The LSM(R)-188 class was a class of twelve Landing Ship Medium (Rocket) of the United States Navy during World War II. They were used in the Pacific War for bombardment of shore positions.

Autoloaders were developed at the beginning of World War II. Their first combat use was in "tank-buster" aircraft such as the 75mm caliber Bordkanone BK 7.5 cannon-equipped Henschel Hs 129 B-3. Every Soviet and Russian-derived tank since the T …

2013年10月4日 · The finest of the line was the U.S. Navy's LSMR series, which had twenty automatic-loading, rapid-fire 127-mm rocket launchers in addition to a 127-mm gun. Fire support ships used by American...

The LSM(R), Landing Ship Medium Rocket, were designed to support amphibious landings by providing close-in fire support using their primary battery of rocket launchers. The LSM(R) was a modified LSM, equipped with eight to ten twin 5 inch automatic, continuously fed. …

Experiences of British, U.S., and Allied forces early in World War II underscored the need for effective close-in fire support and beach bombardment. The most effective method for providing this much-needed capability was not to develop specialized platforms for the task, but to modify the ships and craft that already had the capability to get ...

The LSM (R) was the U.S. Navy’s introduction of a new class of rocket support ship in late WW2. Modified from existing landing ships, it was an interim design...

A total of five hundred fifty-eight Landing Ship Medium (LSM) and Landing Ship Medium (Rocket) (LSM(R)s were built during World War II. Most served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, and some in the Korean and Vietnam wars.

The Landing Craft Tank (Rocket) or LCT (R) was developed from the British Mk.2 and Mk.3 Landing Craft Tank (LCT) during the Second World War. It was designed to saturate beaches with either 972 or 1,044 [1] rockets prior to the landing of troops.

2015年8月14日 · It was a twin tube, continuous fire launcher with train and elevation. It was capable of a sustained rate of fire of 32 rockets per minute. The latter LSM (R)s mounted 10 or 20 of these launchers – that’s 320 to 640 5” rockets per minute. The rockets fell into three broad categories, Mk7 5” Spin Stabilized Rocket, 10,000 yds, 2.8 lbs TNT.

2016年4月26日 · The "Interim" LSM(R) or Landing Ship, Medium (Rocket) was a revolutionary development in rocket warfare in World War II and the U.S. Navy's first true rocket ship. An entirely new class...