Talk:8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun

Mistake
This info can't be right. "3rd Year Type" denotes a Welin breech block (modified interrupted-screw) in Japanese Navy service. Thus there is no way a gun with a sliding-block breech can be a "3rd Year Type" gun. EDIT: As it says on the page 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun, "Eleventh year type refers to the horizontal sliding breech block on these guns. Breech block design began in 1922 AD, the eleventh year of the Taishō period". And on the page for the 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun, it explains " "Third year type" refers to the Welin breech block on this gun. Breech block design began in 1914, the third year of the Taishō period.  This breech block design was also used on Japanese 40 cm (16 inch), 20 cm (8 inch), 15.5 cm (6 inch), 12.7 cm (5 inch), and 12 cm (4.7 inch) naval guns." (all of which are designated "3rd Year Type" guns). The "Type 11" was adopted 8 years after the Type 3. but the "Type 41" was actually adopted in 1941, because they started using the Western calender designations..45Colt 15:03, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
 * No mistake. The guns were of British origin as you'd know if you read Campbell, pp. 197–98. He says that the guns had sliding breech blocks inclined at 45° in the Type 3 but horizontal in the Type 11 and Type 88. You might want to acquire a copy.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 18:21, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

Merging in the Type 3 80 mm AA Gun page
Type 3 80 mm AA Gun looking on photo the Type 3 80 mm AA Gun is identical to 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun and therefore likely represents the US mistranslation. Ok to merge? (22 Jan. 2016)

The merge is now complete.--Trurle (talk) 23:25, 2 February 2016 (UTC)