Back OTO Melara 76 mm Afrikaans أوتو ميلارا 76 ملم Arabic 76 mm/62 Compact (SR) Bulgarian 76mm kanón OTO Melara Czech Otobreda 76 mm Danish 76/62 Compact German Otobreda 76 mm Spanish اوتو ملارا ۷۶مم Persian Otobreda 76 mm Finnish Otobreda 76 mm French
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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 : 1994–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.
The Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM) variant is being license-manufactured in India by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) in its Haridwar plant in Uttarakhand, India since 1994. Multiple warships of the Indian Navy as well as the Indian Coast Guard has deployed SRGM as an anti-missile/anti-aircraft naval gun.[4] BHEL has been manufacturing the upgraded SRGM variant incorporating the Strales system (with integrated director radar) and DART (guided projectile) and Vulcano (extended effecive range) ammunition. On 28 November 2023, BHEL received a contract worth ₹2,956.89 crore (US$340 million) to manufacture 16 upgraded SRGM guns for in-service as well as under construction ships at GRSE and MDL.[5][6] INS Nilgiri is the first ship of the Indian Navy to feature OTO Melara Strales.[7]
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.[8]
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- ^ "Defence and Aerospace | Official Website of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, New Delhi, India". www.bhel.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ "Defence ministry inks Rs 2,956 cr contract with BHEL to procure 16 super rapid gun mount for Navy". The Economic Times. 28 November 2023. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ Staff, Naval News (29 November 2023). "India procures 16 Upgraded Super Rapid Naval Gun Systems for Indian Navy". Naval News. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
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