16in / 50 claiber Mark 7 Naval Gun Instructions

Categories: Others, Instructions

Instructions Only!

  • Approximate cost for the parts on Bricklink: ~300$ - ~350$ (shipping and handling fees not included)

After your purchase I will send you an email containing the link to download the PDF-instructions as well as the .xml file for the partslist on Bricklink. The time this will take might vary a bit, but will usually always be within 24 hours.

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

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 claiber Mark 7 Naval Gun Instructions

Categories: Others, Instructions

Instructions Only!

  • Approximate cost for the parts on Bricklink: ~300$ - ~350$ (shipping and handling fees not included)

After your purchase I will send you an email containing the link to download the PDF-instructions as well as the .xml file for the partslist on Bricklink. The time this will take might vary a bit, but will usually always be within 24 hours.

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

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.

CHF 24.95

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