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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Major Calibre Light Gun (MCLWG)
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Date: 24 May 91 16:58:05 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)


>From: wcsswag@ccs.carleton.ca (Alex Klaus)
>1) What was the main motivation for the cancellation of this program?

If I recall correctly, the laser-guided shell was killed to save money,
and then the gun was killed because it wasn't accurate enough. (!)  Its
death was basically financial.  A major contributing factor was that the
Marines were the major customer (for heavy-caliber shore bombardment) but
the Navy was paying for it, which made it low priority when money got tight.

>2) Would the gun have been retro-fitted to any other classes?

Had it been a big success, it could have gone in almost anything carrying
a 5-inch gun.

>3) What is/was the difference between the MCLWG and a normal 8" gun

Much tighter packaging, to make it a drop-in replacement for a 5-inch.
There might have been other differences too, I never saw details.
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