3"/50 gun
- Thread starter fat tony
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NavyShooter
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- XMU Local .303
It's apparently some sort of part associated to the 3"50 gunnery radar/computer. (The gunnar I think it was called.)
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NavyShooter
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- XMU Local .303
http://hazegray.org/navhist/canada/systems/firecontrol/
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GUNAR (Mk.64 GFCS with on-mount SPG-48 tracking radar) "
fat tony
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Thanks quite interesting, I am wondering though if these guys are using some sort of made up loads, the gun does not seem to be recoiling too much for such a powerful cannon.
- I find it interesting that the later 3"50 twin mountings as used by Canada starting in the immediate post war era, were mainy designed for use against Japanese Kamikaze aircraft - they were the lightest semi-automatic gun of the era that could use proximity fuzes - they were not designed for use against supersonic aircraft however from what I have read so far, but it was still a pretty interesting weapon system!
- I find it interesting that the later 3"50 twin mountings as used by Canada starting in the immediate post war era, were mainy designed for use against Japanese Kamikaze aircraft - they were the lightest semi-automatic gun of the era that could use proximity fuzes - they were not designed for use against supersonic aircraft however from what I have read so far, but it was still a pretty interesting weapon system!
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