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    Tiger class cruisers; Love, hate or adore?

    The three Tiger class cruisers arouse strong opinions. As the only major non-carrier RN warships built after WW2 they mark the transition of the RN from a force built round its battleships' big guns to a missile dominated navy. The 6" and 3" guns fitted to them were supposed to be a new approach...
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    • anti-submarine warfare cold war command cruiser command ship cruiser east of suez falklands war fleet air arm gun cruiser helicopter and command cruiser helicopter cruiser naval fire support north atlantic treaty organisation nsfs post-world war ii royal navy vstol carriers world war ii
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  2. Tzoli

    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...
  3. Tzoli

    The 5.25 inch Mark IV

    From the navweaps site: http://navweaps.com/Weapons/index_weapons.htm My question is: Does anybody here ever found drawings or photos of this post war naval mount?
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    • 1940s battleship cold war cruiser nsfs post-world war ii royal navy vickers-armstrongs vickers-armstrongs limited world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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    DD(X) DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class destroyers

    I've been reading up on the DDG-1000 for a project I'm doing for Shipbucket and throughout everything, I keep getting a quote that says the Zumwalt-Class can't operate the SM series missiles. Can someone please explain to me how that's possible? The primary anti-defense missiles of the USN can't...
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    • Forum: Military
  5. sferrin

    MK 71 Lightweight 8" gun.

    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.
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    • cold war naval fire support naval surface fire support nsfs united states united states navy
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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