The latest development is the Mark 3, which was designed in 1995 but introduced into service with the Visby-class corvette—fitted on HMS Visby (K31) in 2000. This new design retained the Mark 2 gun turret, rate of fire and ammunition capacity and has another 1,000 rounds stowed in the standby rack beneath deck. A small radome has been added above the gun barrel and is used for measuring the muzzle velocity of the departing projectiles for fire-control purposes, usually but not necessarily with the new Bofors 57 mm 3P all-target programmable ammunition. Also, a new optional low radar profile (also known as low radar cross-section, or RCS) stealth mounting was developed, this allows the gun to be hidden from radar and plain sight when not in use. feel free to rate and comments. feedback needed. thank you :) #57mm #Bofors #combat_ship #corvette #deck_gun #destroyer #frigate #LCS #Littoral
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