Otobreda 76 mm
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Otobreda 76 mm | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Type | Naval gun |
| Place of origin |  Italy |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1964 - present |
| Used by | See users |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Oto Melara |
| Designed | Compact: 1963 Super Rapid: 1985 |
| Manufacturer | Oto Melara (1963 - 2001) OtoBreda (2001 onwards) |
| Produced | Compact: 1964 Super Rapid: 1988 |
| Variants | See variants |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 7500 kg (without ammunition) 12.34 kg (complete round) |
|
|
|
| Shell | 76 mm x 900mm (complete round) |
| Caliber | 62 caliber 76 mm |
| Elevation | -15°/+85° speed:35°/s (acceleration: 72°/s²) |
| Traverse | 360° speed: 60°/s (acceleration: 72°/s²) |
| Rate of fire | Compact: 85 round/min Super Rapid: 120 round/min |
| Muzzle velocity | 925 m/s |
| Maximum range | Compact: 20,000 m (HE round at 45°) Super Rapid: 30,000 m (HE round at 45°) |
| Feed system | Magazine: Compact: 80 ready rounds on gun mount Super Rapid: 85 ready rounds on gun mount |
The Oto Melara 76 mm gun is a widely used 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. 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 reverse-engineered Oto Melara 76 mm gun. [1]
 OTO-Melara 76 mm gun onboard F221 Hessen, a Sachsen class frigate |
 On the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen class frigates, the Oto Melara is equipped with a stealth cupola to reduce radar cross section |
Contents |
[edit] Other specifications
- Cooling: sea water - fresh water for flushing
- Electrical Power supply
- 440 V, 3-phase, 60 Hz, main circuit;
- 115 V, 1-phase, 400 Hz, servo and synchro network
[edit] Users
Here are some platforms using the Oto melara 76 mm:
[edit] Asia
-
- Laksamana Class Corvette
- Kedah Class NGPV
Singapore : Republic of Singapore Navy
-
- Endurance class LST
- Formidable class frigate
- Victory class corvette
- Fearless class patrol vessel
-
- Saar 4 class fast missile vessel
- SLNS Nandimithra
- SLNS Suranimala
- Saar 4 class fast missile vessel
-
- Pattani class offshore patrol vessel
- Ratanakosin class corvette
- Ratcharit missile boat
- Chuburi patrol boats
- Tapi class large patrol corvette
- Khamronsin corvette
[edit] Africa
-
- Floreal class frigates Hassan II and Mohammed V.
-
- Warrior class strike craft (South Africa)
- Valour class frigate (South Africa)
[edit] Europe
.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small}
-
- Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Andrea Doria class cruiser
- Impavido class destroyer
- Vittorio Veneto class cruiser
- Audace class destroyer
- Durand de La Penne class destroyer
- San Giorgio class amphibious transport dock
- Cassiopea class patrol vessel
- Minerva class corvette
- FREMM multipurpose frigate
- Horizon Common New Generation Frigate
- Cavour
-
- Doğan class fast attack craft
- Kılıç class fast attack craft
- Kılıç-II class fast attack craft
- Yıldız fast attack craft
- G-Class frigates (Ex-US O.H.Perry Class frigates)
[edit] North America
-
- Iroquois class destroyer after TRUMP modifications (Canada)
-
- Bear-class medium endurance cutter (USCG)
- Hamilton-class high endurance cutter (USCG)
- Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate (USA)
- Pegasus-class hydrofoil (now de-commissioned) (USA)
-
- Oaxaca Offshore Patrol Vessel(Mexican Navy)
[edit] South America
-
- Karel Doorman class frigate
- Saar 4 class missile boat
- S 148 class missile boat
-
- Quito class missile boat (Ecuador)
-
- PR-72P class corvette (Peru)
[edit] External links
