Can We Mount This On The Deck Of The SS Guncounter?

[randy]

Sunk by demolition charges planted by the DSGE while it was in port in New Zealand, killed one of the Green Peacers IIRC.

[Netpackrat]

Forget the harpoon, can it be rigged to fire grape shot?

[Vonz90]

Why the heck would we want that unless we are going wale hunting. How about one of these.

[Highspeed]

Sunk by demolition charges planted by the DSGE while it was in port in New Zealand, killed one of the Green Peacers IIRC.

Another proud moment in the annals ( anals ? ) of French military history. I don't like stupid hippies any more than any other sane person, but there isn't any need to kill them. A good hard smack in the mouth should be enough, then make them wash and get a job. That's actually worse than death to them.
The same nation were happy to resupply our Argentinean enemies with Exocet anti-ship missiles during the Falklands War ( although the missiles wouldn't have arrived because the SAS were standing by to sink the boat carrying them as soon as it left port ).
By contrast Ronnie Raygun ( bless his soul ) said " Our mates over the pond are fighting a war a long way from home with limited air power, let's waive that not-for-export tag on our new AIM-9L all aspect heat seekers and send their pilots some missile goodness, so they can light up their enemies "

[HTRN]

I was thinking a couple of dual mount 4" rapid firing.

4"?

United Defense is going to be building new 5" rapid fire guns for the Cruiser Modernization program.. They're not very heavy either - under 2 tons.

Or we could do what the Germans did - rip a turret off of an SP gun, and put it on a frigate.


HTRN

[Aegis]

I was thinking a couple of dual mount 4" rapid firing.

4"?

United Defense is going to be building new 5" rapid fire guns for the Cruiser Modernization program.. They're not very heavy either - under 2 tons.

Or we could do what the Germans did - rip a turret off of an SP gun, and put it on a frigate.


HTRN

I'm also curious about the 4" thing. I never saw nor heard about any 4-inchers. But if you're dead-set on that size, it's just a hair under 105mm.

[sam]

Can we have TOT capability, please?

[HTRN]

I'm also curious about the 4" thing. I never saw nor heard about any 4-inchers. But if you're dead-set on that size, it's just a hair under 105mm.

OTO Melara is making a "Super Rapid" 76mm (3"), that fires something like 120 rds/min. Perhaps that's what he's referring to. The US navy uses a slower firing "compact" version..


HTRN

[FelixEstrella]

Another proud moment in the annals ( anals ? ) of French military history. I don't like stupid hippies any more than any other sane person, but there isn't any need to kill them.

I wonder if tree-spikers of yore harbored the same scruples knowing full well what happens when a sawmill blade hits a steel spike buried in a log.

[Vonz90]

I don't know that a big deck gun would be very useful for the proposed mission. If one is absolutely wanted, probably an OTO Melara lightweight 76 would be the way to go.

I think light weight fast firing would be the way to go. If we want more punch, stick some surface to surface missiles on there. I would go with these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_missile but Penguin or Kormorant would be good choices as well. If the ship is smaller, maybe sea-hellfire.