Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Mark 71 8-inch/55 Major Caliber Lightweight Gun

Experimental lightweight automatic 8-inch gun tested aboard USS Hull.

Also searchable as 8-inch/55 Mark 71 Major Caliber Lightweight Gun, Mark 71 Gun.

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    21:06USS Hull tests the Mark 71 8-inch gunNotable Point
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    40:06What an 8-inch Spruance might have changedNotable Point
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    12:56What the Mark 71 eight-inch gun might have changedChapter
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    21:41The Mark 71 already outranged a modernized Mark 8Notable Point
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    3:32:18Why not refit cruisers with the Mark 71 eight-inch gun during the war?Q&A
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    2:36:23The unrealized potential of the Mark 71 eight-inch gunQ&A
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    1:59:53Why Ticonderoga did not receive the 8-inch Mark 71Q&A