Italy
7.5"/45 (19.1 cm) Model 1908
Updated 13 September 2011
These were Elswick Pattern "C" and were used on armored cruisers.  These guns were removed from the cruiser Pisa following her decommissioning in 1937.  Two of them (or the Vickers Mark D which had similar performance) were then mounted on the pontoon GM216.  It is possible that some of the remaining guns were used in coastal artillery batteries.

Twenty-four of these guns were still in service as of June 1940.

Construction is believed to have been 'A' tube, inner 'A' tube, wire winding for 75% of their length, 'B' tube and jacket.
WNIT_75-45_m1908_pic.jpg

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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10"/45 (25.4 cm) and 7.5"/45 (19.1 cm) turrets on Pisa circa 1915
Note the 3"/40 (7.62 cm) gun in casemate mounting
Bain News Service Photograph
Library of Congress Photograph ID LC-DIG-ggbain-10036
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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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Page History

28 December 2008 - Benchmark
13 September 2011 - Added link to 3"/40 (7.62 cm) gun and construction details