The gun was first deployed in 1971 as the Mk 45 Mod 0, and has been updated in the more than five decades since.

There’s a lot of high-fives when you shoot something down with a gun, kind of World War II-style.” Since Hamas waged its October 7, 2023, massacre against Israel, Iran’s regional proxy groups have ...

55 caliber rapid-fire naval guns arrayed in triple turrets ... The primary armament was a 5-inch/.38 caliber gun, flanked by 40 mm Oerlikon cannons and 20 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns, provided ...