Editing Tegetthoff-class battleship (section)

=== Armament ===
[[File:SMS_Prinz_Eugen_guns.png|thumb|left|300px|The guns of ''Prinz Eugen'' shortly after World War I|alt=A view of a large battleship's forward guns. There are two turrets of three guns each. The forward turret is turned to port, while the aft turret is facing straight ahead.]]

Constructed at the Škoda Works in [[Plzeň]], [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]], the ''Tegetthoff''s{{'}} main battery consisted of twelve 45-[[caliber (artillery)|calibre]] [[Škoda 30.5 cm /45 K10|{{convert|30.5|cm|in|0|adj=on|sp=us}} Škoda K10 guns]] mounted in four triple turrets. Two turrets each were mounted forward and aft of the main [[superstructure]] in a [[superfire|superfiring]] pair. The implementation of triple turrets came about for two reasons: the need to ensure the ships had a more compact design and smaller displacement to conform to Austro-Hungarian naval doctrine and budget constraints, and to counter the implementation of triple turrets on the Italian ''Dante Alighieri''.{{sfn|Noppen|2012|p=22}} While the Italians had initiated construction on ''Dante Alighieri'' before work had begun on the ''Tegetthoff'' class, the shipyards in Trieste were able to construct ''Viribus Unitis'' faster than their Italian counterparts and she was commissioned in December 1912, just a month before ''Dante Alighieri''. This made the ''Tegetthoff''s the first dreadnoughts in the world with triple turrets, in which the Austro-Hungarian Navy took great pride.{{sfn|Sieche|1991|p=143}}

Having three guns on each turret rather than two made it possible to deliver a heavier broadside than other dreadnoughts of a similar size and meant a shorter [[Armored citadel|citadel]] and better weight distribution. The choice of implementing triple turrets also assisted in the construction speed of the first two ships, as the guns were available at short notice because Škoda had already been working on a triple-turret design ordered by the Imperial Russian Navy when their initial order for the ''Tegetthoff'' class arrived.{{sfn|Preston|2002|p=62}}

The ''Tegetthoff''s carried a secondary armament which consisted of a dozen 50-calibre [[Škoda 15 cm K10|{{convert|15|cm|in|1|adj=on|sp=us}} Škoda K10 guns]] mounted in [[casemate]]s [[amidships]]. Additionally, eighteen 50-calibre [[Škoda 7 cm K10|{{convert|7|cm|in|1|adj=on|sp=us}} Škoda K10 guns]] were mounted on open [[pivot gun|pivot mounts]] on the upper deck, above the casemates. Three more {{convert|7|cm|in|1|adj=on|sp=us}} Škoda K10 guns were mounted on the upper turrets for [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] duties. Two additional {{convert|8|mm|in|adj=on|sp=us}} Schwarzlose M.07/12 anti-aircraft machine guns were mounted atop the armoured cupolas of each ship's rangefinders. Each ship had two [[Škoda 7 cm guns|{{convert|7|cm|in|1|adj=on|sp=us}} Škoda G. L/18]] landing guns, and two [[QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss|{{convert|47|mm|in|1|adj=on|sp=us}} Škoda SFK L/44 S]] guns for use against small and fast vessels such as torpedo boats and submarines. Each ship was also fitted with four {{convert|533|mm|adj=on|sp=us|0}} submerged [[torpedo tube]]s, one each in the bow, the stern, and each side. Each ship usually carried twelve torpedoes.{{sfn|Sieche|1991|p=133}}