BRICKSHIPS
BRICKSHIPS
16in / 50 caliber Mark 7 Naval Gun
Details about the model:
Length: 55.0 cm (21.7 in)
Width: 7.9 cm (3.1 in)
Height: 33.6 cm (13.2 in)
Scale: 1:50
Total parts: 2063
Functions: Working Powder and Shell hoist
Opening Gun breech
Opening Powder doors
Deployable Cradle
The price includes all the necessary LEGO® parts (in new condition) to build the model as well as the instructions, which will come in form of a PDF-file.
About the model's history:
The 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 – United States Naval Gun is the main armament of the Iowa-class battleships and was the planned main armament of the cancelled Montana-class battleship.
Due to a lack of communication during design, the Bureau of Ordnance assumed the Iowa class would use the 16-inch (406 mm)/50 Mark 2 guns constructed for the 1920 South Dakota-class battleships. However, the Bureau of Construction and Repair assumed that the ships would carry a compact 16-in/50 turret and designed the ships with barbettes too small to accommodate the 16-in/50 Mark 2 three-gun turret that the Bureau of Ordnance was actually working on. The new lightweight 16-in/50 Mark 7 was designed to resolve this conflict.
These guns were 50 calibers long—or 50 times their 16-inch (406 mm) bore diameter, which makes the barrels 66.7 ft (20.3 m) long, from chamber to muzzle. They fired projectiles weighing from 1,900 to 2,700 lb (860 to 1,220 kg) at a maximum speed of 2,690 feet per second (820 m/s) with a range of up to 24 mi (39 km). At maximum range the projectile spent almost 1½ minutes in flight. Each turret required a crew of 79 men to operate.
16in / 50 caliber Mark 7 Naval Gun
Details about the model:
Length: 55.0 cm (21.7 in)
Width: 7.9 cm (3.1 in)
Height: 33.6 cm (13.2 in)
Scale: 1:50
Total parts: 2063
Functions: Working Powder and Shell hoist
Opening Gun breech
Opening Powder doors
Deployable Cradle
The price includes all the necessary LEGO® parts (in new condition) to build the model as well as the instructions, which will come in form of a PDF-file.
About the model's history:
The 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 – United States Naval Gun is the main armament of the Iowa-class battleships and was the planned main armament of the cancelled Montana-class battleship.
Due to a lack of communication during design, the Bureau of Ordnance assumed the Iowa class would use the 16-inch (406 mm)/50 Mark 2 guns constructed for the 1920 South Dakota-class battleships. However, the Bureau of Construction and Repair assumed that the ships would carry a compact 16-in/50 turret and designed the ships with barbettes too small to accommodate the 16-in/50 Mark 2 three-gun turret that the Bureau of Ordnance was actually working on. The new lightweight 16-in/50 Mark 7 was designed to resolve this conflict.
These guns were 50 calibers long—or 50 times their 16-inch (406 mm) bore diameter, which makes the barrels 66.7 ft (20.3 m) long, from chamber to muzzle. They fired projectiles weighing from 1,900 to 2,700 lb (860 to 1,220 kg) at a maximum speed of 2,690 feet per second (820 m/s) with a range of up to 24 mi (39 km). At maximum range the projectile spent almost 1½ minutes in flight. Each turret required a crew of 79 men to operate.
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