Monday, March 15, 2010

127/54 Compact

Also Known As
127/54 C

Origin
Italy

Contractor/s
Oto Melara

Applications
Durand de la Penne
KDX-I
Kongo
LCF
Lupo
Maestrale
MEKO 360
MEKO D
Naresuan
Soldati
Takanami

Description: The OTO Melara 127/54 Compact is a dual-purpose, rapid-fire, 5-inch automatic gun mount intended as the primary armament for frigates and destroyers against surface targets. The mount is fully remotely controlled and the 127mm is the barrel is 54-caliber (54x127mm) in length. The mount magazine has a capacity for 66 (3x22) rounds with up to three different types of ammunition being ready-to-fire at any moment. The magazine re-loading operation can be accomplished by four- to eight-man even when the gun is firing.

Specifications
Guns: Caliber 127 mm54-caliber

Other: Magazine Capacity 66

127/54 Compact - Contracts, Orders & Sales
127/54 LW; items: 2; transferred from Italy to Netherlands between 2000 and 2002
Items: 2

Delivery	Items
2002	1
2000	1

127/54 LW; items: 3; transferred from Italy to South Korea between 1996 and 1998
Items: 3

Delivery	Items
1998	1
1997	1
1996	1

127/54 naval gun; items: 2; transferred from Canada to Italy in 1992
Items: 2

Operators

see operators map

Argentina

Italy

Japan

Netherlands

Nigeria

Peru

South Korea

Venezuela

Internet Resources
127/54 C

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

Last Updated: Sunday, March 07, 2010

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