The last generation digital architecture satisfies all the requirements coming from modern transmission technologies (serial link/LAN).Ī local emergency control is required, in addition to the remote control mode it is possible to adopt the coaxial configuration that foresees a high performance daylight camera installed on the gun mount. In remote control mode the system is completely slaved to the shipboard Command Management System, and the short reaction time in conjunction with the high accuracy guarantee excellent performances. The system can be set up according to three different configurations based on customer requirements. The gun mount operates with a high fire rate 40mm cannon fed through a 72 ready-to-fire rounds magazine capable of managing a dual feeding ammunition system. In particular, the high operative flexibility allows to cover the most differentiated roles, typical of modern naval scenarios: generic surface threats, fast crafts, antiships helicopters and fast attacking aircraft as well as various missile typologies.
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The full integration between high rate of fire and modern programmable ammunition enables the system to engage efficiently and effectively a large number of targets. Thanks to its extremely reduced mass, small dimension, easy installation (no deck penetration required), modern and completely digital technology, Oto Melara believes the Forty Light will play a leading role as a 40mm naval system. Oto Melara is planning the production of Strales kits and new ammunition lots to guarantee quick delivery to new customers who will ask for this innovative system.Īt present 12 Strales 76mm systems are in service, 15 are going to be delivered, and orders for 30 systems are foreseen in the next five years.At IDEX 2015 exhibition in Abu Dhabi, Italian company Oto Melara unveiled a new 40mm naval gun system weighting just below two tons. The Strales system can be installed on the 76mm naval guns which are already in service. The 76mm naval gun with Strales kit has the same characteristics of ballistic ammunition when it is used to engage air, naval and surface targets with Vulcano ammunition it will ensure high precision target engagement, with a fire range two times higher than conventional ammunition. The projectile is fitted with a proximity fuze, but there were many hits during the firing trials. The Dart projectiles are guided by a radio beam that follows the target by means of homing system.
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The system is very effective also in the engagement of fast manoeuvring little boats. The Strales 76mm system with Dart guided ammunition is the only weapon system in the world which can ensure high level performance (at a lower cost than dedicated anti-missile systems) in the engagement of manouevring supersonic missiles with high lateral g force. The company‘s top management commented on the videos saying that they are a clear evidence of the system‘s effectiveness.
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The customers who attended the firing trials, which included the cooperation of other Navy‘s air-sea craft, were fully satisfied with the trials‘results which confirm the quality, reliability and effectiveness of this revolutionary defence system. The firing trials were conducted with quick bursts of fire against fast, manoeuvring and non-manoeuvring, radio controlled targets at low and very low altitude and at a range of more than 5,000 metres.
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The firing trials were conducted on board one of the Italian Navy‘s ships equipped with Strales 76mm SR and Selex NA25 fire control system. The first lot of Dart/Strales 76mm guided ammunition, produced by Oto Melara, was successfully tested at the end of March.