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{{Infobox Weapon
| name               = AK-176
| image              = [[Image:Hiddensee AK-176 gun.jpg|300px]]
| caption            = Gun on the bow of the [[German corvette Hiddensee|USNS Hiddensee]]
| origin             = {{flagcountry|Russia}}
| type               = [[Naval gun]]
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| weight             =  16,800kg
| gun length         = 4.484 Meters
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| height             = 2.6 Meters
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| crew               =  2 (4 in manual control mode) 
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| cartridge          = [[AK-726]]
| cartridge_weight   = 12.4 kg
| caliber            = 76.2mm
| Length of round    = 959mm
| barrels            = 1
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| rate               = 120 rds/min
| velocity           = 980m/s
| range              = 10km
| max_range          = 15.5km
| feed               = 152 ready to fire rounds
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| recoil             = 380 to 500mm
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| elevation          = -15° to +85°
| traverse           = ±175°
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The '''AK-176''' is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]  naval gun mounted in an enclosed turret, that may be used against sea, coastal, and aerial targets, including low flying anti-ship missiles.  The system is designed to arm small displacement ships and comprises the Gun Mount with a MR-123-02/76 Fire Control Radar System.  It has high survivability owing to autonomous use of the gun mount controlled from the optical sight in the absence of control from the radar system, as well as a capability for fire, if power supply is lost.  The gun is fed by 152 ready to fire rounds.
[[File:ORP Metalowiec in Gdynia.JPG|left|thumb|250px|[[Tarantul class corvette]]]]
The weapon has selectable rates of fire of 30, 60 and 120 rounds per minute. The 120 r.p.m. rate is achieved by firing a burst of 75, but afterwards the gun has to cool off for 30 minutes.

This weapon is effective against missiles, being able to shoot down [[AT-2 Swatter]] (simulating a [[Harpoon (missile)|Harpoon]] [[anti-ship missile]]), taking an average of 25 rounds per kill.

In the late 1980s an upgraded version the AK-176m, with a new fire control system MR-123-02,television targeting and a laser rangefinder, was introduced. This Gun, is still in production and is the primary medium-caliber artillery systems to all small Soviet ships and is widely exported.  The equivalent [[NATO]] system is the [[Otobreda 76 mm]].

==Operators==
* {{flag|Bulgaria}}
* {{flag|People's Republic of China}}
* {{flag|India}}
* {{flag|Poland}}
* {{flag|Romania}}
* {{flag|Slovenia}}
* {{flagcountry|USSR}}
** {{flagcountry|RUS}}
** {{flagcountry|UKR}}
* {{flag|Vietnam}}
* {{flag|Yemen}}

== External links ==
{{Commonscat|AK-176}}

[[Category:Naval anti-aircraft guns]]
[[Category:Cold War weapons of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Russian and Soviet Anti-aircraft weapons]]

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