” was a formidable battleship that earned 11 battle stars across World War II, the Korean War, and the Cold War. Summary and Key Points: The USS Iowa ...

even the battleship’s 16-inch guns could not hold a candle to their counterparts. By 2006, all four Iowa-class battleships had been stricken from the Naval Vessel Registry to be converted into ...

The Imperial Japanese Navy's Yamato – along with her sister ship Musashi – was the largest battleship ever constructed. her nine 46cm (18.1-inch) Type 94 main guns employed were the largest ...

Charles Boatner left for the Pacific in June 1945 and served as a correspondent with the Army, Navy and Merchant Marine ... Kinch stood on a 16-inch gun turret, and Wear was perched on a 14 ...

Of the 72,400 rifles procured, 66,400 were for the Army, 4,000 for the Air Force, and 2,000 for the Navy ... It features a 16-inch barrel, an M-LOK handguard, and a 6-position telescoping stock.