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| 40
MM GUN SYSTEM
This information was provide by the USS WASHINGTON BB56 |
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| 40
MM GUN SYSTEM
This information was provide by the USS WASHINGTON BB56 |
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| Barrels | Sixty (60) | |
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| Mounts | Fifteen (15) | |
| Projectile Weight | 2 pounds | |
| Muzzle Velocity | 2,890 feet/second | |
| Range | Surface
Barrel Elevation = 42 deg. |
11,000 yards (6.25 miles) |
| Anti Aircraft
Barrel Elevation = 90 deg. |
22,800 yards (12.9 miles) | |
| Firing Cycle | 160 rounds per minute or 2.6 per second | |
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The Quad 40's, loaded by ammunition
clips, could fire almost as fast as the gun crews could load them, and were used against aircraft which got inside the range of the 5-inch guns. |
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| Weapons | 16 Inch
Armament |
5"MK 38
System |
5"MK
42
System |
5"MK
45
System |
5"62
System |
40MM
System |
| 76MM
System |
3"50
System |
MK
38
System |
20MM
System |
Standard
Missile |
Tomahawk
Missile |