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BAE's recurring 14-inch naval-gun concept

A question about a roughly 14-inch BAE naval gun leaves both its operating mechanism and the necessary ship displacement unresolved.

Question

If BAE builds a 350 mm naval gun, would it be a railgun and what size ship could carry it?

Short answer

Neither the mechanism nor a viable ship displacement is established; the response concerns recurring interest in roughly 350-360 mm guns.

Notes

The question asks whether a roughly 14-inch naval gun would be electromagnetic and what displacement could carry it as a viable warship. Neither point receives a technical answer. Instead, the focus is recurring interest in weapons around 350-360 mm and a joke comparing BAE's salesmanship with Vickers. No mechanism, mounting, or host design is specified.