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Online Show Daily News MSPO 2013 International Defence Industry Exhibition 2 - 5 September 2013 Kielce, Poland |
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OTO Melara at MSPO 2013 |
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| Tuesday, September 3, 2013 11:24 PM | |||
| OTO Melara HITFIST turret and DRACO 76mm remotely operated weapon station at MSPO 2013. | |||
At
MSPO 2013, the Italian Company OTO Melara shows two products of its large
range of military products, the HITFIST turret mounted on a Rosomak, wheeled
armoured infantry fighting vehicle in service with the Polish Army and
the Draco, 76mm multirole weapon system. Oto Melara is a strong player
for high-tech military supplies to domestic and foreign Armed Forces alike,
because Oto Melara is a well consolidated, traditional, worldwide-known,
and reliable company. |
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 OTO Melara HITFIST turret on Rosomak 8x8 armoured infantry fighting vehicle at MSPO 2013. |
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| OTO
Melara operates in Poland since 2003, when a contract was signed with
the local industry for the supply of 313 land-based towers HITFIST ®
30mm with the transfer of its manufacturing license. After this, other
contracts followed for the provision of logistics support and spare parts,
always relative to the towers HITFIST ®. The current requirements
of the Polish Ministry of Defence land for new programs represent a great
opportunity for OTO Melara, which is able to offer customers a complete
and modern range of towers to be installed on new vehicles or with which
modernize vehicles already in use. |
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 OTO Melara Draco 76mm remotely operated weapon station at MSPO 2013. |
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The
DRACO is a remotely operated weapon station with multi-purpose role against
Air, R.A.M., and Surface targets, with high performance direct or indirect
fire.
The weapon station can be fitted on an 8x8 wheeled platforms, for combat support operations or convoy defence, or on shelter for point defence. The main armament consists of a 76mm/62 gun with an automatic ammunition loading system, electrically controlled for elevation and traversing, stabilized in elevation, with high rate of fire. The main armament and the automatic loading system are fully compatible with all in service 76mm rounds and also with 76mm DART guided ammunition. The ammunition loading system is based on a drum, in oscillating mass, with 12 ready-to-fire rounds. The 12 rounds can be of different types and ammunition's selection can be performed during firing. The drum can be reloaded automatically, from a magazine in the back of the turret. The Draco weapon station turret is fitted for receiving a secondary armament composed by a 7.62mm or 12.7mm machine gun coaxially mounted. The DRACO can be completely controlled by two Operators (The Commander and the Gunner) from a remote position, inside the hull for mobile installation or inside a protected command shelter for fixed installation. |
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