Otobreda 127/64

127/64 Lightweight Naval Gun Mount[1]
Type Naval gun
Place of origin Italy
Production history
Designer Oto Melara
Designed 2005[2]
Manufacturer Oto Melara
Produced 2012[2]
Specifications
Weight Empty: 33 tonnes (73,000 lb)
Barrel length 320 inches (810 cm)[1]
Shell 127 millimetres (5.0 in)
Shell weight 29 kilograms (64 lb) to 31 kilograms (68 lb)[1]
Caliber 127mm
Rate of fire 35 rpm[1]
Muzzle velocity 808 metres per second (2,650 ft/s)[1]
Effective firing range 30,000 metres (33,000 yd)
Maximum firing range 120 kilometres (75 mi)[1]
External image
Hi-res image of Oto Melara 127/64
Publicity shot of the Oto Melara 127/64

The upcoming Oto Melara 127/64 Lightweight (LW) naval gun mount is a rapid fire gun mount suitable for installation on large and medium size ships, intended for surface fire and naval gunfire support as main role and anti-aircraft fire as secondary role. The compactness of the gun feeding system makes possible the installation on narrow section crafts.

The gun can fire all standard 127 mm (5 inch) ammunition including the new Vulcano[3] long range guided ammunition.

Modular automatic feeding magazines allow the firing of up to four different and immediately selectable types of ammunition; the magazines (four drums, each with one shell ready to fire and 13 other ammunitions on store) can be reloaded while the mount is in operation.

An ammunition manipulator system is available to transport projectiles and propelling charges from the main ammunition store to the feeding magazines, which are automatically reloaded. Ammunition flow is reversible. Rounds can be automatically unloaded from the gun. Digital and Analog interfaces are available for any Combat Management System, also according to COBRA protocol.

The 127/64 LW naval gun mounts includes a Vulcano module, which acts twofold:

Operators

Map with 127/64 operators in blue

Current operators

 Algerian National Navy:

 German Navy:

 Indian Navy: 13 ordered in 2015 [7]

 Marina Militare:

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNIT_5-64_LW.htm
  2. 1 2 http://www.epicos.com/WARoot/News/Procurement_and_Modernisation_Programmes_and_activities.pdf
  3. ↑ Vulcano
  4. ↑ http://www.defensenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2014304010016
  5. ↑ Defence Update about 127/64 F125 fregates (engl.)
  6. ↑ Oto Melara-website press release on use of the 127/64 on the German F125 (engl.)
  7. ↑ http://www.janes.com/article/47555/indian-navy-selects-oto-melara-127-64-lw-gun
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