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| OTO Melara 76 mm | |
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_right_front_view_at_JMSDF_Yokosuka_Naval_Base_November_3,_2022_01.jpg) The OTO Melara 76mm Super Rapid as mounted in a stealth cupola (to reduce radar cross-section) onboard HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej. | |
| Type | Naval gun |
| Place of origin | Italy |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1964–present |
| Used by | See operators |
| Production history | |
| Designer | OTO Melara |
| Designed | Compact: 1963 Super Rapid: 1985 Strales: 2004 |
| Manufacturer | Otobreda: 1963–2001 BHEL Haridwar : 1995–present (under licence) OTO Melara (subsidiary of Finmeccanica): 2001–2015 Leonardo-Finmeccanica: since 2016 Leonardo: since 2017 |
| Produced | Compact: 1964 Super Rapid: 1985 Strales: 2008 |
| Variants | See variants |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | Empty: 7.5 tonnes (17,000 lb) |
| Barrel length | 62 caliber: 4,724.4 mm (186.00 in) |
| Crew | remote controlled |
| Shell | 76×636mmR[1] shell weight 6.3 kilograms (14 lb) propellant weight 2.35 kilograms (5.2 lb) |
| Shell weight | 12.4 kg (27 lb)[1][2] |
| Caliber | 76.2 mm (3.00 in) |
| Elevation | −15°/+85° speed: 35°/s (acceleration: 72°/s²) |
| Traverse | 360° speed: 60°/s (acceleration: 72°/s²) |
| Rate of fire | Compact: 85 rounds/min Super Rapid: 120 rounds/min |
| Muzzle velocity | 915 m/s (3,000 ft/s) |
| Maximum firing range | HE-PFF 16,000 m SAPOMER 20,000 m |
| Feed system | Magazine capacity: 80 ready rounds on Compact gun mount |
The OTO Melara 76 mm gun, marketed as the OTO 76/62 Gun Mount, is a naval autocannon built and designed by the Italian defence company OTO Melara. It is based on the OTO Melara 76/62C and evolved toward 76/62 SR and 76/62 Strales.[3]
The system is compact enough to be installed on relatively small warships. Its high rate of fire and the availability of several types of ammunition make it capable of short-range anti-missile point defence, anti-aircraft, anti-surface, and ground support. Ammunition includes armour-piercing, incendiary, directed fragmentation effects, and a guided round marketed as capable of destroying maneuvering anti-ship missiles. It can be installed in a stealth cupola.
The OTO Melara 76 mm has been widely exported, and is in use by sixty navies. It was favored over the French 100mm naval gun for the joint French/Italian Horizon-class frigate project and FREMM frigate.
On 27 September 2006 Iran announced it had started mass production of the Fajr-27, which is a reverse-engineered copy of the OTO Melara 76 mm Compact gun.[4]
- ^ a b "Ordtech Ammunition 76 mm OTO MELARA 76/62". Ordtech Military Industries. Archived from the original on 6 November 2017.
- ^ "76mm HE-M77 Naval Ammunition" (pdf). Elbit Systems. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "Iran to mass produce new artillery gun". Middle East Online. 27 September 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.