30-mm Mk 46

The 30-mm Mk 46 is a U.S. naval weapon station designed for defense against fast moving surface threats and low-flying aircraft. Originally designed for the U.S. Marine Corps' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles (EFVs) and the U.S. Navy's SAN ANTONIO-class (LPD-17) landing platform dock ships, the Mk 46 is now equipped on both INDEPENDENCE and FREEDOM-class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) as well as the ZUMWALT (DDG-1000)-class destroyer. On both LCS and ZUMWALT classes the system is a...