76 mm (3") Mark 75 aboard USS Curts FFG-38
in July 2003
Detail from US Navy Photograph No. 030718-N-4178C-002
Rear of 76 mm (3") gun on USS Curts FFG-38
in June 2001
Royal Thai Navy (RTN) Chief Petty Officer
Second Class (PO2) Bunkurd Wannoo receives basic operating instructions
from US Navy (USN) Chief Gunners Mate (GMC) Richard McDonough
US Navy Photograph No. 010626-N-6077T-006
76 mm (3") muzzle brake on USS Curts FFG-38
in June 2001
Unidentified USN Oliver Hazard Perry class
frigate in background
US Navy Photograph No. 010626-N-6077T-008
MM Audace
Two 76 mm (3") Compact guns are along
the starboard side
Official Marina
Militare Italiana (Italian Navy) photograph
Compact guns on 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") Compact on Saudi Arabian Patrol
Boat Amr PGG-522 in 1982
Note the Phalanx
mount on stern
US Navy Photograph No. DN-SC-82-08857
76 mm (3") SR low-RCS mounting on Japanese
Patrol Boat Hayabusa
Photograph courtesy of the JMSDF
76 mm (3") gun on an Australian Adelaide
Class Frigate
The unique double plume of smoke forms
as a result of the muzzle brake redirecting some of the propellant gasses
back towards the gun
Australian Navy Photograph No. FFG01-8098687-030605-008
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
Cutaway view of USN Mark 145 Round
Anti-missile DART sub-caliber projectile
Image copyrighted by OTO-Melara
Vulcano 76 mm projectile
This is the proposed guided version, the
initial projectile will be unguided. See 127
mm/64 Datapage for other details.
Image copyrighted by OTO-Melara
Off-site Resources
OTO-Melara
Windows Media Player (video) of SR mounting
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Link (ADSL)
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Link (56 kbs)
Page History
12 November 2008 - Benchmark
15 October 2009 - Corrected typographical
error
16 June 2010 - Added cutaway view of Mark
165 Round, updated links to OTO-Melara videos
06 November 2011 - Added Vulcano image
08 January 2013 - Updated to latest template
31 July 2013 - Corrected typographical
errors