![]() It was deployed to counter rocket, artillery and mortar attacks during the 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan. ![]() Other users include the British Royal Navy, the Royal Australian Navy, the Royal New Zealand Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy and the US Coast Guard.Ī land variant, the LPWS (Land Phalanx Weapon System), part of the C-RAM system, was developed. The US Navy deploys it on every class of surface combat ship, except the Zumwalt-class destroyer and San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock. Consisting of a radar-guided 20 mm (0.8 in) Vulcan cannon mounted on a swiveling base, the Phalanx has been used by the United States Navy and the naval forces of 15 other countries. It was designed and manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division, later a part of Raytheon. The Phalanx CIWS (often spoken as "sea-wiz") is a gun-based close-in weapon system to defend military watercraft automatically against incoming threats such as aircraft, missiles, and small boats. On the unit in the background, the search radar can be seen at the top left with the vertical, orange-peel shaped, tracking radar below it. A technician checks the radar transmitter and microwave assemblies of a Phalanx CIWS, most likely a Block 0. ![]() Rounds from a Mk-15 Phalanx CIWS from the guided missile destroyer USS Mitscher hit ex-USNS Saturn during a sinking exercise (SINKEX), 2010. The Phalanx prototype on USS King in 1973. The Phalanx CIWS Block 1B mounted on the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Elrod, in mothballs at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Block 0/1: 3,000 rounds/minute (50 rounds/second).(Rate of traverse: 100°/s for Block 0 & 115°/s for Block 1B).(Rate of elevation: 86°/s for Block 0/1).Land: High-explosive incendiary tracer, self-destructĦ-barrel (progressive RH parabolic twist, 9 grooves).Naval: Armor-piercing tungsten penetrator rounds with discarding sabots.(price may vary for different amounts of ammo, technical protocols, and personnel training.) Baseline2 is the newest model in Block 1B on 11/2016. 8 sets are for upgrading the current Block 0 to MK15 Phalanx Block 1B Baseline 2. ![]() 13 × Mk 15 Block 1B Baseline 2 for TW, total cost: US$416M with 260,000 × Mk 244 Mod 0 armor-piercing bullet.The animation doesn't strive for realism (why bother, since Rotoscoping is so heavily used) but captures the dynamic motion depicted in comic book art. The film is worth viewing for the still-drawings alone that appear throughout the film, with excellent artwork by Michael Ploog. It's almost disturbing at times watching old WWII war movie footage with German soldiers fighting alongside animated demons against psychedelic-colored backgrounds. The demons and evil creatures are obviously symbols of Nazis while the elves (with one being the voice of a young Mark Hamill) representing the Jews. The story deals with wizards and elves in the distant future who dig up long-forgotten Nazi propaganda films and old war machinery, which are used by evil creatures to try and conquer the good creatures. ![]() Supposedly he originally wanted to make a fantasy based on the Holocaust, but settled for a more traditional fantasy. This film was Bakshi's test-run, of sorts, for his upcoming version of 'Lord of the Rings'. ![]()
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