Otobreda 76 mm
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| Diameter: | 76 mm |
| Calibre: | 62 |
| Mass of the system: | 7500 kg (without ammunition) |
| Magazine: | 80 (ready to fire on gun mount) |
| Mass of one round: | 12.34 kg (complete round) |
| Elevation: | Minimum -15° Maximum +85° |
| Range: | 18,400 m (HE round at 45°) |
| Effective range: | 8,000 m (HE round) |
| Rotation speed: | 60°/s (with acceleration of 72°/s²) |
| Elevation speed: | 35°/s (with acceleration of 72°/s²) |
| Cooling: | sea water - fresh water for flushing |
| Rate of fire: | 85 rds/min (Compact) 120 rds/min (Super Rapid) |
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The Oto Melara 76 mm gun is a polyvalent naval artillery piece built by the Italian company Otobreda and Oto Melara. A tank-mounted version known as the Otomatic was built for the SPAAG role, although this was not put into production.
It is capable of very high rates of fire, making it suitable for short-range anti-missile point defence.[citation needed] Its calibre also gives it abilities for anti-aircraft, anti-surface and ground shelling. Specialised ammunition is available for armour piercing, incendiary, directed fragmentation, etc. A new stealth cupola has been designed in recent years.
The system is compact enough to be installed on relatively small warships, like corvettes, avisos, or patrol boats. It is a successful matériel in export, in use in 53 navies.
It has recently been favoured over the French 100 mm naval gun for the new Horizon CNGF frigates.
On 27 September 2006 Iran announced it has started mass production of a marine artillery gun, named the Fajr 27, which is a re-engineered Oto Melara 76 mm gun. [1]
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Here are some platforms using the Oto melara 76 mm:
- P52 class LE Niamh offshore patrol boat (Ireland)
- Bear class medium endurance cutter (USCG)
- Brandenburg class frigate (Germany)
- Bremen class frigate (Germany)
- Sachsen class frigate (Germany)
- Braunschweig class corvette (Germany)
- Gepard class fast attack craft (Germany)
- Cheng Kung class frigate (Taiwan)
- Doğan class fast attack craft (Turkey)
- Wadi M'ragh class corvettes (Italy)
- Flyvefisken class patrol vessel (Denmark)
- Elli class frigate (Greece)
- FREMM multipurpose frigate (France and Italy)
- Fridtjof Nansen class frigate (Norway)
- Hamilton class high endurance cutter (USCG)
- Horizon CNGF frigates (France and Italy)
- Iroquois class destroyer after TRUMP modifications (Canada)
- Jacinto class offshore patrol vessel (Philippines)
- Karel Doorman class frigate (Netherlands)
- Kılıç class fast attack craft (Turkey)
- Kılıç-II class fast attack craft (Turkey)
- Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate (USA)
- Pegasus class hydrofoil (now de-commissioned) (USA)
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- PR-72P class corvette (Peru)
- Quito class missile boat (Ecuador)
- Saar 3 class missile boat (Israel)
- Saar 4 class missile boat (Israel)
- Saar 4.5 class missile boat (Israel)
- Saar 5 class missile boat (Israel)
- Skjold class patrol boat (Norway)
- Thetis class patrol frigates (Denmark)
- Valour class frigate (South Africa)
- Yıldız fast attack craft (Turkey)
- Alvand class frigate (Iran)
- Pattani class offshore patrol vessel (Thailand)
- Ratanakosin class corvette (Thailand)
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