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DARDO ("Dart" in Italian) is a close-in weapon system (CIWS) built by the Italian companies Breda and Oto Melara. It is composed of two Breda-built Bofors 40 mm firing high explosive (HE) shells, a fire-control radar (RTN-10X) and a fire-control system (RTN-20X and Dardo). It is the last of a long series of Italian anti-aircraft weapons derived from the Swedish Bofors 40 mm autocannons (mounted on Breda built gun mounts such as the Type 64, Type 106, Type 107, Type 564 and Type 520).

DARDO
Type	Close-in weapon system
Place of origin	Italy
Production history
Manufacturer	Oto Melara
Variants	Compact, Fast Forty
Specifications
Mass	Complete gun mount (less ammo): 5,500 kg (12,100 lb) Complete round (HE): 4.05 kg (8.9 lb)
Height	Enclosed turret: 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) Type A mount: 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in) Type B mount: 0.92 m (3 ft 0 in)
Diameter	Mount ring: 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) Working circle: 2.902 m (9 ft 6.3 in)
Caliber	40 mm
Barrels	2 × Breda-built Bofors-40 mm L/70
Elevation	Minimum −13° Maximum +85° speed: 60°/s (70°/s Fast Forty)
Traverse	Full 360° traverse, speed: 90°/s (100°/s Fast Forty)
Rate of fire	2 × 300 round/min 2 × 450 round/min (Fast Forty)
Effective firing range	HE round: 4,000 m (4,400 yd)
Maximum firing range	AA with HE: 8,700 m (9,500 yd)
Feed system	Magazine: 736 HE rounds (444 Type B mount) Dual feed mechanism with 736 HE and 200 APFSDS rounds (Fast Forty)

Purpose

The system's primary purpose is to defend against anti-ship missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and other precision guided weapons. It can also be employed against conventional and rotary-wing aircraft, surface ships, small water-crafts, coastal targets and floating mines.

Installation

DARDO is installed in an enclosed turret with two different mounts: the Type A with 440-round internal and 292-round under-deck magazines; and Type B with only the 440-round internal magazine (Type B requires no deck penetration).

Other versions

The Fast Forty is an improved version of the system with a higher rate of fire, dual magazine and dual feed mechanism to allow switching from HE to armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS) rounds when a missile gets within 1,000 meters from the vessel.

Comparison with current CIWS

Comparison of some modern CIWS

	AK-630[1]	Phalanx CIWS[2]	Goalkeeper CIWS	DARDO[3]
Weight	9,114 kg (20,093 lb)	6,200 kg (13,700 lb)	9,902 kg (21,830 lb)	5,500 kg (12,100 lb)
Armament	30 mm (1.2 in) 6 barreled GSh-6-30 Gatling Gun	20 mm (0.79 in) 6 barreled M61 Vulcan Gatling Gun	30 mm (1.2 in) 7 barreled GAU-8 Gatling Gun	40 mm (1.6 in) 2 barreled Bofors 40 mm
Rate of Fire	5,000 rounds per minute	4,500 rounds per minute	4,200 rounds per minute	600/900 round per minute
(effective/ flat-trajectory) Range	4,000 m (13,000 ft)	2,000 m (6,600 ft)	3,600 m (11,800 ft)	4,000 m (13,000 ft)
Ammunition storage	2,000 rounds	1,550 rounds	1,190 rounds	736 rounds
Muzzle velocity	900 m (3,000 ft) per second	1,100 m (3,600 ft) per second	1,109 m (3,638 ft) per second	1,000 m (3,300 ft) per second
Elevation	−13 to +78 degrees	−75 to +55 degrees	−75 to +64 degrees	−13 to +85 degrees
Traverse	360 degrees	-150 to +150 degrees	360 degrees	360 degrees

Operators

Current operators

•  Algeria
  • Kalaat Beni Hammed-class landing ship
•  Argentina
  • Almirante Brown-class destroyer
  • Espora-class corvette^video
  • Drummond-class corvette
•  Bangladesh
  • BNS Bangabandhu
•  Colombia
  • Almirante Padilla-class frigate
•  Ecuador
  • Esmeraldas-class corvette
  • Quito-class missile boat
•  Libya
  • Assad-class corvette
•  Italy
  • Vittorio Veneto-class cruiser
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi-class aircraft carrier
  • Lupo-class frigate
  • Maestrale-class frigate
•  South Korea
  • Ulsan-class frigate
  • Pohang-class corvette
•  Malaysia
  • Laksamana-class corvette
•  Nigeria
  • NNS Aradu
•  Peru
  • Lupo-class frigate
  • Carvajal-class frigate
  • PR-72P-class corvette
•  Philippines
  • Pohang-class corvette
•  Saudi Arabia
  • Al Madinah-class frigate
•  Venezuela
  • Lupo-class frigate
•  Vietnam
  • Pohang-class corvette

See also

• Aselsan GOKDENIZ
• Myriad CIWS

References

External links

• OTO-Melara 40 mm weapon factsheets
• Data and Spec of OtoBreda DARDO
• Images of DARDO and other Breda 40 mm CIWS
• Video of DARDO firing

На других языках

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- [en] DARDO

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[fr] DARDO

Le DARDO (« Dard » en italien) est un système d'arme rapproché (CIWS) construit par les sociétés italiennes Breda et Oto Melara. Il est composé de deux canons Bofors de 40 mm construits à Breda tirant des obus hautement explosifs (HE), d’un radar de conduite de tir (RTN-10X) et d’un système de contrôle de tir (RTN-20X et Dardo). C’est la dernière d’une longue série d’armes antiaériennes italiennes dérivées des canons automatiques suédois Bofors 40 mm montés sur des supports de canon construits par Breda tels que le Type 64, le Type 106, le Type 107, le Type 564 et le Type 520.

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[it] Breda Dardo

Il sistema d'arma a corto raggio Dardo per la difesa aerea ravvicinata, è un dispositivo realizzato dalla italiana Otobreda basato su un criterio differente da quello del Vulcan Phalanx rispetto al quale è entrato in servizio poco tempo dopo. .mw-parser-output .chiarimento{background:#ffeaea;color:#444444}.mw-parser-output .chiarimento-apice{color:red}Costruito dall'Ing. Florindo Cerri.[senza fonte]

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[ru] Dardo

«Дардо» (англ. Dardo) — зенитно-артиллерийский комплекс, разработанный по заказу ВМС Италии. Состоит на вооружении ВМС Италии, а также ВМС Венесуэлы, ВМС Перу, ВМС Ирака, ВМС Малайзии, ВМС Южной Кореи. Предназначен для противоракетной и противовоздушной обороны корабля. «Дардо» имеет наиболее крупный калибр из всех существующих ЗАК.

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