4"/45 (10.2 cm) QF HA Marks XVI, XVII, XVIII and XXI
Pictures
Updated 18 May 2013
HMAS Barwon
After 4"/45 (10.2 cm) Mark XVI gun in
single Mark XX mounting with single Bofors
guns fore and aft
Photograph from Allan C. Green collection
of glass negatives
State Library of Victoria Image H91.250/156
4" (10.2 cm) shell in fuze setter in Mark
XIX twin mounting on HMS Belfast
Photograph copyrighted by Vladimir Yakubov
Sketch of 4"/45 (10.2 cm) guns in twin
Mark XIX Mounting with shield removed
Sketch from BR 257 "Handbook for the 4
Inch Q.F. Mark XVI* Gun on the H.A. Twin Mark XIX and Single Mark XX Mountings"
Used here by permission of Historic
Naval Ships Association
Breeches on HMCS Haida
Note that there are left and right guns
Photograph copyrighted by Mike Howard
and used here by his kind permission
Markings on R/H gun shown above
Photograph copyrighted by Mike Howard
and used here by his kind permission
Sketch of 4"/45 (10.2 cm) guns in twin
Mark XIX Mounting
Sketch from BR 257 "Handbook for the 4
Inch Q.F. Mark XVI* Gun on the H.A. Twin Mark XIX and Single Mark XX Mountings"
Used here by permission of Historic
Naval Ships Association
Sketch of 4"/45 (10.2 cm) guns in twin
Mark XIX Mounting
Sketch from BR 257 "Handbook for the 4
Inch Q.F. Mark XVI* Gun on the H.A. Twin Mark XIX and Single Mark XX Mountings"
Used here by permission of Historic
Naval Ships Association
Illustration showing the differences between
BL and QF guns
Click on this sketch for a larger image
Sketch from "The Gunnery Pocket Book,
B.R. 224/45 (1945)"
Used here by permission of Historic
Naval
Ships Association