WEAPONS OF THE ADF

NB — the caliber of a naval is an expression Range 166km+ The system has a high level of accuracy, Phalanx NAVAL of the barrel length as a multiple of the barrel CLOSE-IN weighs 170kg and can be installed without diameter. For example, the 5 Inch/54-calibre Speed Mach 3+ structural penetration of a ship’s deck. Mk 45 has a barrel length of 5x54=270inch — Weight 708kg SYSTEMS The is belt fed with 230 Mk 45 or 6858mm. rounds carried on the mount as standard. Length 4.72m The 5 inch/54-calibre (Mk 45) lightweight Usage FFG Typhoon Rate of Fire 450–575 rounds per minute gun is a modern naval gun mount MISSILES SM2 Muzzle velocity 890m/sec consisting of a 5 inch (127mm) L54 Mark Typhoon Mk 25 is a stabilised gun mount, 19 gun on the Mark 45 mount. designed to accommodate, in Australia’s Calibre 12.7mm (.50cal) It is designed to be used for naval-gunfi re Evolved Sea Sparrow case, the 25mm marine Bushmaster canon. Range 1800m support against surface targets. Being a stabilised system, the weapon can Usage LSH (landing ship heavy) The gun mount features an automatic remain on target as the ship moves, with an The RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile and FFH loader with a capacity of 20 rounds. These accuracy fi ne enough to allow aiming to within (ESSM) is a development of the RIM-7 can be fi red fully automatic, taking a little 250mm of a target at 1000m. Sea Sparrow used to protect ships from over a minute to exhaust. Weighing less than 1 tonne fully loaded and DS30B For sustained use, the gun mount would incoming missiles and aircraft. mounted on a ship’s deck without penetration be occupied (below deck) by a three- ESSM is designed to take down (except for bolt holes) makes it relatively DS30B is a marinised, stabilised gun man crew to keep the gun supplied with supersonic anti-ship missiles, even those simple to fi t to ships large and small. ammunition. capable of manoeuvering. Typhoon can use sights attached to mount, which accommodates an Oerlikon An advanced version, the Mk 45 mod 4 ESSM has a larger, more powerful rocket the weapon mount or it can receive inputs 30mm cannon — the only 30mm gun in lightweight gun, uses a longer barrel (62 motor than its predecessor, for increased from independent electro-optical or fi re- ADF service . calibre) for more complete propellant range and agility, as well as upgraded control radars. The system is known as a LOCSIG type combustion, higher velocity and greater aerodynamics. It is remotely controlled from inside the (locally controlled by a single operator). TORPEDOES utility as a land-attack weapon. It uses the latest missile guidance ship, keeping crew safe, or can be left to Rate of Fire 650 rounds per minute Australia’s new Air Warfare Destroyer will technology, and fi nds targets illuminated Harpoon operate independently. carry the 62-calibre gun. by the ship’s radar. The mounting can carry a range of Muzzle velocity 1080m/sec calibers from 20 to 30mm, with the 25mm Mk-44 ESSM can be quad-packed in the Mk 41 The AGM-84 Harpoon is an all-weather, Calibre 30mm Rate of Fire 16–20 rounds per minute vertical launch system, which means up Bushmaster (similar to Australian Light over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile. Range Anti-surface 10,000m Mk-44 is an active homing torpedo to four missiles can be carried in a single Armoured Vehicles — ASLAV) preferred in Calibre 5 inch/54 and 62 Its low-level, sea-skimming cruise Anti-air 2750m using a salt-water-activated electric launcher cell. Australian applications. 24km trajectory, active radar guidance and battery. It can be launched from helicopters Range Usage MHC (mine-hunter, costal) warhead design assure high survivability Rate of Fire 200 rounds per minute or fi xed-wing aircraft. Once in the water, the Usage Frigate Helicopter (FFH) Range 50km+ and eff ectiveness. DS30B torpedo begins a spiral search pattern for a Muzzle velocity 1100m/sec target. Mk 45 Speed Mach 4+ Harpoon Block II is capable of anti-ship and land-strike missions. Calibre 25mm Warhead 39kg To strike targets on land and ships in Range 3000m Weight 280kg port, the missile uses GPS-aided inertial Mk-46 navigation to hit a designated target Cannon Alliant Tech Systems Length 3.66m Mk-46 torpedo, presently identifi ed as the without being distracted by land, buildings Usage Patrol boats Usage FFG and FFH or structures such as dockside cranes NATO standard, is designed to attack high- and so on. Typhoon performance submarines. It is designed The 227kg blast warhead can deliver to be launched from ships’ torpedo tubes, SM2 lethal fi repower against a wide variety of ASROC (anti-submarine rocket) missile land-based targets. launchers or fi xed- or rotary-wing aircraft. The Standard Missile is a surface-to-air Phalanx defence weapon with a secondary mission Range 124km Mk-48 as an anti-ship missile. Speed High subsonic Phalanx is a close-in weapon system SM2 has consistently demonstrated consisting of a radar-guided, 20mm, Mk 75 Warhead 227kg Mk-48 torpedo is designed to combat fast, eff ectiveness against targets from 6-barrel Gatling gun mounted on a deep-diving nuclear submarines and high- The Mark 75 Mod 0 gun is a 76mm (3 inch), surface ships to aircraft and can also be Weight 691kg swiveling base, for defending against performance surface ships. Mk-48 and Mk- fully automated, remotely controlled gun used against in-coming missiles, from Length 4.6mm anti-ship missiles. 48 ADCAP (advanced capability) torpedoes It is entirely self-contained, detecting, mount, which stows, aims and fi res a range very low to very high altitudes and from can operate with or without wire guidance Usage FFH tracking and engaging targets in fully of ammunition. stationary to supersonic speeds, under Mini-Typhoon and use active and/or passive homing. When automatic mode. Automatic water-cooling of the barrel a variety of weather conditions, and launched they execute pre-programmed Harpoon When the radar senses something moving allows sustained operation at various fi ring across a spectrum of electronic Mini Typhoon is a lightweight, naval, target search, acquisition and attack in the sky, its own computers calculate rates up to 85 rounds per minute. countermeasures environments. stabilised, remotely-operated machine procedures. Both can conduct multiple re- if it is a threat, by analysing size, speed The gun is primarily a defensive weapon SM2 uses tail controls and a solid gun system using the .50 calibre Browning attacks if they miss the target. and direction — and, if it is, automatically against aircraft and missile threats, fuel rocket motor for propulsion and Quick Change Barrel (QCB) heavy machine unleashes 75 rounds per second of super- however, it can also be used eff ectively manoeuverability. Extended-range versions gun, designed to aff ord perimeter sonic tungsten-alloy armour-piercing MU90 against surface and shore targets. have a booster with thrust-vector controls. protection for larger vessels. projectiles until either any piece of the It has an eff ective range of about 16km The missile’s autopilot is programmed target bigger than a 50cent coin stops MU90 torpedo is a fi re-and-forget weapon and fi res 12kg projectiles that explode Mini-Typhoon to fl y the most effi cient path to the target coming, or until the system’s 1500-round designed to detect and attack any type in proximity to their target, fi lling the and can receive course corrections from load has run out. of submarine — even those coated with surrounding air with shrapnel. the ground. acoustic-absorbing materiels, those Target illumination for semi-active Rate of Fire 4500 rounds per minute deploying active or passive decoys, or even Rate of Fire 10–60 rounds per minute homing is needed only for a few seconds in (max 85) Muzzle velocity 1100m/sec those silently sitting on the ocean fl oor. It the terminal phase of the intercept. destroys its targets using a shaped charge. Calibre 76mm (3 inch) SM2 is launched from the Mk-13 guided Calibre 20mm Powered by an electric water-jet, it can be Range 18.4km missile launching system (GMLS) — the Range 3600m run at ‘silent speeds’ to avoid giving its own arm-type launcher prominent on the focsle location away or can ‘dash’ at more than Usage FFG Usage Guided Missile Frigate (FFG) of Adelaide-class FFGs. 90km/hr.

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