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1459
$2,596.00

RUSSIAN TRAINING MODEL FOR 130 MM PATTERN 1936 BREECH LOADING NAVAL GUN.

SN NSN. The 130 mm/50 B13 Pattern 1936 was a 130 mm (5.1 in) 50 caliber Soviet Union naval gun. The gun was used as a standard destroyer weapon during World War II, and it was also used as a coastal gun and railway gun. 130 mm/50 B13 gun was the standard armament of the newest destroyers of Soviet Union during World War II and it was used to arm the destroyers built in Soviet Union until 1954. The destroyers classes armed with 130 mm/50 B-13 gun were the Leningrad class, Minsk class, Tashkent, Gnevny class, Soobrazitelny class, Opytny, Ognevoy class and Skoryy class. The mass production of the gun resulted in more than one thousand guns being built, and the gun was also used to arm smaller warships and as a coastal gun. This well made and seemingly functional model has Cyrillic inscription on base and on small miniature plaques also in Cyrillic as can be seen in photos. This complex training model had functional breech and geared elevation system. Bbl including breech measure about 52” and rifled bore measures about 20 mm at muzzle. Cannon exhibits 4 pivoting seats for operators. Breech and operators are protected by a 20” x 16” x 18” shroud with Lucite side windows and hinged armored doors on front. This training model is attached to 18” swiveling wood base. PROVENANCE: Russian Naval Acadamy. Springfield Arsenal, LLC Artillery Collection. CONDITION: Good to very good overall. Shroud appears to be brass. Bbl is steel; other components of breech are iron, steel, wood and brass. Seats are leather, one of the four are missing though bracket is retained. No doubt other components are missing. There is a crack in the arm holding breech plug. Lucite windows dull and cracked. Bore is crisply rifled, bright and clean. 4-54113 JS244 (2,000-4,000) – Lot 1459


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014
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