See also List of naval guns Weapons of comparable role, performance and era 12.8 cm FlaK 40, German heavy anti-aircraft gun firing lighter shell QF 4.5-inch naval gun, the Royal Navy's medium-calibre dual-purpose gun 5"/38 caliber gun, the main US Navy dual-purpose gun during World War II Canon de 138 mm Modèle 1929, French naval gun of similar size 135 mm /45 Italian naval gun, Italian naval gun of similar size References Notes Citations Bibliography Brown, D.K.Nelson to Vanguard: Warship Design and Development 1923–1945 Campbell, John, British Naval Guns 1880–1945 No 14" article in "Warship Volume VIII DiGiulian, Tony, Nav Weaps page Garzke, William H., Jr.; Dulin, Robert O., Jr. (1980). British, Soviet, French, and Dutch Battleships of World War II. London: Jane's. . Hogg, Ian V. 1998. Allied Artillery of World War Two. The Crowood Press: London. Horner, David, The Gunners – A History of Australian Artillery. Allen & Unwin: St Leonards. Ireland, Bernard, Jane's Battleships of the 20th Century The Gunnery Pocket Book Routledge, Brigadier NW. 1994. History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery – Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914–55. Brassey's: London. Sired, Ronald ; edited by Flynn, F.C. 1957 Enemy engaged : a naval rating with the Mediterranean fleet, 1942–44 W. Kimber: London. External links Our Navy in Action; newsreel video of 5.25-inch guns engaging Axis aircraft and Italian battleships Naval guns of the United Kingdom World War II naval weapons of the United Kingdom Naval anti-aircraft guns 133 mm artillery Coastal artillery Military equipment introduced in the 1930s