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The 14"/50 caliber gun was a naval gun mounted on New Mexico and Tennessee-class battleships. These ships also featured the first "three-gun" turrets, meaning that each gun in each turret could be "individually sleeved" to elevate separately (however, they could be linked so they would elevate as a unit, similar to the triple turrets on other ...
Using the solution, the Mk 160 GCS provides control and fire orders to the Mark 45 gun. [1] The Mark 160 Gun Computer System consists of: [1] Gun computer console (GCC) – Located in the ship's Combat Information Center (CIC), it is the primary interface between the Mk 34 GWS, the Aegis C&D system, and the ship's sensors. Transmits target ...
The gun armament initially was four demi-culverins [4] [Note 1] mounted on wooden trucks on the lower deck (LD) with two pair of guns per side. The upper deck (UD) battery would consist of between twenty and twenty-two sakers [ 5 ] [ Note 2 ] guns mounted on wooden trucks with ten or eleven guns per side.
The guns would fire a 155 mm version of the ERGM which would double the payload and increase the range to 100 nautical miles (185 km). [35] Together the two guns [29] would give the ship a rate of fire of 24 rounds/minute, giving them the throw weight of two 6-gun 155 mm artillery batteries. [36]
Ballistic calculation was performed by the Mk.42 ballistic computer housed in the ship, and it was possible to aim two types of guns at the same target by adding a ballistic calculation housing. [2] During the war, there were many cases where radar tracking could not catch up with the attacking aircraft incoming at high speed.
The action of 14 August 1761 off Cape Finisterre at which HMS Bellona captured the French ship Courageux. HMS Bellona was a 74-gun Bellona-class third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Designed by Sir Thomas Slade, she was a prototype for the iconic 74-gun ships of
Steven Spielberg participated in a master class at the Time 100 Summit and announced he regrets editing guns out of “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.” The film’s 1982 theatrical cut includes a ...
The Perseverance-class frigate was a 36-gun, later 42-gun, 18-pounder fifth-rate frigate class of twelve ships of the Royal Navy, constructed in two batches.Designed by Surveyor of the Navy Sir Edward Hunt the first iteration, consisting of four ships, was constructed as a rival to the similar Flora-class frigate.