Otobreda 76 mm
Type	Naval gun
Place of origin	Sweden
Specifications
Weight	7500 kg (without ammunition) 12.34 kg (complete round)
Caliber	62 caliber 76 mm
Elevation	Minimum -15° Maximum +85° speed:35°/s (acceleration: 72°/s²)
Traverse	speed: 60°/s (acceleration: 72°/s²)
Rate of fire	85 round/min (Compact) 120 round/min (Super Rapid)
Effective range	8,000 m (HE round)
Maximum range	18,400 m (HE round at 45°)
Feed system	Magazine: 80 (ready to fire 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. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x515, 198 KB) Beschreibung: Fregatte Mecklenburg-Vorpommern / F218 / Klasse F122 76 mm Schiffsgeschütz Fotograf: Darkone, 13. ... USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a full broadside of nine 16/50 and six 5/38 guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 1 July 1984. ... “Calibre” redirects here. ... In ballistics, the elevation is the angle between the horizontal plane and the direction of the barrel of a gun, mortar or heavy artillery. ... (for paintball markers also)Rate of fire is the frequency at which a specific weapon can fire or launch its projectiles. ... Magazine is the name for a item or place within which ammunition is stored. ... Oto Melara is a Italian defence company with factories in Brescia and La Spezia. ... The Otomatic was a prototype self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, or SPAAG, combining the chassis of a Leopard I tank with a new turret mounting the Otobreda 76 mm gun along with associated search and targeting radars and their fire control systems. ... SPAAG stands for Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun. ...

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. French steam corvette Dupleix (1856-1887) Canadian corvettes on antisubmarine convoy escort duty during World War II. A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, smaller than a frigate but larger than a coastal patrol craft. ... An aviso is a French kind of dispatch boat. ... Categories: Ship types ...

It has recently been favoured over the French 100 mm naval gun for the new Horizon CNGF frigates. The French 100 mm naval gun is a polyvalent artillery piece (anti-air, anti-ship, ground), capable of a high rate of fire. ... The Horizon Common New Generation Frigate (CNGF) is a multi-nationial collaboration to produce a new generation of anti-air warfare 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] is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Reverse engineering (RE) is the process of taking something (a device, an electrical component, a software program, etc. ...

OTO-Melara 76 mm gun onboard F221 Hessen, a Sachsen class frigate Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2576 × 1932 pixel, file size: 675 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Own work Open ship on F221 Hessen at the Kiel Week 2007. ... The F124 Sachsen class is Germanys latest class of frigates. ...

On the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen class frigates, the Oto Melara is equipped with a stealth cupola to reduce radar cross section Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1632x1224, 187 KB) Photo taken by yours sincerely while KNM F.N. was docked in Bergen, and open to the public. ... Typical RCS diagram (B-26 Invader) Radar cross section (RCS) describes the extent to which an object reflects an incident electromagnetic wave. ...

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

Users

Here are some platforms using the Oto melara 76 mm:

Asia

 Japan Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ...

• Hatsuyuki class destroyer
• Murasame class destroyer

 Malaysia The Hatsuyuki class destroyer is a class of Japanese destroyer, serving with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). ... The Murasame class destroyer is a 3rd generation vessel in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), classified by some as a large frigate. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Malaysia. ...

• Laksamana class corvette

 Philippines Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Philippines. ...

• Jacinto class offshore patrol vessel

 Thailand The Peacock Class a class of 5 Patrol class Corvettes originally built for the Royal Navy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Thailand. ...

• Pattani class offshore patrol vessel
• Ratanakosin class corvette
• Ratcharit missile boat
• Chuburi patrol boats
• Tapi class large patrol corvette
• Khamronsin corvette

 Taiwan Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China. ...

• Cheng Kung class frigate

Template:SRL ROCS Cheng Kung and ROCS Chi Kuang The Cheng Kung class frigates are based upon the U.S. Oliver Hazard Perry class and are currently serving in the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy (ROCN). ...

• SLNS SURANIMALA fast missile vessel
• SLNS NANDIMITHRA fast missile vessel

Africa

 Norway Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ...

• Fridtjof Nansen class frigate
• Skjold class patrol boat

 South Africa Fridtjof Nansen, shortly after launch The Fridtjof Nansen class of frigates, for the Royal Norwegian Navy, are a derivative of the Spanish Alvaro de Bazán class of AEGIS-equipped air defense frigates. ... Norwegian missile patrol craft KNM Skjold (P 690) The Skjold class patrol boats are a new superfast missile boats, also known as MTBs (missile torpedo boats). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ...

• Valour class frigate (South Africa)

The South African Valour class frigates are the major surface ships of the South African Navy. ...

Europe

 Belgium Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ...

• Karel Doorman class frigate

 Denmark The Karel Doorman class is a class of eight multi-purpose frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ...

• Flyvefisken class patrol vessel
• Thetis class patrol frigates

 France KDM Sværdfisken (P556) THE Flyvefisken class patrol vessels are warships of the Royal Danish Navy. ... Vaedderen (F359) The Thetis class ocean patrol vessel, also called Stanflex 2000, is a class of large scale patrol vessels built for the Royal Danish Navy for the purpose of fisheries protection, as well as search-and-rescue and ice reconnaissance. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...

• Floreal class frigate
• FREMM multipurpose frigate
• Horizon CNGF frigates

 Germany The Floréal type is a class of light sentry frigates designed for the needs of the French Navy after the end of the Cold War, ordered in 1989. ... The FREMM Multipurpose Frigate (French Frégate Multi-Mission or Italian Fregate Multi-Missione) is a ship designed by DCN and Fincantieri to operate in anti-air, anti-submarine and anti-ship warfare, and be capable of carrying out deep strikes against land targets. ... The Horizon Common New Generation Frigate (CNGF) is a multi-nationial collaboration to produce a new generation of anti-air warfare frigates. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ...

• Brandenburg class frigate
• Bremen class frigate
• Sachsen class frigate
• Braunschweig class corvette
• Gepard class fast attack craft

 Greece The F123 Brandenburg class is a class of German frigates. ... Frigate F211 Köln The eight F122 Bremen class frigates of the German Navy have been commissioned between 1982 and 1990. ... The F124 Sachsen class is Germanys latest class of frigates. ... The upcoming K130 Braunschweig class (sometimes Korvette 130) will be Germanys newest class of ocean-going patrol craft. ... S71 Gepard The Type 143A Gepard class is Germanys last class of missile bearing Fast Attack Craft (FAC, Schnellboot in German) and the only one still in service with the Deutsche Marine (German Navy since 1990). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ...

• Elli class frigate

 Ireland But for the first two ships (Elli and Limnos), which had lengthened hangars and different armament, the Elli class frigates are ex-Royal Netherlands Navy S-frigates of the Kortenaer class now in the service of the Hellenic Navy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ...

• P52 class LE Niamh offshore patrol boat

 Israel LÉ Niamh (P52) is a ship in the Irish Naval Service. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ...

• Saar 3 class missile boat
• Saar 4 class missile boat
• Saar 4.5 class missile boat
• Saar 5 class missile boat

 Iran now. ... The Saar 4 class missile boats were built at the Israel shipyards and based on Israeli Navy designs grounded in accumulated experience derived in the operation of cherburg (Saar 3) class. ... Saar 4. ... INS Eilat - Saar 5 class missile boat Saar 5 is an Israeli Navy missile boat, designed based on lessons learnt from the Saar 4. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iran. ...

• Alvand class frigate (Iran)

 Italy A port view of the Iranian destroyer escort IIS Saam (DE-71), redesignated IS Alvand (F-71). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ...

• Wadi M'ragh class corvettes
• FREMM multipurpose frigate
• Horizon CNGF frigates

Template:NDL The FREMM Multipurpose Frigate (French Frégate Multi-Mission or Italian Fregate Multi-Missione) is a ship designed by DCN and Fincantieri to operate in anti-air, anti-submarine and anti-ship warfare, and be capable of carrying out deep strikes against land targets. ... The Horizon Common New Generation Frigate (CNGF) is a multi-nationial collaboration to produce a new generation of anti-air warfare frigates. ...

• Karel Doorman class frigate

 Turkey The Karel Doorman class is a class of eight multi-purpose frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ...

• Doğan class fast attack craft
• Kılıç class fast attack craft
• Kılıç-II class fast attack craft
• Yıldız fast attack craft

Doğan class fast attack missile boat of the Turkish Navy DOĞAN Class is one of the fast attack missile & torpedo boat classes of the Turkish Navy. ... Kılıç class fast attack missile boat of the Turkish Navy KILIÇ Class is one of the fast attack missile & torpedo boat classes of the Turkish Navy. ... Kılıç class fast attack missile boat of the Turkish Navy KILIÇ Class is one of the fast attack missile & torpedo boat classes of the Turkish Navy. ... Yıldız class fast attack missile boat of the Turkish Navy YILDIZ Class is one of the fast attack missile & torpedo boat classes of the Turkish Navy. ...

North America

 Canada Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...

• Iroquois class destroyer after TRUMP modifications (Canada)

 United States Iroquois-class destroyers are a class of three helicopter-carrying, guided missile destroyers of the Canadian Navy. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...

• 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)

USCG Storis (WMEC 38) USCG Cutter Acushnet (WMEC 167) The United States Coast Guards fleet contains numerous smaller vessels, and about three dozen large icebreakers, High Endurance cutters and Medium Endurance cutters. ... USCG photo of USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715) 1965 artist concept of a Hamilton class cutter. ... The USS McInerney (FFG 8), an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate. ... The Pegasus class hydrofoils were a series of fast attack patrol boats employed by the U.S. Navy. ...

South America

 Chile Image File history File links Flag_of_Chile. ...

• Karel Doorman class frigate
• Saar 3 class missile boat
• Saar 4 class missile boat

 Ecuador The Karel Doorman class is a class of eight multi-purpose frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. ... now. ... The Saar 4 class missile boats were built at the Israel shipyards and based on Israeli Navy designs grounded in accumulated experience derived in the operation of cherburg (Saar 3) class. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ...

• Quito class missile boat (Ecuador)

 Peru Image File history File links Flag_of_Peru. ...

• PR-72P class corvette (Peru)

PR-72P class corvettes are french designed warships in service with the Peruvian Navy. ...

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