Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Mk 48 Mod 0 Mk 48 Mod 0 in US Army service in Afghanistan, 2010 This is a 7.62×51mm NATO version of the Mk 46, used by USSOCOM when a heavier cartridge is required. [2] It is officially classified as an LWMG (light weight machine gun) and was developed as a replacement for the Mk 43 Mod 0/1. The M60-based machine guns are a great deal more ...
It was an attachment to the second amendment/modification of NSWC-Crane solicitation N00164-06-R-4878. The amendment/modification document is dated May 3, 2006. The complete document also included attached SOWs for upgrading M240 to M240B, and Mk 46 Mod 0 to Mk 46 Mod 1.
The Mk48 Mod 7 Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System (CBASS) torpedo is optimized for both the deep and littoral waters and has advanced counter-countermeasure capabilities. The MK48 ADCAP Mod 7 (CBASS) torpedo is the result of a Joint Development Program with the Royal Australian Navy and reached Initial Operational Capability in 2006. [ 8 ]
Mk 16 Mod 4/5 (Automatic Cannon, 20×110mm USN; deck mount versions of the M3 and M24) M39A1/A2/A3 (Automatic Cannon, 20×102mm; based on the Mauser MG 213C Cannon) Mk 11 Mod 0/5 (Twin-Barrel Automatic Cannon, 20×110mm USN) Mk 12 Mod 0 (Automatic Cannon, 20×110mm USN) M195 (Rotary-Barreled Automatic Cannon, 20×102mm)
A redesigned version, designated the Tigerfish Mod 1, aimed to rectify some of the original model's faults but failed its initial fleet acceptance trials in 1979 despite some improvements. Lacking any alternative it was nevertheless issued to the fleet (alongside the Mod 0 which also failed its own fresh acceptance trials the same year) in 1980 ...
USS Mason fires her Mark 45 Mod 4. The Mark 34 Gun Weapon System (GWS) is a component of the Aegis Combat System that is responsible for controlling and providing fire control to the 5" Mark 45 gun. It is used on the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and several later Ticonderoga-class cruisers.
The weapon was 34 inches (86 cm) long and weighed 120 pounds (54 kg), and was produced in two versions; the Mod 0 and Mod 1. Declassified British document give the yield of the W48 as 100 tonnes of TNT (0.42 TJ), making it one of the smallest nuclear weapons ever developed by the US.
After some fine tuning of the design, an enhanced version the Mark 44 Mod 1 entered United States service in 1956. However shortly after the torpedo entered service it became apparent that newer Soviet submarines were both faster and deeper diving, and could potentially both outrun and out-dive the Mk.44 which was designed to attack targets ...