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Originally Posted by RustyBattleship
I recommended they get rid of the 76 mm Oto Malera (sp?) gun as it was useless for anti-ship, anti-aircraft or shore bombardment. It is a good tank or anti-tank gun but doesn't belong at sea except for small gunboats and then the 25 mm Chain Gun would take care of them (every ship that deployed to the Gulf had two Chain Guns "temporarily" mounted port and stbd, including the Battleships).
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Is the 76mm really that bad? Isn't it like the most popular gun mount in the entire world? Or it's just bad on the Perry, in the middle of the ship, with no firing angle fore or aft?
I'm partial for the 5-in but the 76mm should have a place on smaller warships.