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Naval Guns of Brazil

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Modern Weapons

1980 to Present
5"/38 Mark 12
Pará Class (ex-USA Garcia class)
4.5"/55 Mark 8 Mod 0
Barroso, Niteroi and Inhaúma Classes
40 mm/70 Mark 3
Niteroi Class
40 mm/70 OTO-Breda
Niteroi, Inhaúma, Greenhalgh (ex-UK Type 22) and Grajaú Classes and Patrol Ships
20 mm Phalanx
Mattoso Maia Class (ex-USA Newport class)
20 mm/85 GAM-BO1
Greenhalgh Class (Type 22)
20 mm/70 Oerlikon
Grajaú Class
12.7 mm HMG (USA Browning M2)
Many Ships

Historical Weapons

Battleship Main Guns

15"/45 Mark B
Riachuelo
12"/45 Elswick Pattern L
Minas Gerais Class

Cruiser / Destroyer Main Guns and Battleship / Cruiser Secondary Guns

6"/50 QF EOC
Parnaiba and Barroso (1898) Classes
6"/47 Mark 16
Barroso Class (ex-Brooklyn class)
5"/38 Mark 12
Marcilio Dias and Acre Classes and ex-USA Destroyers
5"/25 Mark 10
Barroso Class (ex-USA Brooklyn class)
4.7"/50 EOC
Minas Gerais Class
4.7"/50 Armstrong
Barroso (1898) Class
4.7"/45 Ansaldo
Humaita
4.7"/40 Elswick
Pernambuco
4"/45 QF Vickers-Armstrong Mark N
Carioca Class
4"/40 QF Mark IV
Maranhao
100 mm/47 Odero-Terni
Tamoio Class

Smaller Caliber, Anti-Aircraft and "Dynamite" Guns

3"/50RF Marks 27, 33 and 34
ex-USA Destroyers
6-pdr Maxim-Nordenfelt
N/A
40 mm/56 Bofors Mark 1, Mark 2 and M1
ex-USA Warships
20 mm/70 Oerlikon Marks 2, 3 and 4
ex-USA Warships
Zalinsky "Dynamite" Gun
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Contents

  • Modern Weapons
  • Historical Weapons
    • Battleship Main Guns
    • Cruiser / Destroyer Main Guns and Battleship / Cruiser Secondary Guns
    • Smaller Caliber, Anti-Aircraft and "Dynamite" Guns
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