4"/45 Mk.4 gun mount

light general purpose gun

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Forward mount shown on HMS TIGER. M.D. Thomas photo.

 
Forward mount on HMCS TERRA NOVA. Sandy McClearn photo.
 This light Oerlikon single mount can fire 1000 rds/min out to 2km. The mounts were added to various RN ships after lessons learned in the Falkland's War suggested that RN ships lacked good close-in self-defence weapons.

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