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To: texas booster

Guns are no longer used in ship to ship combat, but in clearing away small surface combatants, firing warning shots and shore bombardment. The 57mm Mk 110 is actually a Bofors design and, as the Wikipedia article points out:

“While the 57 mm cannon may not seem as powerful as larger naval guns, such as the OTO Melara 76 mm, some of its performances are comparable; given its rate of fire and amount of explosive per shell, the Bofors gun actually achieves a higher amount of “explosive fired per second” than the 76 mm.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bofors_57_mm_gun

Rate of fire is very much higher than the 76mm and it carries a LOT more ammo on the mount. Other thing is that the 57mm is agile and fast firing enough to be used in a defensive anti-air and anti-missile role, where the 76 really isn’t.


14 posted on 06/12/2018 8:48:12 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

220 rounds per minute, with a capacity of 1,000 rounds, in a gyro-stabilized gun, would make it very effective against swarms of small boats.


24 posted on 06/13/2018 4:24:49 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Clap for the wolfman)
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