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U.S. Navy's Newest Warship Has No Ammunition for Its Big Guns
2016-11-08
The U.S. Navy is slated to cancel the projectiles for the two big guns that outfit its newest and most advanced warship due to excessive costs that total an estimated $800,000
Gulp!
per round.

The Long Range Land-Attack Projectile, or LRLAP, is the only guided precision ammunition designed to be fired by the USS Zumwalt, a land-attack destroyer that was created to hold two 155 millimeter/62-caliber Advanced Gun Systems that could, according to defense contractor Lockheed Martin, "defeat targets in the urban canyons of coastal cities with minimal collateral damage," Defense News reported.

The announcement comes just two weeks after the U.S. Navy commissioned the warship.
Is this the equivalent of Title Passing?

Posted by:Blossom Unains5562

#9  That's the deal Glen. Although it's a common caliber this gun is a special and requires proprietary ammo, no refills.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-11-08 22:30  

#8  #4  The ammunition is the hook on the deal with the new gun
They practically give away printers for free so you have to buy the ink cartridges.
Posted by: Glenmore   2016-11-08 16:22  

#7  Deep fire support SPOD, we all love Naval Gunfire Support until.... WTF? $800 K.

Cheaper shorter ranged rounds will be available.

Posted by: Shipman   2016-11-08 14:48  

#6  A Boeing friend passed this art to me; seems that the good ol'boys at Lawndart-ville could come up with some sort of F-18 variant that would suffice as the ammo; Lord knows they have sold that POS as a fix/replacement for everything else except helos and subs ( probably working that as we speak)
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2016-11-08 14:20  

#5  Re: #3) P2K
Yes, 155mm is a common caliber and there are quite a few nations working on smart projectiles. Did somebody at LockMart not grease the right politico and/or the program is hopelessly broken?
Posted by: magpie   2016-11-08 11:09  

#4  The ammunition is the hook on the deal with the new gun.

Why wasn't the good old 5-inch/38 good enough?

And what is making this ammunition so expensive...radar guided, or what???
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2016-11-08 10:47  

#3  155 millimeter/62-caliber Advanced Gun System

Couldn't make a sabot out of an existing Army round?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-11-08 10:14  

#2  When title passes, whatever it is you've purchased becomes your problem.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2016-11-08 10:11  

#1  Is this the equivalent of Title Passing?

What is Title Passing?
Posted by: trailing wife   2016-11-08 09:33  

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