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1.  Answer BOTH questions below in the space provided:

A.  How is the caliber of a gun measured?

B.  How is the caliber of guns with 3-inch barrels and larger expressed?

2.  Answer BOTH questions below in the space provided:

A.  On what does the effective range of a gun depend?

B.  What is the purpose of the RAP innovation in naval gun projectiles?

3.  Answer BOTH questions below in the space provided:

A.  What gun is carried by most post-World War Ii destroyers and cruisers?

B.  What is the range of this gun in miles?

4.  Answer BOTH questions below in the space provided:

A.  What is the close-in shipboard weapon in wide use today?

B.  How does it operate?

5.  What is the purpose of rifling in a gun barrel?

6.  What are the two principal components of a round of gun ammunition?

7.  From the standpoint of the propellant, what kind of gun ammunition is used most in the active fleet today?

8.  What is the sequence of the propellant train, and what does each stage do?

9.  Answer BOTH questions below in the space provided:

A.  What is the projectile in naval ammunition?

B.  What are the three essential projectile parts?

10.  List five kinds of special purpose projectiles.

11.  What is the proximity-fused shell designed to do?

12.  What are some important tasks that may be assigned to naval gunfire support?