List of the largest cannon by caliber
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File:Ghent cannon.jpg giant cannon Dulle Griet at Ghent (caliber of 660 mm)]]
This list contains all types of cannon through the ages listed in decreasing caliber size. For the purpose of this list, the development of large-calibre artillery can be divided into three periods, based on the kind of projectiles used, due to their dissimilar characteristics, and being practically incommensurable in terms of their bore size:
- Stone balls: Cannon of extraordinary bore, which fired stone balls, were first introduced at the turn of the 14th to 15th century in Western Europe. Following a logic of increasing performance through size, they had evolved from small handguns to giant wrought-iron or cast-bronze bombards within a span of just several decades.{{harvnb|Schmidtchen|1977b|pp=228–230}}
- Iron balls and shot: By the 16th century, however, a general switch from stone balls to smaller, but much more effective iron projectiles was in full swing. This and the parallel tendency towards standardized, rapid-firing cannon made the enormously costly and logistically demanding giant guns soon obsolete in the European theatre (with the exception of the odd showpiece).{{harvnb|Schmidtchen|1977a|pp=153–161}}
- Explosive shells: In the Industrial Age, artillery was again revolutionized by the introduction of explosive shells, beginning with the Paixhans guns. Breakthroughs in metallurgy and modes of production were followed up by new experimentation with super-sized caliber weapons, culminating in the steel colossi of the two World Wars. In the post-war era, the development of extremely overpowered artillery was gradually abandoned in favour of missile technology, while heavy guns are still demanded by various arms of the service.
The list includes only cannons that were actually built, that is, cannons that existed only as concepts, ideas, proposals, plans, drawings or diagrams are excluded. Also excluded are those cannons that were only partially built (not a single complete artillery piece of the cannon type in question fully built). The list includes cannons that were completed (fully built) but did not fire even once (or there is debate/insufficient evidence about whether the cannons were ever fired). Also cannons that never were used in combat are included. Naturally, the list only includes real cannons (made from metal and meant to be fired with gunpowder and a projectile to cause major destruction) and replicas etc. (made from plastic or fiberglass, for example) and other non-real cannons (meaning those cannon-like pieces that were not meant to be fired with gunpowder and a projectile capable of causing major destruction) are excluded.
Cannon by caliber
= Stone balls =
Heyday: 15th to 17th centuries
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!Image !!Caliber (mm) !!Name !!Type !!Produced !!Place of origin !!Made by !!Remarks |
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|890The bombard has a conical bore of 82.5–90 cm. |1586 |1 made; it is debated whether the cannon was ever fired (evidence of gunpowder residue in the gun has been found in some studies); never used in combat; 1 survives |
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|820The bombard has a conical bore of 76–88 cm.{{harvnb|Schmidtchen|1977a|p=162}}; ball diameter is 20 mm less (p. 171, Fn. 41). |{{Sort|1425|Early 15th century}} |House of Habsburg, {{flag|Holy Roman Empire}} | |1 made; 1 survives |
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Bown{{cite book | author = Stephen R. Bown | title = A Most Damnable Invention: Dynamite, Nitrates, and the Making of the Modern World | year = 2005 | publisher = Penguin Group | isbn = 0-670-04524-1 }} indicates a larger bore of {{convert|36|in|mm|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}, but Hollenback{{citation | author = George M. Hollenback | title = Notes on the Design and Construction of Urban's Giant Bombard | journal = Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies | volume = 26 | issue = 1 | year = 2002 | pages = 284–291 | doi = 10.1179/030701302806932231 | s2cid = 161056159 }} says that Kritoboulos, a contemporary source, indicates a circumference of 12 spans and concludes that in this case the smallest of three possible sizes of span is the correct unit, giving 0.745 m for the bore. Hollenback also notes that granite cannonballs dating from the siege of Constantinople had a diameter of 0.711 m and could have been shot from this weapon using a wooden sabot. }} |1453 |{{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}}Ottoman Empire |1 made; used in combat; none survive |
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|735The bombard has a conical bore of 67–80 cm.{{harvnb|Schmidtchen|1977b|p=222}}; ball diameter is 20 mm less (p. 171, Fn. 41). |1411 |City of Brunswick, {{flag|Holy Roman Empire}} |Henning Bussenschutte |1 made; fired 12 times during its existence; none survive |
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|700 |{{Sort|1549}} |City of Bijapur, Adil Shahi dynasty |Muhammad Bin Husain Rumi |1 made; used in combat; 1 survives |
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|660{{harvnb|Schmidtchen|1977a|p=164}}; ball diameter is 20 mm less (p. 171, Fn. 41). |{{Sort|1425|First half of 15th century}} |City of Ghent, County of {{flag|Flanders}}, Duchy of {{flag|Burgundy}} | |3 made (the Dulle Griet, the Mons Meg, and a third piece that went to France); used in combat; 2 survive (those named) |
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|635 |Thanjavur cannon (Rajagopala Beerangi) |1620 |Vikas Naikwade |1 made; used in combat; 1 survives |
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|635{{cite web |url=https://royalarmouries.org/collection/object/object-6177 |title=Gun - Turkish Bombard - 1464 |website=Royal Armouries |access-date=2024-10-02}}{{cite journal |last1=ffoulkes |first1=Charles |author-link=Charles ffoulkes |date=July 1930 |title=The 'Dardanelles' Gun at the Tower |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquaries-journal/article/abs/dardanelles-gun-at-the-tower/BC4C11E9F98E6404605F83E14B239413 |journal=The Antiquaries Journal |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=217–227 |doi=10.1017/S0003581500041032 |url-access=subscription}} |Dardanelles Gun or Great Bronze Gun |1464 |{{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}}Ottoman Empire |Munir Ali |3 made; used in combat; 1 survives |
| |530E. Rocchi, Le artiglierie italiane nel Rinascimento, Rome, 1899
|Galeazzesca Vittoriosa |1471 Caliber: 530 mm (ball diameter); Mass: ~ 8.6-8.8 t; Shell weight: 209 kgL. Beltrami, La Galeazesca Vittoriosa, Milan, 1916 |Giovanni Garbagnate | |
| |520{{harvnb|Schmidtchen|1977b|p=218}}; ball diameter is 20 mm less (p. 171, Fn. 41).
|1409 |Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights |Heynrich Dumechen |1 made; used in combat |
| |520–820
|1408 |Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights | |1 made |
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|520{{harvnb|Schmidtchen|1977a|p=166}}; ball diameter is 20 mm less (p. 171, Fn. 41). |1449 |Mons, County of Hainaut, Duchy of Burgundy |Jehan Cambier |3 made (the Mons Meg, the Dulle Griet, and a third piece that went to France); used in combat; 2 survive (those named) |
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|510The bombard has a conical bore of 45–58 cm.{{harvnb|Schmidtchen|1977b|p=236, Fn. 103}} | |1480 | | |
= Iron balls and shot =
Heyday: 16th to 19th centuries
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!Image !!Caliber (mm) !!Name !!Type !! Produced !!Place of origin !!Made by !!Remarks |
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|508 |Dahlgren smoothbore cannons, XX inch | |1864 |4 made; never used in combat |
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|508 | |1864 |Thomas Jackson Rodman |2 made; 2 survive |
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|20 inch Perm Tsar Cannon/"Perm Giant" | |1868 |Motovilikha manufacturing plant |1 made; never used in combat; 1 survives |
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|390 |1646 |Created by Colonel Birch for the Siege of Goodrich Castle | |
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|305 |1888 |US |Watervliet Arsenal | |
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|286 |Dal Madal Kaman/Dala Mardana | |1565{{Sfn|Dasgupta|Biswas|Mallik|2009|p=55}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.asikolkata.in/bankura.aspx#Dalmadal | title=ASI, Kolkata Circle}} or 1742{{cite book | editor-last1 = Sengupta | editor-first1 = Kaustubh Mani | editor-last2 = Das | editor-first2 = Tista | author-link = | year = 2009 | title = Heritage Tourism: An Anthropological Journey to Bishnupur | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_0_o9Qj1LOEC | location = | publisher = Mittal Publications | page = 55 | isbn = 9788183242943 | lccn = 2009310777}} (differing sources) |Jagannath Karmakar{{cite news | last = Chatterjee | first = Annesha | date = 27 June 2019 | title = Bengal's artillery | url = https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/voices/bengals-artillery-1502770581.htm | url-status = live | work = The Statesman (India) | location = Kolkata | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240927150025/https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/voices/bengals-artillery-1502770581.html | archive-date = 27 September 2024 | access-date = 27 September 2024 | quote = Jagannath Karmakar, an experienced blacksmith and engineer from the district of Bishnupur was the principle man behind the manufacture of the cannon. }} |1 made; according to an Indian local legend of divine intervention, fired only once in battle;{{cite book | editor-last1 = Sengupta | editor-first1 = Kaustubh Mani | editor-last2 = Das | editor-first2 = Tista | author-link = | date = 12 August 2021 | title = Rethinking the Local in Indian History: Perspectives from Southern Bengal | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0wg0EAAAQBAJ | location = | publisher = Taylor & Francis | page = | isbn = 9781000425529 | lccn = 2021007732 | quote = Narrating the legend of Madanmohan, the patron god of Bishnupur, who assumed human form and fired the famous Dalmadal Cannon to oust the bargis (Maratha invaders), she argues that divine myths have deep cultural roots that influenced the production of local histories.}} 1 survives |
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|Scharfmetze ("medium size") |1524 |Master Simon |1 made; evidence of being fired exists; no evidence of use in combat exists; 1 survives |
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|280 | |1720 | |1 made; fired once; never used in combat; 1 survives |
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| |1888 |Watervliet Arsenal |used in World War I and World War II |
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| |1757 |Shah Nazir |2 made; used in combat; 1 survives |
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|206.2 | |1841 |UK |William Dundas |No. built In excess of 2,000 |
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|152 | |1637[https://books.google.com/books?id=5Q88AQAAIAAJ&q Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh: Humanities, Volumes 36-38] Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, 1991[https://books.google.com/books?id=TrWS_ELC4JQC The Land of the rupee] Bennett, Coleman, 1912, the University of Michigan |Janardan Karmakar |1 made; 1 survives |
Twenty-inch (508 mm) Rodman and Dahlgren smoothbore cannons were cast in 1864 during the American Civil War{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}. The Rodmans were used as seacoast defense. Although not used as intended, two 20-inch Dahlgrens were intended to be mounted in the turrets of {{USS|Dictator|1863|6}} and {{USS|Puritan|1864|6}}. Both Rodman gun and Dahlgren gun were designed to fire both shot and explosive shell.
= Explosive shells =
Heyday: 19th to 20th centuries. The list includes 16-inch (400 mm) guns and larger calibers.
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!Image !!Caliber (mm) !!Name !!Type !! Produced !!Place of origin !!Made by !!Remarks |
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|914 |1857 |{{flag|UK}} |2 made; a total of 19 rounds were fired in tests; never used in combat; 2 survive |
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|914 |Mortar |1945 |{{flag|US|1912}} | |1 prototype made and used in testing only; the gun was fired; never used in combat; 1 survives |
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|800 |1941 |{{flag|Nazi Germany}} |1 made (sister gun to Dora); used in combat; largest cannon in history by projectile weight; none survive |
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|800 |Dora |Railway gun |1942 |{{flag|Nazi Germany}} |Krupp |1 made (sister gun to Schwerer Gustav); unknown if used in combat; largest cannon in history by projectile weight; none survive |
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|610Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Vol. 14, Leipzig 1908, p. 160: [http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905/A/M%C3%B6rser "Mörser"]: caliber of 61 cmJournal des Sciences Militaires, 2nd series, Vol. 22, Paris 1838: caliber of 22 pouces = 59,6 cm (p. 49); outer diameter of the barrel: 1 m (p. 54) |Mortar |1832 (1) and 1834 (1) |{{flagicon|Belgium}} Belgium |2 made; used in combat (only one gun used during only two days of Siege of Antwerp (1832), firing about 15 shots and no other use in combat); at least 1 survives |
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|600 |Mortar |1940 |{{flag|Nazi Germany}} |7 made; used in combat; one survives |
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|{{ill|53 cm/52 Gerät 36|it|53 cm/52 Gerät 36}} |Naval gun (never installed to a ship) |1941 |{{flag|Nazi Germany}} |Krupp |1 made; only one protype gun made (with some secondary components never actually made); only fired experimentally; never used in combat; none survives |
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|520 |Railway gun |1918 |{{flag|France}} |2 made; used in combat; none survive |
| |508
|Dahlgren smoothbore cannons, XX inch |Naval gun (never installed to a ship) |1864 |{{flag|US|1864}} |4 made; never used in combat |
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|508 |Naval gun (never installed to a ship) |1864 |{{flag|US|1864}} |Thomas Jackson Rodman |2 made (some sources say 3: 2 for Fort Hamilton in New York and third for USS Puritan); fired 8 times; never used in combat; 2 survive |
| |508
|20 inch Perm Tsar Cannon/"Perm Giant" | |1868 |{{flag|Russian Empire}} |Motovilikha manufacturing plant |1 made; never used in combat; 1 survives |
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|480 |45 caliber 5 Year Type 36 cm gun |Naval gun (never installed to a ship) |1918–1922 |{{flag|Empire of Japan}} |1 made (some sources say 2); only a prototype gun ever made; fired only experimentally; never used in battle; none survivehttp://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNJAP_189-45_t5.php |
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|460 |Naval gun |1940 |{{flag|Empire of Japan}} |Kure Naval Arsenal |~27 made; used in combat (both Yamato and Musashi fired their guns against enemy only on one occasion (separate battles however)); main guns of battleships Yamato and Musashi; the largest ever ship-installed gun by caliber; none survives |
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|457.2 |Railway gun |1920 |{{flag|UK}} |5 made; never used in combat; one survives |
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|457.2 |Naval gun |1916 |{{flag|UK}} |Elswick Ordnance Company |3 made; used in combat; the largest ever ship-installed gun by shell weight; none survives |
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|457 |18-inch/47-caliber Mark A gun |Naval gun (experimental; never installed to a ship) |1942 |{{flag|US}} | |{{NoteTag|1 made; the individual gun in question, originally 18-inches (457 mm) in caliber and designated 18"/48 Mark 1, was used as an experimental testbed gun and was modified a couple of times in its life, most remarkably when it was converted into a 16-inch (406 mm) gun and designated 16"/56 Mark 4 and then again when it was restored to 18-inch gun and designated 18"/47 Mark A; the 18"/48 Mark 1 gun was never finished, with the prototype 18"/48 Mark 1 about halfway completed when its development was stopped and the decision was later made to complete the gun as 16-inch gun 16"/56 Mark 4, which was finished and fired experimentally multiple times; even later, the 16"/56 Mark 4 gun was decided to be restored to 18-inches and designated 18"/47 Mark A and fired a few times experimentally; this entry refers to the experimental gun 18"/47 Mark A; never used in combat; one survives}} |
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|450 |100-ton gun (RML 17.72 inch gun) |Naval gun |1877 |{{flag|UK}} |Elswick Ordnance Company |15 made; fired numerous times, though never in anger; never used in combat; 2 survive |
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|432 |Naval gun |(?)1877 |(?){{flag|UK}} |(?)Elswick Ordnance Company |Guns installed in Italia-class ironclad and Italian ironclad Andrea Doria |
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|420 |1910s |{{flag|German Empire}} |Krupp |12 made; used in combat; none survive |
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|420 |Mortar |1910s |{{flag|German Empire}} / {{flag|Nazi Germany}} |Krupp |10 made; used in combat; no known survivors |
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|420 |1957 |{{flag|Soviet Union|1955}} |4 made; never used in combat; at least one survives |
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|420 |Howitzer |1914-1918 |{{flag|Austria-Hungary}} |8 made; used in combat |
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|412.8 |Naval gun |1888 |{{flag|UK}} |Elswick Ordnance Company |12 made; never used in combat |
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|410 |Naval gun |1920 |{{flag|Empire of Japan}} |Kure and Muroran Ironworks |about 40 made; used in combat; at least 2 survive |
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|410 |Howitzer |1926 |{{flag|Empire of Japan}} | |
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|406 |1895 |{{flag|US|1912}} |1 made; never used in combat; none survive |
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|406 |16-inch/45-caliber Mark 6 gun |1936 |{{flag|US}} | |
| |406
|16-inch railway howitzer M1918 |Railway gun |1918 |{{flag|US}} | |The US Army built a one-off experimental 16-inch (406 mm) railway howitzer M1918 with some influence from the French Obusier de 400 Modèle 1915/1916 |
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|406 |Coastal artillery |1919 |{{flag|US|1912}} |Watervliet Arsenal |at least 7 made; never used in combat |
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|406 |Coastal artillery |1920 |{{flag|US|1912}} |Watervliet Arsenal |probably 5 made, 4 deployed; never used in combat; none survive |
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|406 |Naval gun |1914-1920 |{{flag|US|1912}} |Washington Navy Yard, Bethlehem Steel |41 made |
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|406 |16-inch/50-caliber Mark 2 gun |Naval gun |1917-1922 |{{flag|US|1912}} |Washington Navy Yard, Bethlehem Steel |71 made |
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|406 |16-inch/50-caliber Mark 3 gun |Naval gun | |{{flag|US|1912}} |Washington Navy Yard, Bethlehem Steel | |
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|406 |Naval gun |1874 |{{flag|UK}} |Royal Gun Factory |8 made; used in combat; 2 survive |
| |406
|406 mm/45 (16") Pattern 1914http://www.gwpda.org/naval/irn16bb.htm |Naval gun (never installed to a ship) |1914 |{{flag|UK}} |Vickers |made in UK for Russian battleships during WW1, although the battleships in question were never built; only 1 prototype gun made and proved (gun designated by Vickers as No. 1712A); never used in battle; none survivehttp://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNRussian_16-45_m1914.php |
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|406 (16 inch) |16 inch conversion of a BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun |Naval gun (never installed to a ship) |1921-1924 |{{flag|UK}} |Elswick Ordnance Company |1 made; 16-inch conversion of a 18-inch Mk I (40 caliber) gun; an experimental gun used for prototype for the 16"/45 (40.6 cm) Mark I guns destined for the Nelson-class battleships; never used in combat (this gun was not used in combat as 18-inch gun and not used in combat after conversion into 16-inch gun); none surviveshttp://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_18-40_mk1.php |
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|406 |Naval gun |1927 |{{flag|UK}} | |29 made; used in combat |
| |406
|BL 16-inch Mark II naval gunhttp://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_16-45_mk2.php |Naval gun (never installed to a ship) |1938 |{{flag|UK}} | |2 or 3 made; never used in combat |
| |406
|BL 16-inch Mark III naval gun |Naval gun (never installed to a ship) |1938 |{{flag|UK}} | |2 or 3 made; never used in combat |
| |406
|Naval gun (never installed to a ship) |1943 |{{flag|UK}} | |1 partial protype made; one BL 16-inch Mark III naval gun was converted into a partial prototype of BL 16-inch Mark IV naval gun; this partial prototype was experimentally fired; never used in combat |
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|406 |Naval gun (never installed to a ship) |1934 |{{flag|Nazi Germany}} |Krupp |at least 12 made |
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|406 |Self-propelled artillery |1956 |{{flag|Soviet Union|1955}} |KB SM, Kirov Plant |5 made (1 prototype, 4 production); never used in combat; at least one survives |
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|406 |406 mm/50 B-37 naval gun for {{sclass|Sovetsky Soyuz|battleship}}s |Naval gun (never installed to a ship) |1937 |{{flag|Soviet Union|1936}} |Barrikady Plant, Stalingrad |12 made; only one gun proof fired; the proof fired gun was used in the defense of Leningrad in WW2 as land artillery; one surviveshttp://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNRussian_16-50_m1937.php |
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|406 |16-inch/56-caliber Mark 4 gun |Naval gun (never installed to a ship) |1927 |{{flag|US}} | |1 made; never used in combat; one survives (although altered){{NoteTag|the individual gun in question, originally 18-inches (457 mm) in caliber and designated 18"/48 Mark 1, was used as an experimental test-bed gun and was modified a couple of times in its life, most remarkably when it was converted into a 16-inch (406 mm) gun and designated 16"/56 Mark 4 and then again when it was restored to 18-inch gun and designated 18"/47 Mark A; the 18"/48 Mark 1 gun was never finished, with the prototype 18"/48 Mark 1 about halfway completed when its development was stopped and the decision was later made to complete the gun as 16-inch gun 16"/56 Mark 4, which was finished and fired experimentally multiple times; even later, the 16"/56 Mark 4 gun was decided to be restored to 18-inches and designated 18"/47 Mark A and fired a few times experimentally; this entry refers to the experimental gun 16"/56 Mark 4}} |
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|406 |16-inch/45-caliber Mark 6 gun |Naval gun |1941 |{{flag|US|1912}} |Washington Navy Yard |many made for the {{sclass|North Carolina|battleship}}s and South Dakota class ships; used in combat; many survive (for example onboard museum ships North Carolina, Massachusetts and Alabama) |
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|406 |16-inch/50-caliber Mark 7 gun |Naval gun |1943 |{{flag|US|1912}} |Washington Navy Yard |many made for the {{sclass|Iowa|battleship}}s; used in combat; many survive |
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|417 |Project HARP 16.4 inch gun |Research gun |1962-1968 |{{flag|US}} | |Repurposed American 16 inch naval guns used for high-altitude atmosphere studies. 1 made, located in Barbados; never used in combat; 1 survive |
| |406
|Project HARP 16 inch gun |Research gun |1962-1968 |{{flag|US}} | |Repurposed American 16 inch naval guns used for high-altitude atmosphere studies. 2 made, located in Highwater Range in Quebec and in the Yuma Proving Ground; never used in combat |
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|400 |Obusier de 400 Modèle 1915/1916 |Railway gun |1915/1916 |{{flag|France}} | |12 railway guns and 4 spare barrels (in total 16 barrels) were made; used in combat; none survive. Captured pieces known in German as 40 cm Haubitze (Eisenbahn) 752(f). |
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References
- {{citation
| last = Schmidtchen
| first = Volker
| title = Riesengeschütze des 15. Jahrhunderts. Technische Höchstleistungen ihrer Zeit
| journal = Technikgeschichte
| pages = 153–173
| volume = 44
| issue = 2
| year = 1977a}}
- {{citation
| last = Schmidtchen
| first = Volker
| title = Riesengeschütze des 15. Jahrhunderts. Technische Höchstleistungen ihrer Zeit
| journal = Technikgeschichte
| pages = 213–237
| volume = 44
| issue = 3
| year = 1977b}}
- {{Citation|last1=Dasgupta|first2=Samira|last2=Biswas|first3=Rabiranjan|last3=Mallik|first1=Gautam Kumar|title=Heritage Tourism: An Anthropological Journey to Bishnupur|publisher=A Mittal Publication|isbn=978-8183242943|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_0_o9Qj1LOEC&q=Dalmadal&pg=PA18|date=2009|page=55}}