Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS

The MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS - pronounced "sea-whiz") is a fast-reaction, rapid-fire 20-millimeter gun system that provides US Navy ships with a terminal defense against anti-ship missiles that have penetrated other fleet defenses. Designed to engage anti-ship cruise missiles and fixed-wing aircraft at short range, Phalanx automatically engages functions usually performed by separate, independent systems such as search, detection, threat evaluation, acquisition, track, firing, target destruction, kill assessment and cease fire.

Phalanx is a point-defense, total-weapon system consisting of two 20mm gun mounts that provide a terminal defense against incoming air targets. CIWS, without assistance from other shipboard systems, will automatically engage incoming anti-ship missiles and high-speed, low-level aircraft that have penetrated the ship primary defense envelope. As a unitized system, CIWS automatically performs search, detecting, tracking, threat evaluation, firing, and kill assessments of targets while providing for manual override. Each gun mount houses a fire control assembly and a gun subsystem. The fire control assembly is composed of a search radar for surveillance and detection of hostile targets and a track radar for aiming the gun while tracking a target. The unique closed-loop fire control system that tracks both the incoming target and the stream of outgoing projectiles (by monitoring their incoming noise signature) gives CIWS the capability to correct its aim to hit fast-moving targets, including ASMs.

The gun subsystem employs a gatling gun consisting of a rotating cluster of six barrels. The gatling gun fires a 20mm subcaliber sabot projectile using a heavy-metal (either tungsten or depleted uranium) 15mm penetrator surrounded by a plastic sabot and a light-weight metal pusher. The gatling gun fires 20mm ammunition at either 3,000 or 4,500 rounds-per-minute with a burst length of continuous, 60, or 100 rounds.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Vulcan
• Phalanx
• CIWS
• gatling
• gun
• 20mm

[sonzoomspark1]

R2D2 with an erection!

[TheNilvarg]

Well, good luck with that... they're automated.

So unless you're a computer, then you're out of luck.

[fskea1]

whas up with high altitude flights?

[syby1112]

That will rain on your party, and turn your itelligent conversation to weeping!

[dalesalsa]

I don't know... I still like the Goalkeeper more for some reason. The Goalkeeper just looks a lot more sophisticated and matured tech...

[batvette]

@Servatis17 don't worry the rest of youtube understands what this :\ meant.

[proliance]

Sounds like Gerald McRaney doing the narration.

[Servatis17]

@rubberbandman200 well when someone makes a ludicrous comment like the one i did....i dont think their very serious -_-

[rubberbandman200]

@Servatis17 you cant show sarcasm in a youtube comment, only wile talking in person anyone could tell the diffrence, for i all know you could be a retard in the special ed program

[Servatis17]

@rubberbandman200 learn the difference between sarcasm and being realistic. 

[rubberbandman200]

@Servatis17 the reason why i said your a fucken idiot is because in the 40s they didnt have anything near this kind of tec, ╭∩╮（︶︿︶）╭∩╮ and that is why your a fucken retard

[Servatis17]

@rubberbandman200 go blow your mother