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Wednesday, September 29th 2004, 4:03pm

F.3. Light Guns (< 41 mm)

[SIZE=3]Note:[/SIZE]

As "BigGun" lists WW1 shell factors as 0.6 to 0.8, and WW2 shell factors as ~1.0, all Indian shell form factors start with 0.8 as their baseline in 1918, and increase by 0.01 for each year after in 1918 in which the gun is introduced.

Therefore, the 10.5cm/1918 has a shell-form factor of 0.80, while the 12.5cm/1924 has a shell-form factor of 0.86.

Obviously this puts India at a disadvantage when faced with Wesworld 1920's vintage artillery using superheavy shells and shell-form factors in excess of 1.0; but from a historic perspective, it seems realistic.



7.7 mm

15 mm

35 mm

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Friday, October 1st 2004, 7:17pm

7.7 mm

TBF

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Friday, October 1st 2004, 7:18pm

[SIZE=3]15mm/1918[/SIZE]

In Service: 1918
Used on: Most vessels 1


Caliber = 1.5 cm (0.6 inch)
Shell weight = 0 kg (0 lbs)
Muzzle velocity = 749 m/s (2455 fps)

Relative ballistic performance: 0.80

Muzzle energy = 0.028 megajoules = 10.326 foot-tons

Relative muzzle energy: 1.57

Barrel length: 70 calibers


Elevation Range Time Velocity Fall Angle

2.5 deg 2300 meters 5.3 sec 272 m/s 4.9 deg
5.0 deg 3100 meters 9.2 sec 189 m/s 12.1 deg
7.5 deg 3700 meters 12.4 sec 156 m/s 19.9 deg
10.0 deg 4000 meters 15.3 sec 139 m/s 27.8 deg
12.5 deg 4300 meters 17.9 sec 130 m/s 35.1 deg
15.0 deg 4600 meters 20.4 sec 126 m/s 42.0 deg
20.0 deg 4900 meters 24.9 sec 125 m/s 52.9 deg
25.0 deg 5100 meters 29.0 sec 128 m/s 60.9 deg
30.0 deg 5200 meters 32.9 sec 132 m/s 67.0 deg
35.0 deg 5200 meters 36.5 sec 136 m/s 71.4 deg
40.0 deg 5100 meters 39.9 sec 139 m/s 74.9 deg
45.0 deg 5000 meters 43.1 sec 142 m/s 77.6 deg
50.0 deg 4700 meters 46.1 sec 145 m/s 79.8 deg


Armor Penetration - Vertical Belt Armor

(Relative armor quality, 1.00)

Maximum penetration: 4.12 cm


Elevation Range Belt Deck



Maximum range = 5200 meters at 32.9 deg elevation

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Friday, October 1st 2004, 7:18pm

[SIZE=3]35mm/1918[/SIZE]

In service: 1918
Used on: Most vessels


Caliber = 3.5 cm (1.4 inch)
Shell weight = 1 kg (2 lbs)
Muzzle velocity = 922 m/s (3025 fps)

Relative ballistic performance: 0.80

Muzzle energy = 0.425 megajoules = 156.7 foot-tons

Relative muzzle energy: 1.87

Barrel length: 80 calibers


Elevation Range Time Velocity Fall Angle

2.5 deg 3800 meters 6.7 sec 372 m/s 4.6 deg
5.0 deg 5300 meters 11.8 sec 261 m/s 11.3 deg
7.5 deg 6300 meters 16.1 sec 214 m/s 18.8 deg
10.0 deg 7000 meters 19.9 sec 191 m/s 26.2 deg
12.5 deg 7600 meters 23.4 sec 179 m/s 33.3 deg
15.0 deg 8000 meters 26.7 sec 173 m/s 39.9 deg
20.0 deg 8700 meters 32.8 sec 170 m/s 50.7 deg
25.0 deg 9200 meters 38.4 sec 174 m/s 58.7 deg
30.0 deg 9400 meters 43.7 sec 180 m/s 64.8 deg
35.0 deg 9600 meters 48.7 sec 186 m/s 69.4 deg
40.0 deg 9500 meters 53.4 sec 191 m/s 72.9 deg
45.0 deg 9300 meters 57.8 sec 196 m/s 75.7 deg
50.0 deg 9000 meters 62.0 sec 200 m/s 78.0 deg


Armor Penetration - Vertical Belt Armor

(Relative armor quality, 1.00)

Maximum penetration: 10.84 cm


Elevation Range Belt Deck

1.2 deg 2400 meters 5 cm


Maximum range = 9600 meters at 36.4 deg elevation