Gun mount

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Gun mounts on the USS Turner Joy

The ammunition loading room below the gun mounts

The gun mount on a U.S. Navy vessel is the entire system interposed between the structure of the ship and the gun itself.

1 Gun mount functions
2 Gun mount requirements
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Gun mount functions

The principal function that a mount must perform are:

(1) Support the gun in such a position that it can be readily used.

(2) Provide for elevation and train.

(3) Provide for recoil and counter-recoil.

[edit] Gun mount requirements

The principal requirements of a modern gun mount are

(1) safety under all conditions, which necessitates proper design and requisite strength of materials, so that the mount will perform its function with the least danger to the personnel operating it,

(2) rapidity, ease, and smoothness of operation,

(3) facility of adjustment,

(4) simplicity and reliability,

(5) gradual absorption of the shock of recoil and its distribution over a sufficient area of the ship to prevent injury to the ship’s structure, and

(6) accurate and reliable control of power, either hand or motor.