Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

155 mm Advanced Gun System

Automated Zumwalt-class naval gun designed for long-range land attack.

Also searchable as 155 mm AGS.

Related time notes

  1. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    46:21The case for another look at 6-inch naval gunsNotable Point
  2. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    1:15:33Proposed changes to LCS, Zumwalt and FordNotable Point
  3. Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    52:44A favourable assessment of Zumwalt's hull and power systemQ&A
  4. Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    57:55How a smaller Zumwalt fleet raised the cost of ammunitionNotable Point
  5. Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:00:31Why Zumwalt could not use Army 155 mm shellsQ&A
  6. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    4:14:59When impressive warship features become liabilitiesQ&A
  7. Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.
    18:16Advanced Gun System range and production economicsChapter
  8. Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.
    43:44Why three ships made the gun system unsustainableNotable Point
  9. Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II
    2:09:00Why Zumwalt and LCS had different programme failuresQ&A
  10. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    3:11:35How shrinking Zumwalt quantities broke the AGS caseNotable Point
  11. Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!
    2:37:59Why future warship guns may return to 6-inch caliberQ&A
  12. Bruships 130: Battleships
    1:49:46Replacing Zumwalt's AGS with updated 8-inch gunsQ&A
  13. Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?
    4:02:14Why common calibre does not require a common 155 mm shellQ&A
  14. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    1:18:34How cutting the Zumwalt class drove ammunition cost upwardNotable Point
  15. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    1:26:28Zumwalt ammunition lock-in and the cancellation logicChapter
  16. The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)
    37:17Was Zumwalt itself a waste of money?Q&A
  17. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    2:44:06Zumwalt: a capable hull in a broken programmeChapter
  18. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)
    1:37:23What a modern twin 8-inch turret could deliverQ&A