Scale: 1/200

Set includes 2 mounts (turrets) with barrels.
 
Recommended for:
Digital Navy 1/200 scale USS Black DD-666
Digital Navy 1/200 scale USS Caperton DD-650
Halinski 1/200 scale USS Heerman DD-532
Modelik 1/200 scale USS Leutze DD-481
Progresswerk Nürnberg 1/200 scale Z1 Zerstörer (Fletcher klasse / klasse 119)

Among naval historians, the USNavy 5"/38 caliber cannon is considered the best intermediate-caliber, dual purpose naval gun of World War II.  These models represent the 5"/38 cal. Mk.30 single gun mount fit to several classes of warships including Fletcher-class destroyers, USS Idaho BB-42, and US Coast Guard cutters.

This "Heavyweight" version had a reinforced roof with two "bumps", called "knuckles", that resisted blast from another 5-inch turret firing overhead. This type was known as a "Double Knuckle" mount during World War II. Compared to the "early version", the late version, reproduced here, appeared sometime after 1942, had a different arrangement of stiffeners on the front of the gunhouse and additional fasteners on access hatches. Two of these mounts are often seen on "square bridge" Fletchers such as USS Kidd DD-661, now preserved as a museum ship.

Of the five 5-inch/38 Mk.30 single mounts normally fitted to a Fletcher class destroyer, two "Double Knuckle" heavyweight mounts were carried, one in the foremost position and one in the aft most position on the main deck, known there as "Mount 51" and "Mount 55".  The other three mounts were "Single Knuckle" lightweight mounts, available separately.

Features:
overall dimensions and details scaled from official US Navy O.P. 1112 drawings dated March, 1945 and measurements taken from a surviving Mod.41 mount aboard the museum ship USS Kidd DD-661
mount can be made rotatable and the gun can be positioned at any realistic elevation
an accurately shaped asymmetrical gunhouse (turret)
accurate, offset gun opening
forward face stiffeners
detailed turret bottom supporting structure with accurately placed bolt-head detail
rear vent
detailed gun captain blast hood, fit to the right side of the roof as they were during World War Two
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