naval surface fire support

Variously called, the Bofors 120/50 M/60Ty (Tyskland = Germany) was a Bofors late 1950's project for a new generation 120 mm ship mounted autocannon, replacing their twin barrel system from 1950, instead opting for a single barrel system with double the rate of fire. The German Navy showed...

In Norman Friedman's US Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History book (2002) mentions some interesting weapon systems: The wikipedia article mentions a 155mm/70 "Combustion Light Gas Gun" but no mention of the 127mm gun. The 5"/84 Pulsed-Powered and 8"/60 conventional guns are...

The Triang company produced a range of waterline model ships in 1/200 scale in the early 1960s and briefly again in the 1970s. Star of the Royal Navy models in the range was HMS Vanguard. Rather like Vanguard there were also models of the other recently scrapped big ships, the cruisers HMS...

Hi. I'm looking for information on the SC-21 COEA studies, particularly the Battle Force Combatant (BFC). I did some digging around on the web, and it was supposed to replace all the Knox and Perry-class frigates, and according to an FAS page, this meant an estimated 104 of them would be built...

Whenever I look at my little model of the USS Long Beach nuclear missile cruiser I find myself musing what a 21st Century version for Western navies could look like? Such a ship would replace the Ticonderoga class in the US Navy and perhaps provide Task Force escorts for the RN and MN instead...

Hello all, I'm searching infos regarding real (albeit conceptual only) battleship projects distinguishing themselves for extraordinary caliber of main guns and/or number of main guns and displacement. I'm aware of the following, some yet briefly discussed in other topics: -Tillman maximum...

BAE Third generation Maritime Fire (TMF) support gun presentation, courtesy of DTIC, attached. This contains all of the images commonly seen online plus many more, and gives a good overview of how the TMF mounting and loading mechanism would have been adapted from the 4.5" Mk.8.

"NEWTOWN, Conn. --- Two radical weapons will revolutionize naval warfare in the second decade of the 21st century, according to Forecast International's new analysis, "The Market for Naval Surface Warfare Systems." Lasers will be tasked with anti-aircraft, anti-missile, and anti-small-craft...

Artist impressions of land-attack destroyer using the "Sea Blade" design by Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin would later use the "Sea Blade" design for the Freedom-class littoral combat ship. Source: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/dd-21.htm

Not sure if this is entirely appropriate. It's a naval weapon but it's a gun. Maybe we should add a gun section? ??? At one point it was intended that the forward Mk45 on the Spruance class would be swapped out for these.