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VL class
The VL class are a class of Australian diesel locomotives built by Avteq, Melbourne for Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia between February 2007 and March 2009.
They have been hired to a variety of operators and operated in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. They are named after notable Australian racehorses.
RUM-139 VL ASROC
- Two Mark 15 20 mm CIWS gun mounts
- Two torpedo mounts in a triple-tube configuration
- One Mk 45 Mod 4 127 mm 62-caliber gun, in a stealth-shaped mount. Made by Japan Steel Works under an American license from its original manufacturer.
In keeping with Japan's post-war pacifist constitution, the "Atago" class does not currently carry the Tomahawk missile (although, in theory at least, use of an anti-ship version is permissible