Gunner's Mates you got a love them they think this is sexy while the Fire Controlmen (FC) are the true shooters, because we make there guns land on target and we have our finger on the trigger. LOL All good video of you guys watching us shoot the gun.
There's a reason why the quick-firing 5" is still around while the bag guns have gone the way of the dinosaur. This is still a fine light gun, lethal to anything floating short of a battleship, and with the increases in ammunition technology getting better and more accurate all the time. Why knock it? The Bofors 40mm and the M2 .50-cal are still in service and work fine.
Yes. See, in a modern naval engagement, when all is said and done, and missiles and aircraft have been taking serious casualties against modern CIWS, what is left that is uninterpcetable? The gun. It's a last resort weapon, like the bayonet for the Army.
And I firmly believe that with the evolution of close-in defence systems, and the interesting developments in modern artillery, it will not be long, perhaps 50 years, before gunnery comes to the forefront again, land and sea. Guns are cheap, fast, and very difficult to defend against. Their disadvantages today relate mostly to limitations of range, accuracy, and explosive power. On land, mobile guns (in the form of tanks) are still the primary weapon.
the 5 inch guns the usn use are really slow rate of fire and poor, 4.5 inch the brits use is a beast! equivalant of 3 batteries of artillery, launch a shell 36000yards, again americans have all the gear but no idea.
Zanderboy. Our country designed, built and sold these guns as well. The Australians utilized a higher rate of fire than we did, though it was the same gun. When My ship and three others teamed with the Air Force in the mining of Haiphong harbor in 1972, I am thankful that we had the rate of fire that we did. Overheating the barrel before the battles end is a bummer. As it was we ruined the barrel, but we didnt stop firing until the "hang fire" with the round cooking in the orange hot breech.
I was an FC, on the USS Yorktown (CG-48). They don't show us on the video, but we would have been the ones actually tracking the target on radar, and shooting at it. After the GMG's put their mount into remote, all they pretty much had to do was monitor it.
If we're not there to load it, maintain it, and send the firing sequence to the lower hoist, cradle, and breech, nothing happens, no matter how much you squeeze the firing key.
Conversely, we can't get our rounds on target with any real degree of accuracy unless you guys are tracking the target and making the myriad ballistic corrections, then sending the firing signal.
We fired the gun just about every day on the USS Porter (DDG-78). Even though all we blew up is water or derelict islands. Every GM in the unit shot the gun. The poor missile guys got to launch maybe twice a year. Though the USS Porter is now only 1 of 4 active ships to fire on and sink enemy ships with gunfire. Of course this would have happened after I left "Freedoms Champion" and the Navy. :(
I was stationed aboard the uss blandy. A forrest sherman boat back in the late 1970s. 3 5" guns bitch. I was a loader (cook)in the forward mt. (mt51). That was FIREPOWER!
Forrest Sherman ships had the same caliber gun as that shown in this video: 5"/54 caliber.
It was an older gun, true, but still fired the same round.
Forrest Shermans had the MK42 mod 8.
However, they also had a few 3"/50 calibers, not 3.5".
FWIW, I served on one of the ships that were essentially stretched and modified Forrest Sherman destroyers: a Charles F. Adams guided missile destroyer.
The Mk 45 is a great peace of kit. I work on a Mod 2 in the Aussie navy, but I dream of the Mod 4,(you can really reach out and touch somebody with a Mod 4 :)
Gunner's Mates you got a love them they think this is sexy while the Fire Controlmen (FC) are the true shooters, because we make there guns land on target and we have our finger on the trigger. LOL All good video of you guys watching us shoot the gun.
Tncx3 5 months ago
@Tncx3 my mom was an FC im a GM. she has a different take on that, but thanks bro. That was a really sweet comment.
mamasgirl597 4 months ago
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steamer97 2 years ago
There's a reason why the quick-firing 5" is still around while the bag guns have gone the way of the dinosaur. This is still a fine light gun, lethal to anything floating short of a battleship, and with the increases in ammunition technology getting better and more accurate all the time. Why knock it? The Bofors 40mm and the M2 .50-cal are still in service and work fine.
Bullzeye95 3 years ago
What a cute little baby gun.
Rserlo 3 years ago
"They actually use the gun?"
Yes. See, in a modern naval engagement, when all is said and done, and missiles and aircraft have been taking serious casualties against modern CIWS, what is left that is uninterpcetable? The gun. It's a last resort weapon, like the bayonet for the Army.
somedude221 3 years ago
And I firmly believe that with the evolution of close-in defence systems, and the interesting developments in modern artillery, it will not be long, perhaps 50 years, before gunnery comes to the forefront again, land and sea. Guns are cheap, fast, and very difficult to defend against. Their disadvantages today relate mostly to limitations of range, accuracy, and explosive power. On land, mobile guns (in the form of tanks) are still the primary weapon.
laddiebuck12 2 years ago
That's a cute little gun. Check out the videos of the IOWA class battleships and 16" NGFS...
iowa61 3 years ago
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ass12345666543 3 years ago
the 5 inch guns the usn use are really slow rate of fire and poor, 4.5 inch the brits use is a beast! equivalant of 3 batteries of artillery, launch a shell 36000yards, again americans have all the gear but no idea.
zanderboy 3 years ago
Zanderboy. Our country designed, built and sold these guns as well. The Australians utilized a higher rate of fire than we did, though it was the same gun. When My ship and three others teamed with the Air Force in the mining of Haiphong harbor in 1972, I am thankful that we had the rate of fire that we did. Overheating the barrel before the battles end is a bummer. As it was we ruined the barrel, but we didnt stop firing until the "hang fire" with the round cooking in the orange hot breech.
steamer97 2 years ago
I was an FC, on the USS Yorktown (CG-48). They don't show us on the video, but we would have been the ones actually tracking the target on radar, and shooting at it. After the GMG's put their mount into remote, all they pretty much had to do was monitor it.
Alas, no videos on us FC's. Oh, well.
kirk2767 3 years ago
@kirk2767 Eh, don't get so superiorist.
GMGs need the FCs, and the FCs need the GMGs.
If we're not there to load it, maintain it, and send the firing sequence to the lower hoist, cradle, and breech, nothing happens, no matter how much you squeeze the firing key.
Conversely, we can't get our rounds on target with any real degree of accuracy unless you guys are tracking the target and making the myriad ballistic corrections, then sending the firing signal.
We can still fire alone, though
PinkOld 1 month ago
"They actually use the gun?"
We fired the gun just about every day on the USS Porter (DDG-78). Even though all we blew up is water or derelict islands. Every GM in the unit shot the gun. The poor missile guys got to launch maybe twice a year. Though the USS Porter is now only 1 of 4 active ships to fire on and sink enemy ships with gunfire. Of course this would have happened after I left "Freedoms Champion" and the Navy. :(
Cirux321 4 years ago
Cirux, what's GM stands for? thanks... Gun Man? joke!
zeathan 2 years ago
GM = Gunners Mate.
Cirux321 2 years ago
nice gun i still prefer a mark 8 4.s inch gun
marshsja 4 years ago
What ever, nice to see we still use guns.
I was stationed aboard the uss blandy. A forrest sherman boat back in the late 1970s. 3 5" guns bitch. I was a loader (cook)in the forward mt. (mt51). That was FIREPOWER!
God Bless the GMGs
windsurfingfun 4 years ago
@windsurfingfun 3.5"
There you would be wrong.
Forrest Sherman ships had the same caliber gun as that shown in this video: 5"/54 caliber.
It was an older gun, true, but still fired the same round.
Forrest Shermans had the MK42 mod 8.
However, they also had a few 3"/50 calibers, not 3.5".
FWIW, I served on one of the ships that were essentially stretched and modified Forrest Sherman destroyers: a Charles F. Adams guided missile destroyer.
And, yes, I was a Gunner's Mate Guns. ;)
PinkOld 1 month ago
The Mk 45 is a great peace of kit. I work on a Mod 2 in the Aussie navy, but I dream of the Mod 4,(you can really reach out and touch somebody with a Mod 4 :)
Deathtax81 4 years ago
SHIT HOT! Brings back memories.
Scott11078 4 years ago
Good job
mclifer 5 years ago
Some targets just aren't worth hitting with a multi-million dollar missile. That's when you've gotta go old-skool.
KlubMarcus 5 years ago
They actually use the gun?
Dude1112 5 years ago
Cool as hell
SUPPORTOURTROOPS 5 years ago