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A Houthi missile got so close to a US destroyer the warship turned to a last-resort gun system to shoot it down
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Posted on 02/01/2024 3:23:58 AM PST by dennisw
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To: RideForever; mad_as_he$$
Lessee...
300*160 = 48000 sq ft.
| Rate of fire | - Block 0/1: 3,000 rounds/minute (50 rounds/second)
- Block 1A/1B: 4,500 rounds/minute (75 rounds/second)
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The Block 1A and newer (pneumatic driven) CIWS mounts fire at a rate of 4,500 rounds per minute with a 1,550-round magazine.
On Block 0 reloading of the drum can take between 10 to 30 minutes if loaded from prelinked ammunition boxes.
Block 1 and later guns use a preloaded ammunition loader/unloader cart.
The loader/unloader cart uses linked live ammuntion and a drum loader adapter.
The linked ammunition is connected to the adapter (yellow part in the photographs) that attaches to the end of the drum.
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Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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