Italy
7.5"/45 (19.1 cm) Model 1908
Updated 29 December 2007
These were of Elswick Pattern "C" and were used on armored cruisers.  This gun or the Vickers Mark D which had similar performance were used in Pisa and then mounted in the pontoon GM216.  It is possible that some were also used in coastal artillery batteries.  Twenty-four of these guns were in service as of June 1940.

These guns were wire-wound for 75% of their length.
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Armored Cruiser San Giorgio in 1941
The twin 7.5" (19.1 cm) guns are in the two lower mountings
Above and between them is a twin 10 cm/47 OTO M1928 AA mounting
Photograph copyrighted by Elio Andò
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Armored Cruiser Pisa in 1923
Twin 7.5" (19.1 cm) guns in four amidships mountings
Marina Militare Photograph
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Gun Characteristics
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Designation 7.5"/45 (19.1 cm) Model 1908
Ship Class Used On San Marco Class
Date Of Design 1908
Date In Service 1910
Gun Weight 13.77 tons (14.99 mt)
Gun Length oa 350.6 in (8.905 m)
Bore Length 337.5 in (8.573 m)
Rifling Length N/A
Grooves N/A
Lands N/A
Twist N/A
Chamber Volume 1,313.6 in3 (69.24 dm3)
Rate Of Fire 2.6 rounds per minute
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Ammunition
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Type Bag
Projectile Types and Weights AP - 200.4 lbs. (90.9 kg)
Bursting Charge N/A
Projectile Length N/A
Propellant Charge about 71.2 lbs. (32.3 kg)
Muzzle Velocity 2,835 fps (864 mps)
Working Pressure N/A
Approximate Barrel Life N/A
Ammunition stowage per gun N/A
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Range
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Elevation With 200.4 lbs. (90.9 kg) AP shell
Range @ 25 degrees about 24,000 yards (22,000 m)
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Mount / Turret Data
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Designation Twin Turrets
   San Marco (4)
Weight  N/A
Elevation -7 / +25 degrees
Elevation Rate N/A
Train about +80 / -80 degrees
Train Rate N/A
Gun recoil N/A
Loading Angle N/A
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Data from
"Naval Weapons of World War Two" by John Campbell
"Italian Warships of World War II" by Aldo Fraccaroli
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