Originally Posted by Galrahn

I have a question. I have heard by many people they would take SeaRAM over Phalanx if given a choice due to ammunition issues with the CIWS. The point I have heard is that during attacks, you could run out of CIWS ammo very quickly, and it takes time to manually reload, while the SeaRAM can engage more targets and be reloaded by the same number of crew at sea. Does anyone have any insight into this? How many rounds would a Phalanx actually fire against a single incoming missile, and based on ammo load, how many total could it engage in a single engagement prior to reloading?