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SAS 2016: BAE System Showcasing Type 26 Main Gun Loading System for the 1st Time.
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On the foreground at the bottom: Paletized storage racks with 5 inch rounds. Right behind it is the articulating device (note the pair of rails on the deck). Above it (1 deck up) is the ready service magazine. |
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“The
whole magazine has been automated, it is a modular and adaptable design"
explained John Perry, Director of Business Development, during SAS 2016. An articulating device grabs the 5 inch rounds from paletized storage racks. The device then rotates from an horizontal to a vertical position, moves along the rails to position itself right below the ready service magazine (the drum) and finally lifts the round. |
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Scale model of the Type 26 Frigate main gun loading system |
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This
new loading system leverages technologies developped for the DDG 1000
Zumwalt class destroyer. Perry explained that advantages of the system
are that it improves the rate of fire, the sustainment of fire as well
as the crew safety: Sailors do not handle ammunition manually anymore. It is compatible with current and future ammunition (such as SGP and HVP). |
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