The improved mount raises the nominal rate from 85 to 120 rounds per minute, exceeding the output of older twin three-inch installations. Several mounts can provide overlapping arcs and redundancy if one weapon fails. Placement still matters, because a target outside those arcs can force the ship to turn before every gun can bear. This is better understood as a short-range weapon system than as a close-in last resort: it can engage farther out and strike larger threats harder than Phalanx.
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Super Rapid turns a three-inch gun into a defensive wall
The Super Rapid's 120-round-per-minute rate gives ships a harder-hitting defensive layer beyond the reach and stopping power of a conventional CIWS.