Talk:16-inch/50-caliber M1919 gun

Confusing regarding the M1911 & the naval 16"/50 Mk.1/2.
The article moves over the Army M1919 & the USN 16"/50 Mk 1 & 2 without making a clear distiction between the two - the former being a little longer, heavier & constructed quite differently to the latter. The additional information regarding the M1895 doesn't help in this regard.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.75.48.5 (talk) 16:37, 27 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Rewritten for greater clarity, with info on gun types in chronological order. RobDuch (talk) 05:13, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Dead link
During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!


 * http://www.geocities.com/fort_tilden/16ingun.html
 * In 16"/50 caliber M1919 gun on 2011-05-25 01:50:42, 410 Gone
 * In 16"/50 caliber M1919 gun on 2011-06-01 18:44:54, 410 Gone

--JeffGBot (talk) 18:45, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Dead link 2
During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!


 * http://www.wva.army.mil/MUSEUM.HTM
 * In 16"/50 caliber M1919 gun on 2011-05-25 01:50:42, 404 Not Found
 * In 16"/50 caliber M1919 gun on 2011-06-01 18:44:58, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 18:45, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

How many built?
The article states that 20 guns were transferred to the Army after the cancellation of the South Dakota and Lexington class ships. The South Dakotas were to have mounted 12 guns each, and there were to be 6 of them, the Lexigtons were to have mounted 8 gun each, and there were to be 6 of them. That would have been 120 guns, and presumably spare barrels as well.

The article then states that the Army intended to build 27 batteries using these guns. Each battery would have had at least 2 guns.

Was "20 guns transferred to the Army" incorrect? Were the 120 guns needed for the original Navy plan not produced? Were some guns retained by the Navy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.152.94.226 (talk) 07:29, 4 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Re-written to better explain the situation. Gun production was abruptly halted in 1922-23 when the Washington Naval Treaty went into effect.  About 75 Mark 2 and Mark 3 guns were produced.  Initially only 20 were released to the Army in the 1930s; the Navy retained the rest for future battleships.  After a design fiasco with the Iowa-class battleship, the remaining guns were transferred to the Army in mid-1940 and the Mark 7 gun was designed for the Iowas. RobDuch (talk) 05:13, 10 April 2016 (UTC)