76 mm (3") Mark 75 aboard USS Curts FFG
38 in July 2003
Detail from US Navy Photograph No. 030718-N-4178C-002
MM Audace
Two 76 mm/62 (3") guns are along the starboard
side
Official Marina
Militare Italiana (Italian Navy) photograph
Singapore Patrol Boats Brave (95) and Daring
(98) in June 2001
The "radar mast" on Daring (98) is actually
a light pole on the dock behind her
Detail from US Navy Photograph No. 010613-J-9271Z-008
76 mm (3") Ammunition Stowage
USS Reuben James FFG-57 in October 2002
US Navy Photograph No. 021022-N-4309A-379
Loading a practice round aboard Chilean
navy frigate CS Riveros (FF18) in July 2008
US Navy Photograph No. 080720-N-3931M-078
76 mm (3") guns being built at the OTO-Melara
Facility
Photograph copyrighted by Finmeccanica
76 mm (3") Super Rapid (SR) Mounting
Image copyrighted by OTO-Melara
USN 76 mm (3") Mark 75 Sketch from General
Specification Sheet
Sketch copyrighted by United
Defense
Sketch of Compact Mounting
Image copyrighted by OTO-Melara
Sketch of SR Mounting
Note that the overall length is slightly
shorter than in the Compact mounting
Image copyrighted by OTO-Melara
76 mm SR low-RCS mounting on Japanese Patrol
Boat Hayabusa
Photograph courtesy of the JMSDF
76 mm gun on an Australian Adelaide Class
Frigate
The unique double plume of smoke forms
as a result of the muzzle brake that redirects some of the propulsion gasses
back towards the gun
Australian Navy Photograph No. FFG01-8098687-030605-008
Anti-missile DART sub-caliber projectile
Image copyrighted by OTO-Melara
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