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USN Fire Support Gun Proposals
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...- Tzoli
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- cold war naval fire support naval surface fire support ngfs nsfs post-cold war united states united states navy
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- Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
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A modern cruiser?
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...- uk 75
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- 21st century anti-air warfare anti-submarine warfare anti-surface warfare area air defence cold war ii cruiser naval fire support naval surface fire support ngfs nuclear powered vessels
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- Forum: Theoretical, Fake and Generic Projects