Template:Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III armament
Appearance
- Guns:
- 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun)
- 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS
- 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system
- 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber guns
- Missiles:
- 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS):
- Torpedoes:
- 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes:
Usage
[edit]This is the standard armament fit of Flight IIA and III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, starting with DDG-85. They have 96 total Mark 41 VLS cells, the Mark 45 5"/62 Mod 4 gun, and 1 Phalanx CIWS. There are some exceptions to this armament fit (e.g. destroyers fitted with a directed energy weapon system, SeaRAM).