5-inch GPSR Mk.7

Description

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• PT-200
• PT-565
• PT-658

General info

Rocket characteristics
Mass	22 kg
Maximum speed	466.34 m/s
Explosive mass	0.79 kg TNTeq
Warhead type	HE

Effective damage

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Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

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History

Throughout World War II, the United States Navy worked to improve the armaments of their PT Boats. Torpedoes were the main armaments, but the need for a weapon aside from torpedoes for smaller targets led to the mounting of AN-M2 Browning machine gun. As the war progressed, ad-hoc modifications were used to mount additional cannons and even rockets. Rockets proved so successful that official variants would be developed for PT boats. These include rocket launchers such as the Mark 50 which fires a variety of rockets such as the Mark 7. The Mark 7 was adopted on PT Boats starting in 1945 and used in rocket cells on the Mark 50 launcher, the Mark 7 was a general-purpose warhead with a range of 11,000 yards and used 2.8 pounds of TNT 5-inch fin-stabilized rockets. The rockets used a Mark 3 rocket motor and Mark 100 PD delay fuse.

Media

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See also

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Naval special armaments
USA
Mortars	7.2-inch T37 · Mk 2
Rockets	5-inch GPSR Mk.7 · Mark 108 Weapon alfa
Missiles	RIM-24A
Germany
Rockets	M/50 Bofors
Missiles	Strela-2M
USSR
Mortars	BM-37 · RBM · RBU-1200 · RBU-2500 · RBU-6000 · RKU-36U
Rockets	BM-14-17 · BM-21 · M13 · M-8
Missiles	Volna-M
Britain
Mortars	Ordnance ML 4.2-inch mortar
Japan
Rockets	4.5-inch BBR Mk.7 (USA) · Mark 108 Weapon alfa (USA)
Italy
Missiles	Nettuno
France
Missiles	SS.11