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DARDO

DARDO ("Dart" in Italian) originally known as Breda Type-70, also marketed as the OTO Twin 40L70 Compact, is a close-in weapon system (CIWS) built by the Italian companies Breda and OTO Melara. It is composed of two Breda-built Bofors 40 mm firing high explosive (HE) shells, a fire-control radar (Alenia RTN-10X Orion) and a fire-control system (Alenia…

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Barrels
2 × Breda-built Bofors-40 mm L/70
Caliber
40×364 mmR
Diameter
Mount ring: 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) Working circle: 2.902 m (9 ft 6.3 in)
Effective firing range
HE round: 4,000 m (4,400 yd)
Elevation
Minimum −13° Maximum +85° speed: 60°/s (70°/s Fast Forty)
Feed system
Compact: 736 HE rounds on Type A mount or 444 HE rounds on Type B mount · Single Fast Forty: Dual feed mechanism with 144 HE or APFSDS rounds · Twin Fast Forty: Dual feed mechanism with 736 HE rounds & 200 APFSDS rounds on Type A mount or 444 HE rounds & 200 APFSDS rounds on Type B mount · Marlin: Dual feed mechanism with 80 ready-to-fire round

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Nodes102
Edges101
Triples108
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019608
Components1

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related to All Operators · 50
DARDO → Al Fateh-class, AlgeriaKalaat Beni Hammed-class, ArgentinaAlmirante Brown-class, Bahr-class, BahrainAl Manama-class, BangladeshTwin Fast FortyBNS Khalid, Bayraktar-class, Belati-class, Bin Walid ColombiaAlmirante Padilla-class, Bintuni-class, Boom-class, Bung Karno-class, Bushra-class, Compact, EcuadorEsmeraldas-class, EgyptPohang-class, Fast Forty, Garibaldi-class, GhanaAchimota-class, Grassa-class
related to Marlin · 15
DARDO → ADS, C-UAS, Combat Management System, Hystrix, ILOS, Independent Line Of Sight, It, Leonardo, OTO Melara Forty Light, RC, Remotely Controlled, Single Fast Forty, The, The Marlin, The OTO Marlin
related to Compact · 9
DARDO → Both, Compact, Fast Forty, Option, RCS, The, The OTO Twin, They, Type
related to Installation · 6
DARDO → Compact's, However, Marlin, OTO Twin, The, Type
related to External links · 5
DARDO → Breda, CIWSVideo, OTO-Melara, OtoBreda DARDOImages, Spec
Feed system · 4
DARDO → Compact: 736 HE rounds on Type A mount or 444 HE rounds on Type B mount, Marlin: Dual feed mechanism with 80 ready-to-fire round, Single Fast Forty: Dual feed mechanism with 144 HE or APFSDS rounds, Twin Fast Forty: Dual feed mechanism with 736 HE rounds & 200 APFSDS rounds on Type A mount or 444 HE rounds & 200 APFSDS rounds on Type B mount
Barrels · 1
DARDO → 2 × Breda-built Bofors-40 mm L/70
Caliber · 1
DARDO → 40×364 mmR
Diameter · 1
DARDO → Mount ring: 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) Working circle: 2.902 m (9 ft 6.3 in)
Effective firing range · 1
DARDO → HE round: 4,000 m (4,400 yd)

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compact forty system 40 fast type mounting magazine oto twin also gun marlin round single mm bofors breda fire firing

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DARDOBarrels2 × Breda-built Bofors-40 mm L/701.00infobox
DARDOCaliber40×364 mmR1.00infobox
DARDODiameterMount ring: 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) Working circle: 2.902 m (9 ft 6.3 in)1.00infobox
DARDOEffective firing rangeHE round: 4,000 m (4,400 yd)1.00infobox
DARDOElevationMinimum −13° Maximum +85° speed: 60°/s (70°/s Fast Forty)1.00infobox
DARDOFeed systemCompact: 736 HE rounds on Type A mount or 444 HE rounds on Type B mount1.00infobox
DARDOFeed systemSingle Fast Forty: Dual feed mechanism with 144 HE or APFSDS rounds1.00infobox
DARDOFeed systemTwin Fast Forty: Dual feed mechanism with 736 HE rounds & 200 APFSDS rounds on Type A mount or 444 HE rounds & 200 APFSDS rounds on Type B mount1.00infobox
DARDOFeed systemMarlin: Dual feed mechanism with 80 ready-to-fire round1.00infobox
DARDOHeightEnclosed turret: 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) Type A mount: 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in) Type B mount: 0.92 m (3 ft 0 in)1.00infobox
DARDOManufacturerOTO Melara1.00infobox
DARDOMassComplete gun mount (with ammunition): 5,400–5,600 kg (11,900–12,300 lb) Complete round (HE): 4.05 kg (8.9 lb)1.00infobox
DARDOMaximum firing range12,500 m (7.8 mi) (maximum height 8,700 m (28,500 ft))1.00infobox
DARDOPlace of originItaly1.00infobox
DARDORate of fire2 × 300 round/min (Compact & Marlin) 2 × 450 round/min (Fast Forty)1.00infobox
DARDOTraverseFull 360° traverse, speed: 90°/s (100°/s Fast Forty)1.00infobox
DARDOTypeClose-in weapon system1.00infobox
DARDOVariantsCompact, Fast Forty, Marlin1.00infobox

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