Bofors 15.2 cm M/12 naval gun

15.2 cm marinkanon M/12
Interior of a single-gun M/12 turret, showing the open breech and the interrupted screw
Type	Naval artillery
Place of origin	Sweden
Service history
In service	1916–1957
Production history
Designer	Bofors
Designed	1912
Manufacturer	Bofors
Specifications
Mass	7.75 t (7.63 long tons; 8.54 short tons)
Barrel length	762 cm (25 ft) (50 caliber)
Shell	45.4 kg (100 lb)
Caliber	15.2 cm (6.0 in)
Breech	Interrupted screw
Elevation	-5°/+30°
Rate of fire	3–4 rpm
Muzzle velocity	850 m/s (2,800 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	16,000 m (17,000 yd) (19,000m post 1930's)

The Bofors 15.2 cm M/12 naval gun was a weapon used as the secondary armament of the Swedish Sverige-class coastal defence ships. It was designed and built by Bofors a few years before the First World War.

A single-gun turret dismounted from Gustav V after she was scrapped in 1970

Bibliography

• Ahlberg, Lars (1986). "Gun Data for the Swedish Svierge Class Coastal Battleships". F.P.D.S. Newsletter. XIV (3): 1.
• Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-459-4.
• Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval Weapons of World War One: Guns, Torpedoes, Mines and ASW Weapons of All Nations; An Illustrated Directory. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-100-7.
• Harris, Daniel G. (1992). "The Svierge Class Coastal Defense Ships". In Gardiner, Robert (ed.). Warship 1992. London: Naval Institute Press. pp. 80–98. ISBN 0-85177-603-5.

External links

• Tony DiGiulian, Sweden 15.2 cm/50 (6") Model 1912