Why does everybody use this gun? What makes it so special?

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Confuses me too. Dunno why 76mm is uniquely popular.

>>32282649
3" is easy to measure

India has better naval guns.

It goes bang

>>32282460
Maybe they realize they'll never use it before the ship is outdated anyway so they just bought the cheapest one.
>implying they need a reason to buy the cheapest one

>>32282989
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knora5McAQ0

Indian 100mm gun

>>32283121
I do not know how they do it but India is a world power in developing naval guns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EUshXQaZGA

>>32282460
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCd_X7lh_AQ
because it's neat and before zumwalt they thought naval arillery support was dead. thing rape small vessels and aircraft so hard it's nuts

>>32283121
>>32283314
might have something to do with it being Russian. Not Indian. but the Indian navy does use it

>>32282460
Everyone uses it, so everyone uses it.
Simplifies logistics for something that isn't really a huge part of modern naval combat doctrine.

>>32283853
dont take him too serious. he always spams his poo in loo ships whenever he can, no matter if on- or offtopic

>>32282460
It's a rifle, not a gun, m8

>>32282460
3" guns are very common and this is one of the best. High rate of fire, decent effect on target per shot, small enough to fit on anything you want, and extremely common with lots of ammunition to choose from and international support. All for a decent cost.

>>32282460
>accurate
>good range
>good terminal affect on anything you're gonna be shooting with a deck gun
>lightweight
>ammunition and turret take up relatively little room

Because a 10-15 mile effective range on something with enough punch to kill a frigate or corvette in 1-2 hits that's accurate enough to nearly guarantee a first round hit at 10-15 miles is pretty fucking handy to have on smaller combatant craft.

>>32283853
Indians developed it, Russians built it, without India, it wouldn't have lived outside of being a prototype.

>>32282460
Et jist wurks.

>>32284915

That's not really unusual. India & Russia collaborate on projects all the time.

Because its a reliable design, has an amazing rate of fire, its light, its cheap and you dont really need something bigger.

Other than shooting at practice targets, what are you going to do? Sink the occasional pirate?