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What weapons do cruisers use?

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What weapons do cruisers use?

In the early 1950s, advances in aviation technology forced the move from anti-aircraft artillery to anti-aircraft missiles. Therefore, most modern cruisers are equipped with surface-to-air missiles as their main armament. Today’s equivalent of the anti-aircraft cruiser is the guided missile cruiser (CAG/CLG/CG/CGN).

What guns are on navy ships?

Naval Weapons

  • Mk 38 Mod 3 Machine Gun System (MGS) Setting the standard for shipboard defense against small, fast, and agile surface threats.
  • Bofors 40 Mk4 Naval Gun.
  • 57mm Naval Gun System.
  • FUZE 3P Ammunition.
  • Hypervelocity Projectile.
  • Mk 45 Mod 4 Naval Gun System.
  • Advanced Gun System (AGS)

What kind of guns are on a navy destroyer?

Guns:

  • Guns:
  • DDG-51 to 80: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/54 Mk. 45 Mod 1/2 (lightweight gun)
  • DDG-81 onwards: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk.
  • DDG-51 to 84: 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS.
  • DDG-85 onwards: 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS.
  • 2 × 25 mm M242 Bushmaster chain gun.
  • Missiles:
  • 2 × Mk 141 Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile Launcher (Flight I & II only)

What are the big guns on navy ships?

Naval Guns of the United States of America

  • 150 mm Electromagnetic Rail Gun. Future Warships.
  • 155 mm/62 AGS. Zumwalt (DDG-1000) Class.
  • 76 mm/62 Mark 75. Navy frigates, hydrofoils and the larger Coast Guard cutters.
  • 57 mm/70 Mark 110.
  • 40 mm Mark 19 Grenade MG.
  • 30 mm Bushmaster II Mark 44.
  • 25 mm Mark 38 MGS.
  • 20 mm Phalanx.

Does the US Navy still use heavy cruisers?

The Navy has 22 Ticonderoga-class cruisers (CG-52 through CG-73) in active service, as of the end of 2015. With the cancellation of the CG(X) program in 2010, the Navy currently has no cruiser replacement program planned.

What is the main gun on a destroyer?

The 127 mm (5″)/54 caliber (Mk 45) lightweight gun is a U.S. naval artillery gun mount consisting of a 127 mm (5 in) L54 Mark 19 gun on the Mark 45 mount….5″/54 caliber Mark 45 gun.

Mark 45 5-inch/54-caliber lightweight gun
Place of origin United States
Service history
In service 1971–present Mod 0: 1971 Mod 1: 1980 Mod 2: 1988 Mod 4: 2000

What is the biggest gun on a destroyer?

The BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun was a breech-loading naval rifle used by the Royal Navy during World War I. It was the largest and heaviest gun ever used by the British….BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun.

BL 18-Inch Mk1
Effective firing range 31,400 yd (28,700 m)
Maximum firing range 40,500 yd (37,000 m)
Filling weight 243 lb (110 kg)

What is the largest naval gun currently in use?

The Bofors 152 mm kanon m/42 is a naval gun for use on ships….Bofors 15,2 cm kanon m/42.

15,2 cm kanon m/42
Specifications
Barrel length 8.05 metres (317 in)
Shell 45 kg
Caliber 152 millimetres (6.0 in)