Should the NS consider moving from the 76mm (3in) OTO Melara to the 127mm OTO Melara for the proposed MRV?
127mm Lightweight Mounting
Italian Navy 127mm firing.
Considering that OTO Melara are developing Extended Range Guided Munitions (ERGM) for the 127mm, should the NS not consider have an enhanced shore bombardment capability?
"VULCANO" is a family of Extended Range (ER) guided ammunition for the 127mm (5-inch) gun, to be employed, as primary role, in the Naval Fire Support for shore bombardment and specifically designed to meet the future requirements in Naval Gun Support Warfare.
The projectile technology is based on a 127mm fin stabilized projectile capable to achieve the range enhancement through an increased muzzle velocity and low drag, due to the sub-calibre design; no rocket propulsion is involved.
"VULCANO" projectiles are fully interoperable with all the existing 127mm (5-inch) naval artilleries and especially suited for the Oto Melara 127/54C and 127 LW guns.
The ammunition configuration includes:
unguided multipurpose extended range ammo capable of reaching 70 Km
terminal guided ammo with on board seeker for long range precise Asw up to 70 Km
guided ammo with inertial guidance system and GPS for precise long range shore bombardment up to 100 km
With the new gun barrel under development for the 127LW gun the guided ammo will reach a maximum range of 120 km
The operational requirement for the long range firing, originally defined by Italian Navy, has been recently shared and agreed also by Italian Army.
As consequence the sub-calibre ammunition family will be extended also to the 155mm (6 inch) calibre for application in the field artillery of Italian Army.
127mm Lightweight Mounting
Italian Navy 127mm firing.
Considering that OTO Melara are developing Extended Range Guided Munitions (ERGM) for the 127mm, should the NS not consider have an enhanced shore bombardment capability?
"VULCANO" is a family of Extended Range (ER) guided ammunition for the 127mm (5-inch) gun, to be employed, as primary role, in the Naval Fire Support for shore bombardment and specifically designed to meet the future requirements in Naval Gun Support Warfare.
The projectile technology is based on a 127mm fin stabilized projectile capable to achieve the range enhancement through an increased muzzle velocity and low drag, due to the sub-calibre design; no rocket propulsion is involved.
"VULCANO" projectiles are fully interoperable with all the existing 127mm (5-inch) naval artilleries and especially suited for the Oto Melara 127/54C and 127 LW guns.
The ammunition configuration includes:
unguided multipurpose extended range ammo capable of reaching 70 Km
terminal guided ammo with on board seeker for long range precise Asw up to 70 Km
guided ammo with inertial guidance system and GPS for precise long range shore bombardment up to 100 km
With the new gun barrel under development for the 127LW gun the guided ammo will reach a maximum range of 120 km
The operational requirement for the long range firing, originally defined by Italian Navy, has been recently shared and agreed also by Italian Army.
As consequence the sub-calibre ammunition family will be extended also to the 155mm (6 inch) calibre for application in the field artillery of Italian Army.
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