The Canon de 194 mm Modèle 1887 was a turret mounted medium-caliber naval gun used as the main armament of a number of armored cruisers of the French Navy during World War I.
Design The Mle 1887 guns were typical built-up guns of the period with a rifled steel liner and several layers of steel reinforcing hoops. The guns used an interrupted screw breech and the new smokeless powder of the period.
Naval service Ships that carried the Mle 1887 include:
- This armored cruiser had a main armament of two Mle 1887 guns in single turrets fore and aft. s - This class of four armored cruisers had a main armament of two Mle 1887 guns in single turrets fore and aft.
Ammunition The Mle 1893-1896 used separate-loading ammunition with two bagged charges weighing . Shell type Weight Armor-piercing, capped Common shell Semi-armor-piercing, capped
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