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The 5-inch (127 mm)/54-caliber (Mk 45) lightweight gun is a U.S. naval artillery gun mount consisting of a 5 in (127 mm) L54 Mark 19 gun on the Mark 45 mount. It was designed and built by United Defense, a company later acquired by BAE Systems Land & Armaments, which continued manufacture. The latest 62-calibre … See more
Development started in the 1960s as a replacement for the 5-inch (127 mm)/54-caliber Mark 42 gun system that had debuted in 1953 with a new, lighter, and easier-to-maintain See more
Mark 68 HE-CVT
• Weight – 68.5 lb (31.1 kg)
• Projectile Length – 26.1 in (66.3 cm)
• Used only with Mods 0–2
Mark 80 HE-PD See moreMod 0
Used mechanical fuze setter. Two-piece rifled construction, with replaceable liner
Mod 1
Electronic fuze setter replaces the mechanical one. Made with a unitary construction barrel, … See more• Extended Range Guided Munition: long range (~60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi)) precision guided projectile program by Raytheon for the Mark 45 gun, canceled in 2008
• Advanced Gun System: The 155 mm (6 in) gun on See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license MK 45 - 5-inch 54/62 Caliber Guns - United States Navy
Sep 20, 2021 · The MK 45 MOD 4 gun mount upgrade includes a longer barrel (62 caliber) that improves the gun's effectiveness as a land attack weapon (naval surface fire support).
USA 5"/62 (12.7 cm) Mark 45 Mod 4 - NavWeaps
5"/62 (12.7 cm) Mark 45 Mod 4 on USS Winston Churchill DDG-81. This latest version of the Mark 45 gun mount was designed to be used with the Extended Range Guided Munition (Mark 171 ERGM) in order to provide over-the …
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MK-45 5-inch Gun - Military.com
Fully-automatic naval gun mount employed against surface (Anti-Surface Warfare - ASuW), air (Anti-Air Warfare - AAW), and land attack (Naval Surface Fire Support - NSFS) targets.
Mk.45 Mod.2/4 5-inches 5"54 5"/62 caliber naval gun - Seaforces
Mark 45 ~ 5-inch, 54-caliber lightweight gun
The Mk 45 lightweight gun is a fully automated gun installed aboard CGs, DDs, DDGs, and LHAs and the gun is used against fast, highly maneuverable surface targets, air threats and shore targets during amphibious operations.
5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun - Military Wiki
The 5-Inch/54-caliber (Mk 45) lightweight gun is a modern U.S. naval artillery gun mount consisting of a 5-inch (127 mm) L54 Mark 19 gun on the Mark 45 mount. [1] Originally …
MK 45 5-inch / 54-caliber (lightweight) gun
The 5"/54 MK 45 Light Weight Gun Mount (LWGM) is the Navy's primary anti-surface gun battery, and Naval Gun Fire Support (NGFS) weapon. When a target is within the engagement envelope, the 5" gun is significantly more …
MK 45 5-inch / 54-caliber (lightweight) gun - GlobalSecurity.org
The 5"/54 MK 45 Light Weight Gun Mount (LWGM), firing a 5-inch shell [approximately 127mm in diameter], is the Navy's primary anti-surface gun battery, and Naval Gun Fire Support (NGFS) …
In focus: the 127mm Mk 45 gun that will equip the …
Aug 23, 2022 · BAE Systems’ renowned Mk 45 127mm (5-inch) gun is already proven with navies worldwide and will be a considerable upgrade on the existing medium calibre gun. Here we look at this weapon in detail.
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