United States of America
3"/50 (7.62 cm) Marks 27, 33 and 34
Pictures

Updated 12 November 2008


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Twin 3"/50 (7.62 cm) Mark 33 Mount
Note that the guns loaded from both sides and the revolving magazines
USS Canberra CAG-2 in 1964


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Twin 3"/50 (7.62 cm) Mark 33 Mounts
The Radar antennas are for the Mark 63 Director


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Cleaning the gun barrels aboard USS Pyro AE-24 in November 1986
U.S. Navy Photograph No. DN-ST-87-02706


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3"/50 (7.62 cm) on Norwegian KNM Narvik
Photograph courtesy of KNM Narvik


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Detail of the five rounds in the auto-loader
The numbers represent the order in which the rounds are fed into the loading tray