Extended Range 5 in Navy Gun Form

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[Music] thank you the 127 millimeters 5 inch slash 54 caliber mk45 lightweight gun is a U.S naval artillery gun mount consisting of a 127 millimeters 5n l54 mark 19 gun on the mark 45 mount it was designed and built by United defense a company later acquired by BAE Systems land and armaments which continued manufacture the latest 62 caliber long version consists of a longer Barrel l62 Mark 36 gun fitted on the same Mark 45 mount the gun is designed for use against surface warships anti-aircraft and Shore bombardment to support amphibious operations the gun mount features an automatic loader with a capacity of 20 rounds these can be fired Under full automatic control taking a little over a minute to exhaust those rounds at maximum fire rate for sustained use the gun mount would be occupied by a six-person crew gun Captain panel operator and four ammunition loaders below deck to keep the gun continuously supplied with ammunition development started in the 1960s as a replacement for the 1