Pete
11-05-2009, 08:24
Deck Guns Gain Range
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/GUNS110409.xml&headline=Deck%20Guns%20Gain%20Range&channel=defense
"......The 127/64 relies on an advanced ammunition-handling system, consisting of four revolving drum magazines holding 56 ready-to-fire rounds of more than four different types (see diagram). This permits flexibility in ammunition selection and a high rate of sustained fire. The drums can be reloaded while the gun is firing, due to an innovative semiautomatic system that moves ammunition from the magazine. In the current configuration the magazine holds 350 rounds. The Italian and German navies have ordered the system, and Oto Melara is developing an automated version.
The gun is one of the few of its caliber capable of three missions: antiship and antiair defense and bombardment. It has a GPS system and Doppler radar that measures the velocity of each round to increase the accuracy of successive rounds. The mount includes a Vulcano ammunition programmer that gives each shot its mode of attack prior to firing."
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/GUNS110409.xml&headline=Deck%20Guns%20Gain%20Range&channel=defense
"......The 127/64 relies on an advanced ammunition-handling system, consisting of four revolving drum magazines holding 56 ready-to-fire rounds of more than four different types (see diagram). This permits flexibility in ammunition selection and a high rate of sustained fire. The drums can be reloaded while the gun is firing, due to an innovative semiautomatic system that moves ammunition from the magazine. In the current configuration the magazine holds 350 rounds. The Italian and German navies have ordered the system, and Oto Melara is developing an automated version.
The gun is one of the few of its caliber capable of three missions: antiship and antiair defense and bombardment. It has a GPS system and Doppler radar that measures the velocity of each round to increase the accuracy of successive rounds. The mount includes a Vulcano ammunition programmer that gives each shot its mode of attack prior to firing."