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| DARDO | |
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| Type | Naval gun |
| Place of origin | 23x15px Italy |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Oto Melara |
| Variants | Compact, Fast Forty |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 5,500 kg (without ammunition) 4.05 kg (HE round) |
| Height | 2.4 m (turret) 1.3 m (Type A mount) 0.92 m (Type B mount) |
| Diameter | 1.7 m (mount) 2,902 m (working circle) |
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| Caliber | 40 mm |
| Barrels | 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/70 |
| Elevation | Minimum -15° Maximum +83° speed: 60°/s (70°/s Fast Forty) |
| Traverse | speed: 90°/s (100°/s Fast Forty) |
| Rate of fire | 2 × 300 round/min 2 × 450 round/min (Fast Forty) |
| Effective range | 4,000 m (HE round) |
| Maximum range | 8,700 m (AA with HE) |
| Feed system | Magazine: 736 HE rounds (444 Type B mount) Dual feed mechanism with 736 HE and 200 APFSDS rounds (Fast Forty) |
DARDO, built by the Italian companies Breda and Oto Melara, is a Close-in weapon system (CIWS) composed of two Breda 40 mm L/70s 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 Bofors 40 mm gun (Type 64, Type 106, Type 107, Type 564 and Type 520).
The system's primary purpose is defence against anti-ship missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles 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 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 armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS) rounds when a missile gets within 1,000 meters from the vessel.
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