Canon de 194 mm Modèle 1887

Canon de 194 mm Modèle 1887
Canon de 194 mm Modèle 1887
Type	Naval gun
Place of origin	France
Service history
Used by	France
Wars	World War I
Production history
Designed	1887
Specifications
Mass	10,770 kg (23,740 lb)
Length	8.076 m (26 ft 6 in)
Barrel length	7.76 m (25 ft 6 in) 45 caliber
Shell	separate-loading, bagged charge and projectiles
Shell weight	75–90 kg (165–198 lb)
Caliber	194 mm (7.6 in)
Elevation	Dupuy de Lôme: -5°/ +15°; Amiral Charner: -6° / +14.2°
Traverse	Bow/Stern: -150° / +150°
Rate of fire	1 rpm
Muzzle velocity	770–800 m/s (2,500–2,600 ft/s)
Effective firing range	11.5 km (7 mi)

The Canon de 194 mm Modèle 1887 was a turret mounted medium-caliber naval gun used as the main armament of a number of armored cruisers of the French Navy during World War I.

Design

The Mle 1887 guns were typical built-up guns of the period with a rifled steel liner and several layers of steel reinforcing hoops. The guns used an interrupted screw breech and the new smokeless powder of the period.^[1]

Naval service

Ships that carried the Mle 1887 include:

Dupuy de Lôme - This armored cruiser had a main armament of two Mle 1887 guns in single turrets fore and aft.
Amiral Charner-class cruisers - This class of four armored cruisers had a main armament of two Mle 1887 guns in single turrets fore and aft.

Ammunition

The Mle 1893-1896 used separate-loading ammunition with two bagged charges weighing 18.8 kg (41 lb).

Shell type	Weight
Armor-piercing, capped	90 kg (200 lb)
Common shell	75 kg (165 lb)
Semi-armor-piercing, capped	89.5 kg (197 lb)^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval Weapons of World War One. S. Yorkshire: Seaforth Pub. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-84832-100-7. OCLC 751804655.
^ DiGiulian, Tony (20 May 2020). "19 cm/45 (7.64") Model 1887". Naval Weapons.

References

Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval Weapons of World War One. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84832-100-7.

[:0-1] Friedman, Norman (2011). Naval Weapons of World War One. S. Yorkshire: Seaforth Pub. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-84832-100-7. OCLC 751804655.

[2] DiGiulian, Tony (20 May 2020). "19 cm/45 (7.64") Model 1887". Naval Weapons.

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v t e French naval weapons of the First World War
Battleship primary armament	274 mm/40 Modèle 1893/1896 305 mm/45 Modèle 1887 305 mm/40 Modèle 1893/96 305 mm/45 Modèle 1906 340mm/28 Modèle 1881 340 mm/42 Modèle 1887 340 mm/45 Modèle 1912
Battleship secondary armament	47 mm/40 Modèle 1885 47 mm/50 Modèle 1902 57 mm/40 Modèle 1885 75 mm/62 Modèle 1908 75 mm/34 Modèle 1915/1916/1917 138 mm/55 Modèle 1910 164 mm/45 Modèle 1887 164 mm/45 Modèle 1893 194 mm/40 Modèle 1893–1896 240mm/50 Modèle 1902 274 mm/45 Modèle 1887/1893
Cruiser primary armament	164 mm/45 Modèle 1887 164 mm/45 Modèle 1893 194 mm/45 Modèle 1887 194 mm/40 Modèle 1893–1896 194 mm/50 Modèle 1902
Cruiser secondary armament	100 mm/45 Modèle 1891 138 mm/45 Modèle 1893 164 mm/45 Modèle 1887 164 mm/45 Modèle 1893
Destroyer and Aviso Primary armament	65 mm/50 Modèle 1891 100 mm/45 Modèle 1891 138 mm/45 Modèle 1893 138 mm/55 Modèle 1910
Anti-aircraft weapons	8 mm/50 Modèle 1914 57 mm/40 Modèle 1902