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	Ammunition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Naval ammunition is therefore optimized for great velocity (to reach those great ranges, to hit aircraft flying at altitude and also with the benefit of reducing the lead that has to be applied to hit a distant moving target) and to disable said machines, rather than rending human flesh.
		Naval gun ammunition of WWII vintage came in two main varieties, armour piercing shells to attack hardened warships or high explosive incendiary shells (with point detonating fuzes to start fires on ships, or mechanical time fuzes designed to fragment and create clouds of shrapnel to defeat aircraft).
		With the demise of the armoured warship, contemporary naval gun ammunition is solely the high explosive variety, but new fuzing and guidance options are available to increase lethality, especially against high speed missile or aircraft threats.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ammunition (3223 words)

	NAVAL-LANDING-GUN
		When the gun is fired in the horizontal position, or nearly so, the length of recoil is about 14 calibers; but to prevent the breech from striking the ground at higher angles of fire, the recoil is decreased approximately to 7 or 5 calibers.
		The sight does not rotate about the axis of the gun but about the sight-bracket slide pin, which, by means of a parallel motion mechanism connected to the gun trunnion, always is maintained parallel to the axis of the bore of the gun.
		The elevation handwheel elevates only the cradle and the gun within the rocker, and thence the position of the rocker arm, which is set by the position of the fore-and-aft bubble, as explained in (d), is not changed.
	www.eugeneleeslover.com /NAVAL-LANDING-GUN.html (3403 words)

	The Naval Gun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The German howitzers were of 6-8 inch bore, Naval guns of 12 and 15 inch calibre, were more suited to long range bombardment due to the their higher velocity and lower trajectory.
		Heavy naval guns were more than 60 feet in length and weighed more than 100 tons.
		Naval guns of this size could take more than a year to build.
	royalmunsterfusiliers.net /i6ngun.htm (596 words)

	NOT YOUR GRANDPA'S SHOOTIN' IRON: Rail Guns
		Rail gun projectiles are smaller and easier to store: a standard AGS magazine holds 1,500 rounds; a rail gun magazine could hold 10,000 rounds in the same amount of space.
		Despite numerous advancements over the last millennium, all guns, from the blunderbuss to the M-16, have operated on the "expanding gas" principle, where an expanding ball of superheated gas is used to force a projectile through a tube.
		If EM guns are going to serve as practical battlefield weapons, a means of cooling them (cryogenically or otherwise) or of improving the super-conductivity of the rails must be found.
	www.military.com /soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_RailGuns,,00.html (1603 words)

	Naval Technology - Bofors Defence - Naval Guns and Programmable Ammunition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Bofors 40 and 57 Mk3 Naval Guns have a rapid switch capability between optimised ammunition types, including programmable 3P ammunition, and are extremely flexible weapon systems for use against a range of different targets including hostile ships, attack aircraft, anti-ship missiles, and in the littoral scenario helicopters and ground troops.
		Internal communication within the gun, as well as communication with other units outside the gun, is conducted via a data bus MIL-STD-1553 B.The gun features a sophisticated local control back-up mode using a low-light TV sight.
		The 57 Mk3 gun is based on the well-proven 57 Mk2, but uses a new generation of computers which provide many new features, the most significant of which is the introduction of programmable all-target 3P ammunition.
	www.naval-technology.com /contractors/missiles/bofors (635 words)

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		Weight of the gun was about 9,080 pounds and the cast iron was to have a density (specific gravity) not less than 7.230 and tensile strength of at least 33,000 pounds per square inch.
		At Charleston, she was able to fire the 11-inch guns once every 1.74 minutes for about an hour or once every 2.86 minutes for 3 hours, and it was believed that a rate of 1.33 minutes per round could be sustained for a short time.
		Perhaps because of this, half of the 34 original guns had the teat chambers reamed out to parabolic form and the muzzle was turned down to 21 inches, the diameter of the 13-inch gun.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/civ_ord.txt (5544 words)

	14" Naval Gun
		Gun captains, standing on the outboard side of each gun carriage, then pulled levers which rotated interrupted screw type breeches open and swung the breech block outboard, exposing the chambers.
		The 1st loader, positioned inboard of the breech on the gun pan, tilted the upper hoist car, spilling a projectile onto the transfer tray, where it was rolled onto the loading tray.
		Each gun's electric rammer operator depressed a lever pushing the projectile forward until its brass rotating band engaged the lands of the gun's rifling the forward end of the chamber.
	www.usstexasbb35.com /14_naval_gun.htm (1247 words)

	Guns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		As demonstrated by the experience of local conflicts, the role of naval gun armament increased considerably in recent years despite the intensive introduction of missile armament.
		Heightened attention to naval gun armament is attributable first and foremost to the wane in the euphoria of naval specialists after the first stage of adopting missile systems for service and its replacement by a steady realistic estimate of each type of armament in an optimally balanced ship armament system.
		Today, the scientific and technical potential and production capabilities of Russian developers and producers of naval gun armament can meet the requirements of domestic and foreign customers in modern series-produced artillery systems and their components and also combine the elements of different types of ordnance for desired versions of shipboard and coastal gun armament.
	www.militarism.navy.ru /seaguns.htm (1103 words)

	BAE Systems - Naval Gun (40mm and 57mm), Mk 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Optimized for air-defense mission effectiveness, the 40mm Mk 3 Naval Gun combines the high muzzle velocity, rate of fire and controlled dispersion of the L/70 gun with highly lethal prefragmented ammunition.
		The Bofors 57mm Mk 3 Naval Gun system from BAE Systems is an all-purpose, highly flexible medium-caliber shipboard weapon that is effective against surface and airborne threats, as well as targets on shore.
		The 57mm Mk 3 Naval Gun system is highly lethal and survivable across the full spectrum of combat scenarios.
	www.uniteddefense.com /prod/ngun_mk3.htm (531 words)

	Sixteen-inch Naval Gun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The gun formerly rode aboard the battleship USS New Jersey, BB-62, during World War II and the Korean War, and was subsequently fired at Dahlgren for research, development, testing, and evaluation purposes.
		The nomenclature “16-inch/50 caliber” means that the gun fires a shell which is 16 inches in diameter, and the length of the bore is 50 times its diameter (50 X 16 inches; over 66 feet).
		Following the peace accords at Panmunjom, the gun was removed from the battleship and sent to the Naval Ordnance Plant in Pocatello, Idaho for relining.
	home.earthlink.net /~azirkle/ZDAHL01.html (469 words)

	Canadian Naval Gun Run (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		So, ponderous naval guns were removed from fixed mountings aboard ships and placed in gun-carriages.
		Later, the guns and crews were returned to their ships by the same method.
		During the summer, the Gun Run travels to cities and towns throughout eastern Canada, where the team's demonstration of physical fitness, strength, dexterity and teamwork has been witnessed by closed to three million spectators.
	www.hamiltontattoo.ca /Performers/GunRun.html (157 words)

	GAO-05-39R, Information on Options for Naval Surface Fire Support
		The thick armor of these battleships and the 24-nautical-mile range of their 16-inch guns gave the battleships increased survivability in high-threat scenarios.
		In that year's Defense Authorization Act,[Footnote 1] the Congress directed the Secretary of the Navy to restore at least two Iowa class battleships to the naval vessel registry until a capability was developed equal to or greater than that provided by the battleships.
		Without the 5-inch gun modification to handle the extended-range guided munitions, the range of the cruisers' guns is only 13 nautical miles.
	www.gao.gov /htext/d0539r.html (3647 words)

	Naval Technology - Mauser Presents New Naval Gun MN 30 GS at LIMA in Langkawi
		The focus is on the light naval gun MN 30 GS which takes centre stage at the exhibition stand of the Mauser company, a subsidiary of Rheinmetall DeTec.
		The gun is capable of engaging speedboats out to 2,500 m and in this case, the hit probability against ten targets of this type crossing at a speed of 40 knots for 1 kilometre is at appr.
		This gun uses the modern BK 27 which is fitted to the MRCA Tornado of the German, Italian, British and Saudi Arabian air forces.
	www.naval-technology.com /contractors/missiles/mauser/press1.html (667 words)

	NDM Article - Naval Guns: Can They Deliver ‘Affordable’ Precision Strike?
		With a larger gun, more lethality comes not just from bigger projectiles but also from the ability to increase the length of the rocket motor in guided rounds, so they can travel farther.
		The development of the gun largely is complete and has not been hampered by the delays in the ERGM program, said John Smalkoski, director of gun systems at UDLP.
		Because the 62-caliber gun can handle greater g forces—in order to launch guided munitions—the Navy is buying a new type of ballistic ammunition, called cargo projectile, that is effective for distances up to 21 nm, explained Larry Massa, program manager for naval 5-inch ammunition at Crane.
	www.nationaldefensemagazine.org /issues/2001/Mar/Naval_Guns.htm (2567 words)

	37MM AND 40MM GUNS IN BRITISH SERVICE
		The gun was subsequently used by the British but suffered from the lack of an obvious role; it was too small to harm naval vessels and on land was outranged by the new quick-firing artillery pieces firing shrapnel shells, which were just as mobile.
		The gun originally fired a shell weighing 0.9 kg (two pounds) at a muzzle velocity of about 610 m/s but just before the war the disadvantage of such a low velocity was recognised and a high-velocity loading, firing a 0.77 kg shell at a still modest 730 m/s, was introduced.
		As a tank gun it was unsatisfactory because of the lack of an HE shell to deal with enemy anti-tank gunners, although one was eventually produced rather late in its useful life.
	www.quarry.nildram.co.uk /37-40mm.htm (3040 words)

	BAE Systems - Naval Gun 76mm, 62 cal, Mk 75 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The 76mm, 62-caliber Naval Gun, Mk 75 is a versatile intermediate-caliber naval gun for patrol craft and small- to medium-displacement ship applications.
		The loading-pointing-firing operation of the gun mount is fully automatic.
		Upper structure components load the ammunition, aim the gun, fire the ammunition and eject the empty powder cases.
	www.uniteddefense.com /prod/ngun_mk75.htm (129 words)

	Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun
		The Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun was the primary armament of the IOWA-class battleships.
		In particular, Sandia's gun tests, and an initial follow-up test by the Navy itself, demonstrated that the Iowa explosion may have been caused by unsafe powder bags and an `over ram' of the bags during the firing of the 16-inch gun.
		A crewman releases the plug on the muzzle of the gun.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/mk-7.htm (1280 words)

	Mexico Accepts Bofors Defence 57-mm Mk 3 Naval Gun For Navy Service
		The gun fires the Bofors Defence 3 P (prefragmented, programmable, proximity-fuzed) family of 57-mm ammunition.
		For the moving air target engagements, the Mk 3 gun system was set to auto function mode whereby the system tracked the target, programmed the fuze, and fired fully automatically.
		United Defense designs, develops and produces combat vehicles, artillery, naval guns, missile launchers and precision munitions used by the U.S. Department of Defense and allies worldwide, and is America's largest non-nuclear ship repair, modernization and conversion company.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/2003/04/16/159527.html (641 words)

	DD(Rex) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The dominance of the carrier in naval combat had become apparent more than two years prior at the Battle of Midway, and the obsolescence of the battleship, in turn, heralded the rapid decline of the gun as the primary weapon of the U.S. surface fleet.
		This decline in the strength of naval artillery on U.S. destroyers took place over a period that saw the great Iowa class battleships, each with 9 16-inch guns (capable of propelling 1,900 pounds of high explosives up to 30 miles) and twenty 5-inch guns, disappear from the fleet altogether.
		At the dawn of the 21st century, the Navy's primary antisurface gun battery consists of one 5-inch gun with a range of 13 nautical miles.
	www.weeklystandard.com /Content/Public/Articles/000/000/006/019viwzt.asp?pg=1 (620 words)

	5 inch Naval Gun Ammunition
		As of late 2004 the expected fielding of the ERGM system for use in upgraded 5-inch guns on current destroyers and cruisers had been delayed from 2001 to possibly as late as 2011.
		In that year’s Defense Authorization Act,1 the Congress directed the Secretary of the Navy to restore at least two Iowa class battleships to the naval vessel registry until a capability was developed equal to or greater than that provided by the battleships.
		The role of naval surface fire support has been evolving in tandem with the Navy’s amphibious assault doctrine, and for well over a decade, since the decommissioning of the last of the Iowa class battleships, both the Navy and Marine Corps have strived to address the specifics of how to fulfill NSFS requirements.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/munitions/5in.htm (939 words)

	USN Naval Gun Designations
		The mountings used for this gun were Mark 21 for the earliest pedestal mountings, Mark 25 for later pedestal mountings, Mark 30 for the single base ring mountings, and a whole slew of mark numbers for the twin mountings, ending with the Mark 38 used on the AM Sumner and Gearing destroyers.
		The gun barrel for this weapon was designated as Mark 16 and the single mounting used on the Midway class was the Mark 39 (the next 5 inch mounting number after the Mark 38 used on the AM Sumner and Gearing destroyers).
		Almost all naval guns are now in this series, but some weapons are more commonly known by their gun designations.
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNUS_Gun_Nomenclature.htm (821 words)

	140mm Type III Naval Gun Serial Number ?
		The gun emplaced in a concere pit and has an entrance behind it for crews to enter and exit.
		Gun is still emplaced in its wartime position.
		The gun is adjacent to a post-war cemetary used by villagers.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /gun/140mm/yavik/no1.html (171 words)

	Washington Navy Yard, Naval Gun Factory and Naval Weapons Plant -- Overall Views -- 1940-1961
		Naval guns continued to be built, but these were nearly all smaller weapons, rapid-firing five-inch and three-inch types optimized for anti-aircraft purposes.
		During the 1950s, guns began to be displaced by guided missiles aboard the Navy's ships, and the Gun Factory took up the manufacture of these weapons, and especially of their launchers.
		The 11th Street Bridge is at left, with the southeastern portion of the Navy Yard in the lower part of the view and part of the Anacostia Naval Station on the opposite side of the river.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/pl-usa/pl-dc/wny/wny-oa-j.htm (995 words)

	Nordenfelt QF Gun, 1.65" (42mm) caliber
		A closer examination of the photographs of this gun show a detail of what appears to be the rear sight, which can be moved along a scale calibrated in "MILLAS" (it means nautical miles or knots), with the text "VELOCIDAD DEL ENEMIGO" (speed of the foe).
		The wedge that closes the breech is actuated using the two-spoke lever to the right of the gun and some sort of short acme screw.
		This type of gun on this mounting was used as light/medium armament against torpedo boats on destroyers, cruisers, battle ships etc. It was also the main armament of larger torpedo boats.
	www.raleighcitymuseum.org /exhibits/Gun (845 words)

	Naval Surface Fire Support
		The Naval Fires Control System (NFCS) will be the enabler for surface land attack in the execution of these fire support operations.
		The EX-171 ERGM, being developed by the Raytheon Corporation, is a rocket-assisted 5-inch gun projectile designed to carry a submunition warhead to ranges in excess of 60 nautical miles in support of expeditionary operations and naval fires support to the joint land battle.
		Development of AGS munitions should benefit from ongoing research and development on two other gun ammunition programs, the previously mentioned EX 171 ERGM and the Army's XM982 Excalibur guided projectile, both of which should begin to reach maturity and operational introduction within a six-year period beginning as early as 2005.
	www.navyleague.org /seapower_mag/sept2001/naval_surface_fire_support.htm (1863 words)

	76 Super Rapid Gun Arrives in Philadelphia: First Missile Firing Naval Gun Delivered to US From Italy
		The new Super Rapid model is a direct descendent of the Oto Melara Mark 75 gun which is used by U.S. Navy frigates and two classes of Coast Guard cutters.
		The Mark 75-type gun system is deployed globally in 53 navies and is the most successful naval gun ever produced.
		NATO countries including Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey and others including Japan and Israel are using the Mk75 gun and enhanced versions of the Mark 75 for deep water and coastal protection and in counter-terror operations.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-01-2004/0002349314&EDATE= (552 words)

	MLG 27 new light naval gun for new missionshales enhances UK'S battlefield surveillance capability
		Mauser-Werke Oberndorf Waffensysteme GmbH, a Rheinmetall DeTec subsidiary, is developing the MLG 27 light naval gun, designed to engage air, surface, and land targets for the German Navy.
		In response to the large variety of deployment scenarios for the navy, for instance as part of crisis reaction forces, as security escort in evacuation missions as well as conventional naval escort duties Mauser believes its new MLG 27mm light naval gun will prove a winner.
		The gun has been designed both for new ships as well as for upgrading existing units or to replace existing 20 mm and 40 mm guns.
	defence-data.com /dsei/pageds1038.htm (353 words)

	gizmag Article: U.S. Navy Completes Initial Testing Of Lockheed Martin Naval Gun
		The Millennium Gun is a multi-mission, close-in weapon system capable of engaging multiple fast-attack surface craft and near-shore land targets in littoral and riverine waters, as well as defending against anti-ship missiles and aircraft.
		The gun system will continue testing and qualifications next year with at-sea tests that will validate the system's capability against multiple targets in various sea states.
		The Millennium Gun is equipped with a low-cost, unmanned, remotely controlled gun mount and is compatible with modern and legacy sensor and fire control systems.
	www.gizmag.com /go/4006 (749 words)

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