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{{Infobox Weapon
|name= DARDO
|image= [[Image:BredaDardo40mm.jpg|300px]]
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|origin={{flagcountry|Italy}}
|type= [[Naval gun]]
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|is_ranged=yes
|is_artillery=yes
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|manufacturer= [[Oto Melara]]
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|variants= ''Compact'', ''Fast Forty''
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|weight= 5,500 kg (without ammunition)<br>4.05 kg (HE round)
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|height= 2.4 m (turret)<br>1.3 m (Type A mount)<br>0.92 m (Type B mount)
|diameter= 1.7 m (mount)<br>2,902 m (working circle)
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|cartridge= 
|caliber=40 mm
|barrels=2 × [[Bofors]] [[Bofors 40 mm gun#40 mm L/70|40 mm L/70]]
|action= 
|rate=2 × 300 round/min<br>2 × 450 round/min (''Fast Forty'')
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|range= 4,000 m (HE round)
|max_range= 8,700 m (AA with HE)
|feed= [[Magazine (artillery)|Magazine]]:<br>736 HE rounds (444 Type B mount)<br>Dual feed mechanism with 736 HE and 200 [[APFSDS]] rounds (''Fast Forty'')
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|elevation=Minimum -15°<br>Maximum +83°<br>speed: 60°/s (70°/s ''Fast Forty'')
|traverse= speed: 90°/s (100°/s ''Fast Forty'')
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'''DARDO''', built by the Italian companies [[Breda Meccanica Bresciana|Breda]] and [[Oto Melara]], is a [[Close-in weapon system]] (CIWS) composed of two [[Bofors 40 mm gun|Breda 40 mm L/70]]s firing high explosive (HE) [[Shell (projectile)|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 Bofors 40&nbsp;mm gun (Type 64, Type 106, Type 107, Type 564 and Type 520).

The system's primary purpose is defence against [[anti-ship missile]]s, [[unmanned aerial vehicle]]s and other precision guided weapons. However it can also be employed against fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, ships and other small craft, coastal targets, and floating mines. It is installed in an enclosed [[gun turret|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 (the Type B mount is fitted without deck penetration). 

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 [[Kinetic energy penetrator|armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot]] (APFSDS) rounds when a missile gets within 1,000 meters from the vessel.

== Users ==
Here are some platforms using the Breda DARDO:
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{{ARG}}
:* [[Almirante Brown class destroyer]]
:* [[Espora class frigate]] <sup>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lZGJPr7dS4 video]</sup>

{{BAN}}
:* [[Ulsan class frigate]]
{{ECU}}
:* [[Esmeraldas class corvette]]
:* [[Quito class missile boat]]

{{IRQ}}
:* [[Assad class corvette]]

{{ITA}}
:* [[Italian cruiser Vittorio Veneto|Vittorio Veneto class cruiser]]
:* [[Giuseppe Garibaldi (551)|Aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi]]
:* [[Lupo class frigate]]
:* [[Maestrale class frigate]]

{{KOR}}
:* [[Ulsan class frigate]]
:* [[Pohang class corvette]]

{{MAS}}
:* [[Laksamana class corvette]]

{{PER}}
:* [[BAP Almirante Grau (CLM-81)|Almirante Grau class cruiser]]
:* [[Lupo class frigate]]
:* [[Lupo class frigate|Carvajal class frigate]]
:* [[PR-72P class corvette]]
:* [[BAP Palacios (DM-73)|Palacios]] and [[BAP Ferré (DM-74)|Ferré]] destroyers

{{VEN}}
:* [[Lupo class frigate]]

==External links==
*[http://www.otobreda.it/products/schedule.asp?id=prod_naval_small_t4070_ge Twin 40/70 factsheet]
*[http://www.otobreda.it/products/schedule.asp?id=prod_naval_small_tFF_ge Twin FASTFORTY factsheet]
*[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNIT_4cm-70_Breda.htm Data and Spec of OtoBreda DARDO]
*[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNIT_4cm-70_Breda_pics.htm Images of DARDO and other Breda 40 mm CIWS]

[[Category:40 mm artillery]]
[[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
[[Category:Automatic cannons]]
[[Category:Close-in weapon systems]]
[[Category:Naval weapons of Italy]]
[[Category:Turkish Navy weapon systems]]

[[it:Breda Dardo]]