--------------------GEV List Thingy, April 5th--------------------

To: hcobb@fly2.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re:GEV List Thingy, April 4th
From: Emilio Desalvo <MC4187@mclink.it>

> This makes the "Superheavy Naval Gun" basically a HWZ, this contrasts
> badly with the current Naval Artillery/Land Artillery balance.  A
> pidling 5" Naval Gun [much less the 16" monsters on the Iowas] is
> vastly superior to 155mm HWZ the US Army uses.  It fires 10 times
> faster, %50 farther, and probably has a much better ammo supply.  The
> 5" shell is a little lighter, maybe 10%.

And we aren't talking about the Oto Melara 76/62 (3") Super-Rapido, which
fires 120 rounds a minute.
OTOH, the Oto Melara 76/62 (3") Compact (aka Mk. 75 gun) which is
installed
on the O.H. Perry frigates only fires 60 rounds a minute (yes, they
mounted
an Italian gun on a US frigate. Even the japanese produce it on license).
Also Oto Melara produces a 5" mount which fires 45 rounds a minute, whilst
the US Mk 45 mount fires only 20 rds a minute.
Moreover the Mk 45 only has in the mount 20 rounds whilst the Oto Melara
has 66 rounds.

        Bye


    /\       Emilio Desalvo
   /<>\      mc4187@mclink.it
  /____\

  FNORD

P.S. if you want to die real quick in a helicopter, you can approach an
Italian armoured column.
Oto Melara has mounted a modified Super Rapido on a tank, and sold it to
EI.
Three rounds and the helo goes down.
It can also switch to AT rounds.
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	[Argh!

	I'm kinda surprised at the lack of response to the new formula.  -HJC]

	Henry J. Cobb hcobb@fly2.berkeley.edu, SFB Tyrant-for-life
	A "Bjorn again" programmer.