Comments by "William Cox" (@WildBillCox13) on "USS Montana - Guide 118" video.

  1. The 5"/54 Rifle is a very good gun. Edit: We did NOT have one on our Knox class ASW Frigate (ours was the standard 5"/38. Sorry, my memory is starting to get old ;-) ).
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  2.  @psikogeek  And greater barrel wear and a new, hands-off high ROF, loading system with troubles of its own. The 5'/38 was fine for its purpose and time (and a great many years after); a real improvement over the 5"/25cal. We had two 5'/38 on the Garcia class frigate I was first assigned to: in A and C positions. The fantail spot, as was often the case, was armed with Sea Sparrow.
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  3. After the war, the 40mm M1/M2 guns would soon be replaced by twin 3"/50cal dual mounts.
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  4. Geeze. I'd not heard of these. I went to the Wiki to have a low res look. I like the layout, with 5"/54cal guns fore and aft and 3"/50cal dual gun turrets in B and X positions. The Weapon Alpha turret above B position must've been quite a sight for the bridge crew when fired. One of the pictures shows it replaced with the standard ASROC box (8 tubes).
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  5. I'm not sure why they moved away from Hedgehog, though. Russians still use the RBU mortars, which are essentially the same thing.
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