Shipbucket

Doesn't have to be a fixed mount, the Greeks used shoulder-fired Redeyes on their old USN destroyers I think and I've seen photos of shoulder-launched Stinger trials on US ships. As long as there is a clear bit of deck space you can fire it from anywhere. Not ideal but doable.

_________________
Hood's Worklist
English Electric Canberra FD
Interwar RN Capital Ships
Super-Darings
Never-Were British Aircraft

I agree with hood here. For a vessel of this size and it probable use any MANPADS will suffice from Milan, Javilin, Startreak or any shoulder launched weapon were just a bit of open deck is required. Startreak could even possibly be mounted in an autonomous launcher atop the hanger or a derivative of Rapier if some were un obstructed for the blind fire radar can be mounted.

Minor nitpick. Milan is most certainly not a MANPADS.

However the point about free-form operation of them does indeed make good sense.

_________________
AU Projects: | Banbha et al. | New England: The Divided States
Blood and Fire

Since all manpads require two hands to operate you might want to include some sort of rest or support for the operator

_________________
“Close” only counts with horseshoes, hand grenades, and tactical nuclear weapons.
That which does not kill me has made a grave tactical error

Worklist

Source Materiel is always welcome.

Would that actually show up in standard shipbucket ? or would it just be covered by the standards railings ?
JSB

Depends on where you put it

_________________
“Close” only counts with horseshoes, hand grenades, and tactical nuclear weapons.
That which does not kill me has made a grave tactical error

Worklist

Source Materiel is always welcome.

In part sheets there are the Soviet SA-N-5, perhaps a similar mouth could be built for Stinger or Redeye.

http://indomiliter.files.wordpress.com/ ... 469213.jpg

Yes a ship-launched version of the Stinger has been drawn: