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DARDO
Sign in to saveDARDO ("Dart" in Italian) originally known as Breda Type-70, also marketed as the OTO Twin 40L70 Compact, 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 (Alenia RTN-10X Orion) and a fire-control system (Alenia RTN-20X Orion 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).
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- DARDOOTO Twin 40L70
- Weapon.image
- BredaDardo40mm.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.origin
- Italy
- Weapon.type
- Close-in weapon system
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.is_artillery
- yes
- Weapon.manufacturer
- OTO Melara
- Weapon.variants
- Compact, Fast Forty, Marlin
- Weapon.weight
- Complete gun mount (with ammunition): Complete round (HE):
- Weapon.height
- Enclosed turret: Type A mount: Type B mount:
- Weapon.diameter
- Mount ring: Working circle:
- Weapon.caliber
- 40×364 mmR
- Weapon.barrels
- 2 × Breda-built Bofors-40 mm L/70
- Weapon.rate
- 2 × 300 round/min (Compact & Marlin)2 × 450 round/min (Fast Forty)
- Weapon.range
- HE round:
- Weapon.max_range
- (maximum height )
- Weapon.feed
- Magazine: Compact: 736 HE rounds on Type A mount or 444 HE rounds on Type B mount Single Fast Forty: Dual feed mechanism with 144 HE or APFSDS rounds Twin Fast Forty: Dual feed mechanism with 736 HE rounds & 200 APFSDS rounds on Type A mount or 444 HE rounds & 200 APFSDS rounds on Type B mount Marlin: Dual feed mechanism with 80 ready-to-fire round
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Purpose
- Installation
- Other versions
- Compact
- Fast Forty
- Marlin
- Comparison with current CIWS
- Operators
- Operators
- See also
- References
- External links
DARDO ("Dart" in Italian) originally known as Breda Type-70, also marketed as the OTO Twin 40L70 Compact, 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 (Alenia RTN-10X Orion) and a fire-control system (Alenia RTN-20X Orion 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).
==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.