Indian Ships With OtoBreda Cannons

[Kunal Biswas]

It is 76mm not 127mm as though before ..

Any confirmation on gun?

 

[laughingbuddha]

Why have they opted for a smaller gun? For a ship of. its size and role one expected 127mm

 

[W.G.Ewald]

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Probably, I must have asked this question before.

Can the ship command, guide both the SAM and cannon over the incoming missile at the same point?.Do their have different radars?


If the cannon is really capable to engage Ships at 70-90kms away, Then it would very useful against less threat targets and cost effective. Modern ASMs are expensive, a single Brahmos cost around 2-4 million.

I think fire control systems must be separate for each weapon system.

Isn't max effective range of 76mm gun only 6kms according to first article in thread?

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Indeed, But 6kms is an extend of 2-3km range of CIWS ..

Providing Ship an extra layer of cannon based air-defense ..

I think fire control systems must be separate for each weapon system.

Isn't max effective range of 76mm gun only 6kms according to first article in thread?

 

[Kunal Biswas]

KORA Class ' Pocket Destroyer ' Spotted with New Cannons ..

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Valcano 76/62 mm ER ammunution

In order to develop the maximum potential from those guns, OTO has developed and is continuing to develop a complete family of Guided and Intelligent ammunition.

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It has a projectile equipped with an inertial/GPS mid-course guidance system and an IR homing guidance system, designed to engage naval targets at very long ranges.

The IR homing system, which is activated during the terminal attack phase of the flight, within a few kilometres of the target, allows final course correction. The hit probability is therefore extremely high, independent of the range.

Now with these advance in ammo technology One don`t need Anti-ship Missiles to engage Ship at 70-90kms away, When this technology is available in most Indian Navy Ships armed with Oto Melara 76/62 Super Rapid gun..

It has a projectile equipped with an inertial/GPS guidance system for the engagement of fixed coastal targets.The projectile is fired to a very high altitude and, during the intermediate phase of its trajectory, it performs a constant angle gliding descent that allows a considerable increase in range. By integrating the data coming from the inertial and GPS guidance systems, the projectile's control unit commands its canard control surfaces and steers it towards the target's position.

A variant to this configuration is being developed which, by making use of a semi-active laser (SAL) terminal guidance system, will allow the engagement of moving targets illuminated by an observer on the ground or by an UAV. In any case, the achievable accuracy is in the order of a few metres.

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Its available for both 127mm gun as well as 76mm gun..