Location of 40mm armament

Barrels Sixty (60)
Mounts Fifteen (15)
Projectile Weight 2 pounds
Muzzle Velocity 2,890 feet/second
Range Surface
Barrel Elevation = 42 deg.
11,000 yards (6.25 miles)
Anti Aircraft
Barrel Elevation = 90 deg.
22,800 yards (12.9 miles)
Firing Cycle 160 rounds per minute or 2.6 per second

The Quad 40's, loaded by ammunition
clips, could fire almost as fast as the
gun crews could load them, and were
used against aircraft which got inside
the range of the 5-inch guns.

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Armament 16 Inch
Armament
5 Inch
Armament
40 MM
Armament
20 MM
Armament


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