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Russian rotary missile magazines and scaled autoloaders

Russian rotary missile magazines prompt a comparison with the machinery used to feed 5-inch guns.

Question

Has any navy built a rotary-magazine missile launcher?

Short answer

Yes. Russian practice is identified as a precedent, followed by a proposal to scale a 5-inch gun autoloader for Standard missiles.

Notes

Russian practice is identified as a precedent for rotary-magazine missile launchers, without a specific installation being named. The idea prompts a separate thought experiment: scaling a 5-inch gun autoloader to handle Standard missiles. No capacity or reliability figures accompany the suggestion.