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From: johne@hp-vcd.vcd.hp.com (John Eaton)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Major Calibre Light Gun
Message-ID: <1991Jun1.012930.28251@amd.com>
Date: 30 May 91 14:48:16 GMT
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From: johne@hp-vcd.vcd.hp.com (John Eaton)


> I am now looking for some information about the MCLWG(Major Calibre Light
> Weight Gun) Program. This was the 8" gun that was to fitted to Kidd, Spruance,
> and maybe the Tico class. I know this gun was tested on the USS Hull.

I think I my have actually seen this one. I was on a destroyer (USS
Berkeley DDG-15) in San Diego back in 74 and there was one ship that
had been fitted with a new 8" low recoil gun. It looked huge in
comparision to the normal 5"54's that everyone else had. Rumor was that
they were trying to see if it could be used without shaking the ship apart.

I hope they also installed a better ammo handling system. I carried
enough 5 inch shells and powder to know that I wouldn't want to have to
carry any 8".

John Eaton
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