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It's interesting that the 120mm single also failed to gain much success (a couple of Finnish ships and three for Indonesia is all, IIRC). I suspect that it could not have been terribly reliable at full speed; most of the other extremely fast guns in that general size range had issues with jamming and were significantly derated.I've had a conversation with some other folks and am now convinced that the TAK 76 used US pattern 3-inch/50 ammunition. Tony Williams (Jane's Ammunition Handbook, among other things) says that Norway was making a 3-inch/50 round with Bofors-style designations that exactly matches the measurements of the US round.
It's interesting that the 120mm single also failed to gain much success (a couple of Finnish ships and three for Indonesia is all, IIRC). I suspect that it could not have been terribly reliable at full speed; most of the other extremely fast guns in that general size range had issues with jamming and were significantly derated.
I've had a conversation with some other folks and am now convinced that the TAK 76 used US pattern 3-inch/50 ammunition. Tony Williams (Jane's Ammunition Handbook, among other things) says that Norway was making a 3-inch/50 round with Bofors-style designations that exactly matches the measurements of the US round.
