The destroyer Rafael Peralta fires its Mark 45 5-inch light-weight gun during a live-fire exercise while operating in the Philippine Sea in January 2023. (MC1 Greg Johnson/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Navy ...

The company will extend the barrel of the Mk 45, strengthen the gun mounts and incorporate a fully digital control system.

The US Navy has contracted BAE Systems to upgrade Mk 45 5-inch naval gun systems, including the overhaul of existing systems, to the Mk 45 Mod 4 configuration. This modification, worth $23.5m, ...

BAE Systems was awarded a contract for the US Navy, worth over US$70 million, to upgrade the fleet’s Mk 45 5-inch Gun systems and ancillary equipment. The modernization of the cannons occurs at a time ...

The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems over $70 million to upgrade Mk 45 5-inch naval gun systems and ancillary equipment. On Sept. 30, BAE Systems received a $23.5 million modification to a $47 ...

American missiles were used to engage most of the enemy targets, but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun ...

A US Navy destroyer operating in the Red ... of high-fives when you shoot something down with a gun, kind of World War II-style." The MK-45 is a five-inch artillery gun mounted to the deck of ...

A US Navy destroyer used its deck gun to shoot down a ... "But there's a lot of high-fives when you shoot something down with a gun, kind of World War II-style." The MK-45 is a five-inch artillery gun ...

Many of the guns in this list are no longer available ... In production from 1850 until 1873, the Colt Navy Revolver changed warfare and the world. Much lighter than the Colt Dragoon of 1847 ...