HMAS Brisbane reloads a Phalanx

[Dave Kearton]

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Cheers

Dave Kearton

[Conscious Pilate]

hey Dave are the Phalanx .5's or 20mm? really can't tell from the size of
the barrels or the ammo the guys are loading - looks like 20mm to this old
sailor.

see ya

Conscious Pilate

[Conscious Pilate]

hey Dave are the Phalanx .5's or 20mm? really can't tell from the size of
the barrels or the ammo the guys are loading - looks like 20mm to this old
sailor.

see ya

Conscious Pilate

[Alan Erskine]

"Conscious Pilate" > wrote in message
u...
> hey Dave are the Phalanx .5's or 20mm? really can't tell from the size of
> the barrels or the ammo the guys are loading - looks like 20mm to this old
> sailor.

20mm tungsten core shell (I don't know if anyone still uses the original
Depleted Uranium cored shells). Fired at up to 6,000 rounds per minute.
Effective range up to 1.85km.


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Alan Erskine

[Alan Erskine]

"Conscious Pilate" > wrote in message
u...
> hey Dave are the Phalanx .5's or 20mm? really can't tell from the size of
> the barrels or the ammo the guys are loading - looks like 20mm to this old
> sailor.

20mm tungsten core shell (I don't know if anyone still uses the original
Depleted Uranium cored shells). Fired at up to 6,000 rounds per minute.
Effective range up to 1.85km.


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Alan Erskine

[the Legend of LAX]

Alan Erskine wrote:
> "Conscious Pilate" > wrote in message
> u...
>> hey Dave are the Phalanx .5's or 20mm? really can't tell from the size of
>> the barrels or the ammo the guys are loading - looks like 20mm to this old
>> sailor.
>
> 20mm tungsten core shell (I don't know if anyone still uses the original
> Depleted Uranium cored shells). Fired at up to 6,000 rounds per minute.
> Effective range up to 1.85km.


I have 3 spent shells complete with the chain thingy that attached them
together. I got them from a ship when this system was first deployed
back in the early '80s. They used depleted uranium then. The shells used
to glow in the dark.

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Dale G Elhardt
Cypress Ca
"The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an
incredible miracle."
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[the Legend of LAX]

Alan Erskine wrote:
> "Conscious Pilate" > wrote in message
> u...
>> hey Dave are the Phalanx .5's or 20mm? really can't tell from the size of
>> the barrels or the ammo the guys are loading - looks like 20mm to this old
>> sailor.
>
> 20mm tungsten core shell (I don't know if anyone still uses the original
> Depleted Uranium cored shells). Fired at up to 6,000 rounds per minute.
> Effective range up to 1.85km.


I have 3 spent shells complete with the chain thingy that attached them
together. I got them from a ship when this system was first deployed
back in the early '80s. They used depleted uranium then. The shells used
to glow in the dark.

--
Dale G Elhardt
Cypress Ca
"The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an
incredible miracle."
http://home.comcast.net/~laxet/
http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?userid=7702