So,whats the comparison with the OTO-Melara?
That is exactly what I was thinking of commenting about.
Oto Melara has two versions of this auto cannon:
“Compact” is with 85 rounds per minute.
“Super Rapid” is with 120 rounds per minute.
It has special guided rounds for munitions like Vulcano and Dart.
Like our Denizhan these cannons are water cooled and use Sea water to do that. As we were producing certain parts of these Italian cannons, we were privy to a lot of in-house know-how. I also remember reading somewhere that the special manufacturing processes we use in the barrel, makes it last a lot longer than the Italian one.
Although our navy has been buying the Super Rapid version for the Ada Class ships and the TCG Istanbul, even though Italians lowered the price to unbelievable levels, we have decided to go ahead with our own. There must be something important strategically that made our decision makers swing from Super Rapid to an indigenous slower cannon.
Our Aselsan’s fire control radar for these cannons are supposed to be exemplary in their precision targeting. This may be part of the reason. See TAKS below
