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|name= 203mm/55 Modèle 1931
|image=[[Image:Algerie-2-Main guns.jpg|300px|]]
|caption=Main guns of the [[French cruiser Algérie|''Algérie'']]
|origin= France
|type= naval gun
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|used_by=France
|wars=[[Second World War]]
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|weight=22 tonnes<ref name="Campbell">{{cite book| title=Naval Weapons of World War Two |author=Campbell, John |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1985 |id=ISBN 0-87021-459-4 |page=292}}</ref>
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The '''203mm/55 Modèle 1931 gun''' was a medium [[naval gun]] of the [[French Navy]]. 

The type was used on the [[French cruiser Algérie|''Algérie'']] as main battery, mounted in four twin turrets. 

These guns used the same ammunition as the [[203mm/50 Modèle 1924 gun]] and were very similar except for the longer bore.  It is believed that the guns were built from tubes of elder [[240mm/50 Modèle 1902 gun]]s.<ref name="Campbell"/>

== External links ==
* [http://le.fantasque.free.fr/php3/gun.php3?all=&page_size=H PIECES LOURDES : 240 et plus]
* [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNFR_8-55_m1931.htm French 203 mm/55 (8") Model 1931]

==References==
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[[Category:Naval guns of France]]
[[Category:World War II naval weapons]]
[[Category:203 mm artillery]]
[[Category:2Fix]]