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380 mm/45 Modèle 1935 gun

Field	Value
name	380mm/45 Modèle 1935
image	Canon_-_380_mm_-_2views.jpg
caption	Remaining gun under Recouvrance Bridge, Brest
origin	France
type	naval gun
is_ranged	YES
is_artillery	YES
is_UK	YES
service	1935–1969
used_by	France
wars	Second World War, Suez Crisis
design_date	1935
number	16 guns
weight	Turret: 2,476 tonnes

length	17.882 m
part_length	17.257 m
cartridge	AP: 884 kg
separate charges and shell
caliber	380 mm
rate	1.8 /min
velocity	830 m/s
max_range	41700 m 35° elevation, streamlined shell
breech	Welin breech block, hydro-pneumatically powered
recoil	132.5 cm
elevation	6°/s
traverse	300°, 5°/s

Single Gun: 94.13 tonnes separate charges and shell The 380mm/45 Modèle 1935 gun was a heavy naval gun of the French Navy. It was the largest calibre naval gun ever fielded in French service.

History

The built-up guns were used on the two battleships of the Richelieu class, Richelieu and Jean Bart. They were mounted in quadruple turrets, which allowed mounting all the main battery at the bow, and saved weight on turret armour in the context of the Washington Naval Treaty.

During World War II seven guns were captured by the Germans and three of these were taken to Norway. It was planned to install them in a coastal battery at Vardaasen (MKB 6./501 Nötteröy), using Bettungsschiessgerüst (Firing platform) C/39 armoured single mounts, but the war ended before the battery became operational. In 1949 the guns were returned to France (in exchange for 3 German 38 cm SKC/34 from Todt Battery) where they were then refurbished at the Ruelle Foundry.

Five guns remain: one is on display at the Arsenal of Brest, under Recouvrance Bridge; another at Lanvéoc at the École Navale; and a third gun survives at Gâvres, near Lorient. Two others are on display, at Ruelle and at La Spezia. The honour room of the École Navale also displays two 380mm shells and tampions.

|Image:380mm shell mg 9782.jpg|Shell on display at the Musée national de la Marine |File:Richelieu en route to New York 1943 bow.jpg|Battleship Richelieu en route to New York in 1943 |File:Canon_Richelieu_Brest.jpg|One of the five remaining 380mm/45 Modèle 1935 guns of Richelieu, by the Penfeld river in Brest. |File:Canon du Richelieu Lanveoc-IMG 3352.JPG|The gun of Lanvéoc at the École Navale, in front of the Orion building

Notes

Bibliography

References

Wahl. p. 57.
Tony DiGiulian. "France 380 mm/45 (14.96") Model 1935 and Model 1936". NavWeaps.
[http://jerome.caffet.free.fr/histoire/le_richelieu.htm Le cuirassé Richelieu.]

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