| Vickers 14-inch 45-calibre naval gun 14"41st Year Type 14" 43rd Year Type 36 cm 41st Year Type | |
|---|---|
 Gun being installed on Haruna, Kobe, October 1914 | |
| Type | Naval gun |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1913-1945 |
| Used by | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Wars | World War I, World War II |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Vickers |
| Designed | 1910 |
| Manufacturer | Vickers Kure Arsenal Japan Steel Works |
| No. built | 100 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 86,000 kilograms (86 t) |
| Length | 54 ft 0.4 in (16.469 m) |
| Barrel length | 52 ft 6 in (16.002 m) (45 calibres) |
| Shell | 673.5 kg (1,485 lb)[1] |
| Calibre | 14-inch (355.6 mm) |
| Elevation | -3° to +43°[2] |
| Rate of fire | 2 rpm |
| Muzzle velocity | 775 m/s (2,540 ft/s)[1] |
| Maximum firing range | 35,450 m (38,770 yd)[1] |
The Vickers 14-inch 45-calibre gun was designed and built by Vickers and initially installed on the battlecruiser Kongō which it was building for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Guns similar to this Vickers design were also later built in Japan to arm Kongō's sister ships and subsequent Japanese-constructed "super-dreadnoughts" which were all built in Japan. Japanese-built versions of the guns were designated 14-inch 41st Year Type, and from 1917 when the Navy went metric they were redesignated 36 cm 41st Year Type.
- ^ Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. p. 184. ISBN 0870214594.