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Mk.38 5"/38 Twin Gun Mount
From Takom
1/35th scale
Kit No 2164
1 marking choice included in the box
The subject: The Mk.38 5"/38 Twin Gun Mount
The 5"/38 (12.7 cm) calibre gun Mark 12 was a US naval gun. It was unquestionably the finest dual-purpose gun of World War II. Originally designed to arm new destroyers being built in the 1930s, the 5"/38 (12.7 cm) wound up being used on nearly every major US warship built between 1934 and 1945 and was still being used on new construction as late as the 1960s.
Forward Mk 38 5"/38 calibre mount aboard the destroyer USS Hamner.
The dual mount was designed originally for destroyers, but it was so successful in its dual role that the 5"/38 was installed on all new destroyers, cruisers, battleships and aircraft carriers as the primary anti-aircraft weapon.
A drawing of the insides of the gun mount.
The twin gun mounts also served a secondary role for shore bombardment and engaging enemy surface ships. It is considered to be the most successful dual-purpose gun of World War II, and it continued to serve in the US Navy until the mid-1990s.
Mark 38 twin mounts on USS O'Brien DD-725, an Allen M. Sumner class (DD-692) destroyer, in August 1961
A large piece in 1/35th scale, this twin-gun mount will please many naval and US shipbuilders as well as those modellers who like a weathering challenge.
Mk.38 5"/38 Twin Gun Mount
From Takom
1/35th scale
Kit No 2164
2 marking choices included in the box
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