The company will extend the barrel of the Mk 45, strengthen the gun mounts and incorporate a fully digital control system.
American missiles were used to engage most of the enemy targets, but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun against one of the drones.
The destroyer Rafael Peralta fires its Mark 45 5-inch light-weight gun during a live-fire exercise while operating in the Philippine Sea in January 2023. (MC1 Greg Johnson/U.S. Navy) ...
The gun was first deployed in 1971 as the Mk 45 Mod 0, and has been updated in the more than five decades since.
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The gun was first deployed in 1971 as the Mk 45 Mod 0, and has been updated in the more than five decades since.