Weapons

5" 54 Caliber MK 45 Mod 2

15-20 rounds per minute (based on elevation)

50 rounds in 4 hours

13 nautical miles

9 nautical miles

4 nautical miles

20 rounds with 6 fuse types

270 inches

GFCS, EP2, GMCP

• BL&P, WP, RAP, SS, VT non-frag, HE
• Blind White Rappers Suck Very Hard

High Explosive

Rocket Assisted Projectile (Used for long range surface)

White Phosphorus - Used for smoke, create fires, defoliage (Used for surface)

Star Shell – Used for illumination (Giant Flare)

Variable Timed, Non-Fragmentation (Training Round for air)

Blind, Loaded and Plugged (Training round used for surface. No explosive)

• IR, KEET, MT, GP, MFF, CVT, HEET, PD, VT
• i know many gunners mates catch hpv

Mechanically Timed (surface)

Point Detonation (surface)

High Explosive Electronic Time (surface)

Kinetic Energy Electronic Time (surface, small boats)

Variable Time (air)

Infrared (air)

Controlled Variable Time (air/surface)

Multi Function Fuse (air/surface)

Guided Projectile (surface)

• 1. Projectile and Powder are loaded into the Lower Loading Station.
• 2. Round is raised up through the Lower Hoist. (3 stations)
• 2. Round arrives at the Upper Loading Station.
• 3. Round is moved from Upper Loading Station to the Loader Drum. (Holds 20 Rounds)
• 4. Round is rotated to the Transfer Station/Fuse Setter.
• 5. After Fuse is set, Round is transferred to the Upper Hoist.
• 6. Upper Hoist raises the Round to the Cradle.
• 7. Cradle raises the Round in line with the Barrel and Breech.
• 8. Rammer loaded Round into the Breech.
• 9. Breech Block partially closes.
• 10. Rammer retracts and Cradle Lowers.
• 11. Empty Case Tray lowers.
• 12. Breech Block completely closes.
• 13. Gun Fires.
• 14. Breech Block opens and ejects empty case into the Empty Case Tray.
• 15. Empty Case Tray raises and empty case is ejected above the Barrel.

• Mk15 Mod25 Phalanx CIWS (Close In Weapons System)
• M61A1 6 barreled 20mm Gatling gun

(Anti-Ship Missile Defense)/ Terminal Missile Defense

Self contained Search & Track Radar with 6 radar channels, can be changed in event of radar jamming. Radar can determine if a target will hit the ship & can store targets in memory. RCS (Remote Control System) in CIC can also pass target input to CIWS from MSS and SUWC. CIWS receives 440V power supply, seawater for cooling system, & gyro input from ship.

4500 rounds per minute

3000 rounds per minute

300 rounds in 5 minutes

Present for 3 minutes, wait 30 minutes for barrel cooling or cool with water

6000 yards

2000 yards

12000 yards

148 nautical miles

• Forward, Baseline 1B2
• Improved radar subsystem, StarFabric computer subsystem, selectable digital radar frequencies

• Aft , Baseline 1B1
• Traditional analog radar subsystem, High Order Language Computer (HOLC), 6 Fixed frequency crystals

All rounds are Armor Piercing, Discarding Sabot (APDS) not for use in forward firing aircraft, as the plastic sabots would be sucked into the engine intakes. The sub-caliber penetrator is made of a dense metal (Depleted Uranium or Tungsten) designed to shred missile control surfaces and internal components.

• Depleted Uranium/Tungsten penetrator
• *Not normally used onboard USS Hopper

• Enhanced Lethality Cartridge
• Thicker case, Tungsten penetrator, more powder in cartridge. Can only be used with Optimized Gun Barrels (OGB), which are longer and heavier than previous versions.

• AAW Auto (Fires under computer control)
• AAW Manual (Operator has to push the “Fire” button)
• Surface (Operator manually tracks and fires, reduced firing rate of 3000 shots/minute)

1550 rounds

1500 rounds

1400 rounds

• HERO 4: Forward
• HERO 5: Aft

MK38 Mod 2 25mm Chain Gun

• Low: 100 rounds per minute
• High: 180 rounds per minute

• 100 rounds in 15 minutes
• 400 rounds in 60 minutes

4.1 miles

3000 yards

• HEI-T: High Explosive Incendiary Tracer
• APDS-T: Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot Tracer
• TP-T: Target Practice Tracer
• SAPHEI-T: Semi Armor Piercing High Explosive Incendiary Tracer
• HATS

• 13 Mounts Total
• 4 Focsle (2 fwd, 1 port, 1 stbd)
• 2 Bridge Wings (1 port, 1 stbd)
• 2 Midships (1 port, 1 stbd)
• 2 Aft VLS (1 port, 1 stbd)
• 3 Flight Deck (1 port, 1 stbd, 1 aft)

M2HB (.50 cal) Machine Gun

550 rounds per minute

200 rounds in 2 minutes

7400 yards

2000 yards

600 rounds per minute

200 rounds in 2 minutes

3725 meters

800 meters, 1800 meters

• 18in Past the furthest protruding point of the mount (5in barrel; CIWS Radome; 25mm camera)
• 4in Wide (Red)
• 2in White stenciled lettering says “DANGER AREA”
• 4ft Spacing from center of lettering (“R” in “DANGER” to the next “R” in “DANGER”)

Delay in the firing of a round.

Failure of a round to fire.

Condition where the weapon has fired enough rounds in a short amount of time that the barrel reaches a temperature high enough to cause rounds to “cook off” and ignite without firing.

Naval Surface Fire Support – Part of Surface Warfare, utilized when Marines are on the ground and need Gunnery support from Naval Ships. Marines call the Ship with the coordinates of the target. CIC plots the target and transfers the information to the GFCS. GFCS tells MT 51 to aim and shoot at the target. If the shot is off, the Marines call in the corrections and the process repeats.

Blue color coding means Inert Projectile. The round will still fire, only the projectile is inert.

• 5 inch MK 45 Light Weight Gun
• 76mm MK 75 Gun System
• 57mm Mk 110

Strike, Surface Warfare and Air Warfare

The Ships’ gyro provides a stable horizontal reference and bearing for weapon systems