340mm/28 Modèle 1881 gun

Canon de 340 modèle 1881/84 à glissement
Canon de 340 modèle 1881/84 à glissement
Type	Railway gun
Place of origin	France
Service history
In service	1919-?
Used by	France
Production history
Designer	Schneider
Designed	1917
Manufacturer	Schneider
Produced	1918
No. built	8
Specifications
Mass	187 t (184 long tons; 206 short tons)
Barrel length	9.7 m (32 ft) L/28.5 calibres
Shell	Separate loading bagged charges and projectiles
Shell weight	430 kg (950 lb)
Caliber	340 mm (13 in)
Breech	Interrupted screw breech
Recoil	Carriage recoil
Carriage	Two six-axle bogies
Elevation	+3° to +40°
Traverse	None
Rate of fire	1 round every five minutes
Muzzle velocity	430 m/s (1,400 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	19 km (12 mi)

340mm/28 Modèle 1881
340mm/28 Modèle 1881
	A 340mm/28 Modèle 1881 aboard the Magenta
Type	Naval gun
Place of origin	France
Service history
In service	1881-1922
Used by	France
Specifications
Mass	52.2 t (51.4 long tons; 57.5 short tons)
Length	9.7 m (32 ft) L/28.5 calibres
Shell	Separate loading bagged charges and projectiles
Shell weight	AP: 420.0 kg (925.9 lb); Common: 350.0 kg (771.6 lb)
Calibre	340 mm (13 in)
Breech	Interrupted screw
Muzzle velocity	600 m/s (1,969 ft/s)

The 340mm/28 Modèle 1881 gun was a heavy naval gun of the French Navy.

History

The type was used in single mountings on the ironclads of the Marceau class, and on the Hoche.

Railway guns

Eight guns were converted from naval use to railway guns by Schneider and designated Canon de 340 modèle 1881/84 à glissement. The conversions were ordered during 1917 but they weren't delivered until January 1919 after the war had ended. The guns were suspended from two six-axle rail bogies and used carriage recoil known as the glissement system. The guns had no traverse mechanism so aiming was done by drawing the guns across a section of curved track.^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d French gun tables quoted in Brasseys Naval Annual 1901
^ ^a ^b ^c Hogg, Ian (2004). Allied artillery of World War One. Ramsbury: Crowood. p. 218. ISBN 1861267126. OCLC 56655115.
^ Miller, H. W. (1921). Railway Artillery, vols. I and II. Washington: Government Printing Office. pp. 193–196.

External links

PIECES LOURDES : 240 et plus

[Brasseys1901-1] French gun tables quoted in Brasseys Naval Annual 1901

[:0-2] Hogg, Ian (2004). Allied artillery of World War One. Ramsbury: Crowood. p. 218. ISBN 1861267126. OCLC 56655115.

[3] Miller, H. W. (1921). Railway Artillery, vols. I and II. Washington: Government Printing Office. pp. 193–196.

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French naval weapons of the First World War
Battleship primary armament	274 mm/40 Modèle 1893/1896 305 mm/45 Modèle 1887 305 mm/40 Modèle 1893/96 305 mm/45 Modèle 1906 340 mm/42 Modèle 1887 340 mm/45 Modèle 1912
Battleship secondary armament	47 mm/40 Modèle 1885 47 mm/50 Modèle 1902 57 mm/40 Modèle 1885 75 mm/62 Modèle 1908 75 mm/34 Modèle 1915/1916/1917 138 mm/55 Modèle 1910 164 mm/45 Modèle 1887 164 mm/45 Modèle 1893 194 mm/40 Modèle 1893–1896 240mm/50 Modèle 1902 274 mm/45 Modèle 1887/1893
Cruiser primary armament	164 mm/45 Modèle 1887 164 mm/45 Modèle 1893 194 mm/45 Modèle 1887 194 mm/40 Modèle 1893–1896 194 mm/50 Modèle 1902
Cruiser secondary armament	100 mm/45 Modèle 1891 138 mm/45 Modèle 1893 164 mm/45 Modèle 1887 164 mm/45 Modèle 1893
Destroyer and Aviso Primary armament	65 mm/50 Modèle 1891 100 mm/45 Modèle 1891 138 mm/45 Modèle 1893 138 mm/55 Modèle 1910
Anti-aircraft weapons	8 mm/50 Modèle 1914 57 mm/40 Modèle 1902

340mm/28 Modèle 1881 gun

History

Railway guns

See also

Weapons of comparable role, performance and era

Notes

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