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A Modèle 1910 coastal defense gun at Cat Ba Island
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247:Canon de 138 mm Modèle 1910
179:138.6 millimetres (5.46 in)
129:5,320 kilograms (11,730 lb)
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294:La Motte-Picquet-class cruisers
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862:194 mm/40 Modèle 1893–1896
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324:Coast defense duties
227:Muzzle velocity
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1370:400 mm Modèle 1926V
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574:Rolf, Rudi (1998).
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526:31 December
383:Shell type
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255:French Navy
201:-7° to +25°
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88:French Navy
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700:References
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368:Ammunition
1362:Torpedoes
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665:751804655
354:Schneider
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284:Normandie
251:naval gun
197:Elevation
49:Naval gun
16:Naval gun
431:See also
374:Mle 1910
315:, using
309:Mle 1910
278:Bretagne
207:Traverse
113:Designed
39:Vietnam.
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1086:Cruiser
989:weapons
559:25 June
455:Gallery
386:Weight
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306:caliber
304:The 55
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