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Salvaged gun from Graf Spee

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This 150 mm (5.9-inch) gun recovered from the German warship Admiral Graf Spee is today trained on the River Plate in Uruguay, the scene of the ship's demise in December 1939. The maximum range of this gun, part of the Graf Spee's secondary armament, was 22 km.

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Salvaged gun from Graf Spee, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/salvaged-gun-graf-spee, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated