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{{Infobox Weapon
|name=Otobreda 76 mm
|image=[[Image:F218 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Buggeschuetz.jpg|300px]]
|caption=
|origin={{flagcountry|Italy}}
|type=[[Naval gun]]
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|is_ranged=yes
|is_artillery=yes
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|service=1964 - present
|used_by=See ''[[Otobreda 76 mm#Users|users]]''
|wars=
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|designer=[[Oto Melara]]
|design_date=Compact: 1963</br>Super Rapid: 1985
|manufacturer=Oto Melara (1963–2001)</br> [[Oto Melara#Otobreda|OtoBreda]] (2001 onwards)
|unit_cost=
|production_date=Compact: 1964</br>Super Rapid: 1988
|number=
|variants=See ''[[Otobreda 76 mm#Variants|variants]]''
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|weight=7,500 kg (without ammunition)
|length=
|part_length=62 calibers
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|height=
|diameter=
|crew=
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|cartridge=76 mm × 900mm (complete round)<br>12.34 kg
|caliber=76 mm
|barrels=
|action=
|rate=Compact: 85 round/min</br>Super Rapid: 120 round/min
|velocity=925 m/s
|range=
|max_range=Compact: 20,000 m (HE round at 45°)</br>Super Rapid: 30,000 m (HE round at 45°)
|feed=[[Magazine (artillery)|Magazine]]:</br>Compact: 80 ready rounds on gun mount</br>Super Rapid: 85 ready rounds on gun mount
|sights=
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|recoil=
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|elevation=-15°/+85°</br>speed:35°/s (acceleration: 72°/s²)
|traverse=360°</br>speed: 60°/s (acceleration: 72°/s²)
}}

The Italian Otobreda 76/62mm ''Compact'' a dual-purpose anti-surface and anti-aircraft naval cannon with a low weight and a high rate of fire.  Since its introduction in the late 1960s the OTO-Melara ''Compact''<ref>In Italian ''Compact'' is translated as ''Compatto'' and many articles in English use that name</ref> has dominated the 57mm to 76mm medium caliber naval cannon market and has been fitted to hydrofoil missile boats as small 62 tons to large guided missile destroyers of 3500 to 4500 tons.<ref>"The Case of the Missing Naval Gun" Aviation & Marine International - October 1978 page 45</ref>

==History==

The ''Compact'' was a development of the earlier 1950s OTO-Melara <ref>OTO-Melara merged with Breda to become OtoBreda in 2001</ref>[[Oto-Melara ALLARGATO 76/62mm cannon|''Allargato'']] dual-purpose naval cannon of the same caliber.<ref>Denis Archer, Jane's Pocket Book of Naval Armament, Macmillan Publish Company, printed 1976 </ref>

==Re-edited by Jack to this part==

==Description==

The gun is capable of very high rates of fire, making it suitable for short-range anti-missile point defence. Its calibre also gives it abilities for anti-aircraft, anti-surface and ground shelling. Specialised ammunition is available for armour piercing, incendiary and directed fragmentation. A new stealth cupola has been designed in recent years.

The system is compact enough to be installed on relatively small warships, like [[corvette]]s, [[aviso]]s (a vessel somewhere between a corvette and a patrol boat), or [[patrol boat]]s. It has been widely exported and is in use with 53 navies. 

It has recently been favoured over the [[French 100 mm naval gun]] for the new [[Horizon CNGF]] frigates.

On 27 September 2006 [[Iran]] announced it has started mass production of a marine artillery gun, named the [[Fajr-27]], which is a [[reverse-engineered]] Oto Melara 76 mm gun.<ref>http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=17626</ref>

==Other specifications==
*'''Cooling:''' sea water—fresh water for flushing
*'''Electrical Power supply'''
**440 V, 3-phase, 60 Hz, main circuit;
**115 V, 1-phase, 400 Hz, servo and synchro network

== Users ==
Platforms using the Oto melara 76 mm include:
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===Asia===
{{BAN}}
*[[DW Class Frigate]]

{{IDN}}
*[[Van Speijk class frigate]]
*[[Sigma class corvette]]

{{IND}}
*[[Godavari class frigate]]
*[[Brahmaputra class frigate]]
*[[Shivalik class frigate]]
*[[kora class corvette]]
*[[Veer class corvette]]

{{IRN}}
*[[Kaman class missile boat]]

{{ISR}}
* [[Saar 3 class missile boat]]
* [[Saar 4 class missile boat]]
* [[Saar 4.5 class missile boat]]

{{JPN}}
* [[Hatsuyuki class destroyer]]
* [[Asagiri class destroyer]]
* [[Murasame class destroyer]]
* [[JDS Ishikari (DE-226)|Ishikari class destroyer escort]]
* [[Yubari class destroyer escort]]
* [[Abukuma class destroyer escort]]
* [[Hayabusa class patrol boat]]
 
{{KOR}}
* [[Ulsan class frigate]]
* [[Pohang class corvette]]
* [[Donghae class corvette]]
* [[Gumdoksuri class patrol vessel]]

{{MYS}}
* [[Laksamana class corvette]]
* [[Kedah class offshore patrol vessel|Kedah Class Offshore Patrol Vessel]]
{{MYA}}
* [[Aung Zay Ya class frigate]]
* [[Anawyatha class Corvette]] 

{{PHI}}
:* [[Peacock class patrol vessel|Jacinto class offshore patrol vessel]] 

{{SIN}} : [[Republic of Singapore Navy]]
:*[[Endurance class landing platform dock ship|Endurance class LST]]
:*[[Formidable class frigate]]
:*[[Victory class corvette]]
:*[[Fearless class patrol vessel]]

{{SRI}}
* [[Saar 4 class missile boat|Saar 4 class fast missile vessel]]
**[[SLNS Nandimithra]]
**[[SLNS Suranimala]]

{{THA}}
* [[Pattani class offshore patrol vessel]]
* [[Ratanakosin class corvette]]
* [[Ratcharit missile boat]]
* [[Chuburi patrol boats]]
* [[Tapi class large patrol corvette]]
* [[Khamronsin corvette]]

{{ROC-TW}}
* [[Cheng Kung class frigate]]
* [[La Fayette class frigate|''Kang Ding'' class frigate]]

===Africa===

{{EGY}}
* [[Descubierta class corvette|''Descubierta'' class corvette]] - Spanish built
* [[Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate]]
* [[Ramadan class fast attack missile boat]]
* [[Type-143 Tiger class fast attack missile boat]]
{{MAR}}
* [[Descubierta class corvette|''Descubierta'' class corvette]] - Spanish built
* [[Floreal class frigate]]
* [[OPV70 class patrol vessel]] 

{{RSA}}
*''Warrior'' class - modified [[Sa'ar 4 class missile boat]] with two guns
* [[Valour class frigate]] - German built [[MEKO]] design

===Europe===
{{BEL}}
* [[Karel Doorman class frigate]]

{{DEN}}
* [[Flyvefisken class patrol vessel]]
* [[Thetis class ocean patrol vessel|Thetis class patrol frigates]]
* [[Ivar Huitfeldt class frigate]] (In service from 2012)

{{FRA}}
* [[FREMM multipurpose frigate]]
* [[Horizon CNGF|Horizon Common New Generation Frigate]]

{{GER}}
* [[Brandenburg class frigate]] - MEKO design
* [[Bremen class frigate]] - MEKO design
* [[Sachsen class frigate]] - MEKO design
* [[Braunschweig class corvette]] - MEKO design
* [[Gepard class fast attack craft]]

{{GRC}}
* [[Elli class frigate]]
* [[FACM Class La Combattante III]]
* [[FACM Class La Combattante IIIb]]
* [[FACM Class La Combattante IIa]]
* [[Osprey 55 class gunboat]]
* [[HSY-55 class gunboat]]
* [[Osprey HSY-56A class gunboat]]
* [[Super-Vita]]
* [[Jason class LST]]

{{IRL}}
:* [[Peacock class patrol vessel]]s
:* [[Róisín class Offshore Patrol Vessels]]

{{ITA}}
:* [[Audace class destroyer]]
:* [[Durand de La Penne class destroyer]]
:* [[San Giorgio class amphibious transport dock]]
:* [[Cassiopea class patrol vessel]]
:* [[Minerva class corvette]]
:* [[FREMM multipurpose frigate]]
:* [[Horizon CNGF|Horizon Common New Generation Frigate]]
:* [[Cavour (550)|Cavour]]

{{NED}}
:* [[Karel Doorman class frigate]]

{{NOR}}
:* [[Fridtjof Nansen class frigate]]
:* [[Skjold class patrol boat]]

{{POR}}
:* [[Karel Doorman class frigate|Bartolomeu Dias class (former Dutch Karel Doorman class)]]

{{ROM}}
:* [[Regele Ferdinand frigate]]
:* [[Regina Maria frigate]]

{{ESP}}
:* [[Santa Maria class frigate]]
:* [[Descubierta class corvette|Descubierta class patrol vessel]]
:* Buque de Accion Maritima (BAM) Class

{{TUR}}
:* [[Doğan class|Doğan class fast attack craft]]
:* [[Kılıç class|Kılıç class fast attack craft]]
:* [[Kılıç class|Kılıç-II class fast attack craft]]
:* [[Yıldız class|Yıldız fast attack craft]]
:* [[G-Class frigate|New Generation Frigate]]

===North America===
{{CAN}}
:* [[Iroquois class destroyer]] after TRUMP modifications (Canada)

{{USA}}
[[Image:USCG Gallatin Mk 75 firing.jpg|thumb|The Mk 75 in use aboard USCGC ''Gallatin'', 2005.]]
:* [[USCG Medium Endurance Cutter|''Famous''-class medium endurance cutter]] (USCG)
:* [[Hamilton class cutter|''Hamilton''-class]] [[high endurance cutter]] (USCG)
:* [[Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate|''Oliver Hazard Perry''–class frigate]] (USN)
:* [[Pegasus class hydrofoil|''Pegasus''-class hydrofoil]] (now de-commissioned) (USN)

{{MEX}}
:* [[Oaxaca class]] [[OPV (naval)|Offshore Patrol Vessel]](Mexican Navy)

===Oceania===

{{AUS}}
:* [[Adelaide class frigate]]

===South America===

{{ARG}}
:* [[Espora class frigate]] - license built [[MEKO 140]] design

{{CHI}}
:* [[Karel Doorman class frigate]]¨
:* [[Type 22 Batch II Williams frigate]]
:* [[Saar 4 class missile boat]]
:* [[S 148 class missile boat]]

{{ECU}}
:* [[Quito class missile boat]] (Ecuador)

{{PER}}
:* [[PR-72P class corvette]] (Peru)

{{COL}}
:*[[Almirante Padilla class frigate]]

==Images==

<gallery>
Image:Oto76mmF221Hessen.jpg|OTO-Melara 76 mm gun onboard F221 ''Hessen'', a [[Sachsen class frigate]].
Image:Nansen-oto75mm-2006-07-03.jpg|On the Norwegian ''Fridtjof Nansen''–class frigates, the Oto Melara is equipped with a stealth cupola to reduce [[radar cross section]]/

Image:TV_3516_Asagiri.JPG|The OTO-Melara 76mm mounting is seen in this photograph of the Japanese [[Asagiri class destroyer]] ''Asagiri'', formerly DD 156, renumbered TV 3516, seen here on 28 July 2008 departing from [[Portsmouth Naval Base]], UK.


</gallery>

==References and Notes==
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==External links==
{{Commonscat|Otobreda 76 mm}}
* [http://www.otobreda.it/products/products.asp?id=prod_naval_medium Oto Melara products: medium calibres]
* [http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_3-62_mk75.htm Italian 76 mm/62 (3") Compact, SR and USA 76 mm/62 (3") Mark 75] at NavWeaps

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