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| Bore |
4" 101.6mm |
| Ammunition Type |
Contact or time fused HE fixed
shell. VT fused shells and Shark shells became available later in the war. |
| Weight of round | 35 lbs 15.88 kg |
| Velocity | 2660 feet per second 811 meters per second |
| Maximum elevation | 80 degrees |
| Range | 19,850 yards 18,150 meters |
| Altitude | 39,000 feet 11,890 meters |
| Firing cycle | 5 seconds |
The Mark 16 mounted in a twin Mark 19 mount became the standard medium antiaircraft
gun for the newer cruisers
and destroyers of the Royal Navy.
The mount was relatively simple, being unpowered and lacking an integral
ammunition hoist (ammunition was passed from a fixed hoist into the
back of the mount.) Singly mounted Mark 16s were used only by the Royal Australian Navy.
By the end of the war, the Mark 16 was being
supplied with VT shells with radar
proximity fuses and with Shark antisubmarine shells.
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