The 155mm large-caliber naval gun that the Chinese Navy is about to equip will have a range of 200 kilometers comparable to that of a missile?

Naval guns are traditional naval weapons carried by surface ships. They were once the main attack weapons of naval ships.

Then some people say, now that missile technology is so advanced, what use are naval guns?

In fact, the functions and structures of traditional naval guns have not changed much, but the ammunition used by modern naval guns is quite different.

Simply put, modern naval guns not only shoot farther, but also use smart shells to achieve higher accuracy.

Especially some large-caliber naval guns, such as the 155-caliber giant naval gun that is about to be installed by the Chinese Navy, has a range of 200 kilometers and 55 rounds per minute, and the shells are precision-guided, which beats short-range missiles in both firing rate and accuracy.

China has made great efforts to develop large-caliber naval guns.

Recently, the People's Liberation Army Daily published an article titled "Rong Pengqiang: The Life of the "King of Boring Workers"". The article described, "In 2015, Northern Heavy Industries Group undertook the processing task of a new naval equipment artillery barrel.

The length and processing accuracy reached a record high. Rong Pengqiang accepted this arduous task without hesitation. Since this artillery barrel was a new product and there was no reference material, Rong Pengqiang could only develop a 155 mm gun from scratch.

Large caliber giant naval gun.

Based on our analysis of the development status of China's naval equipment, the "gun" referred to here is a brand new 155mm (millimeter) large-caliber naval gun, which may be equipped in the 055 large-drive and subsequent improved models in the future.

Although various missiles are the main equipment of modern navies, naval guns also play an indispensable role.

Nowadays, naval guns are divided into three types: small-caliber naval guns, medium-caliber naval guns, and large-caliber naval guns. Among them, large-caliber naval guns with a caliber above 76mm (reading millimeters) are the most test of a country’s national defense technology and industrial capabilities, and Chinese naval guns

Generally above 100mm.

As mentioned above, many people believe that the technical difficulty of naval guns cannot be compared with missiles, but this is not the case.

In the world, only the five permanent member countries of China, Russia, the United States, Britain, and France, plus Italy, can produce modern large-caliber naval guns.

Among them, the largest caliber naval gun in France is only 100mm. The caliber is neither high nor low, and the range is only about 30 kilometers. It is only suitable for warships to use in close combat "duel".

Once it encounters a large-caliber naval gun, it may be disastrous at a distance of more than 50 kilometers (of course, assuming missile attacks are excluded).

Compared with other countries, the largest caliber naval gun ever equipped by the Chinese Navy is 130mm, commonly known as the 130 naval gun, which is currently equipped on Type 051, Modern-class, and Type 052D guided missile destroyers.

The single-barreled 130-meter naval gun equipped on the 052D type is the most advanced. It not only adopts a stealth shell design, but also adopts an advanced observation and aiming system. Its maximum rate of fire even reaches 55 rounds per minute, which may also be the world's fastest gun.

The 5-inch single-barreled naval gun with the highest rate of fire is equivalent to the rate of fire of more than 10 army plus howitzers.

The 130 naval gun can fire ordinary projectiles with a range of more than 50 kilometers.

The 130-caliber naval gun currently used by Chinese warships has a maximum range of more than 120 kilometers when firing precision-guided shells, and the cost-effectiveness of long-range strikes is very good.

Therefore, this kind of naval gun is not only equipped on a large number of Type 052D guided missile destroyers, but will also be equipped on Type 055 guided missile destroyers in the future.

To a certain extent, the single-barreled 130-caliber naval gun will not be the ultimate goal of our country's development. The larger-caliber 155-caliber giant naval gun has been successfully developed and is ready to be installed.

Judging from the experience of the U.S. Navy, the 155mm naval gun is the ultimate goal of modern naval guns.

In this regard, China currently has a certain foundation, especially in terms of the 155mm howitzer used by the army, China is in a leading position in the world.

If the army's advanced howitzer technology can be transplanted to warships, it will improve the level of China's shipborne weapons to a more ideal state.

I believe that the overall performance of this single-barreled 155mm naval gun will be better in the future. When firing precision-guided artillery shells, the maximum range can reach at least 200 kilometers. The weight of the warhead will also be more considerable, and the strike effect will be doubled.

It is powerful enough to kill short-range missiles instantly.