The gun can fire all standard
127mm/5 inches ammunition including the new Vulcano long range guided
ammunition.
VULCANO is a family of Extended Range (ER) unguided ammunition and
Long Range (LR) guided ammunition for the 127mm naval guns and 155mm
land artillery system. VULCANO is a new and emerging technology based
upon a fin stabilized airframe with canard control for terminal guidance;
mechanical interfaces are same than standard 127mm ammunition. Various
configurations for VULCANO projectiles are available for 127mm naval
gun as unguided extended range multirole ammunition, guided long range
ammunition with IR seeker and autonomous IMU / GPS guided ammunition.
Modular automatic feeding
magazines allow the firing of manifold different and immediately selectable
types of ammunition; the magazines (four drums, 14 ready to fire ammunitions
each) can be reloaded while the mount is in operation.
An ammunition manipulator
system is available to transport projectiles and propelling charge
from the main ammunition store to the feeding magazines which are
automatically reloaded.
Ammunition flow is reversible
and rounds can be unloaded from the gun automatically.
The gun console includes the Vulcano module for the use of guided
ammunition that allows the initialization of the guided ammunition
navigation system and the computation of firing solutions for naval
fire support.
