Indian military orders rapid-firing guns for the Navy

State engineering company Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) said yesterday that the Indian military has ordered rapid-fire gun mounts (SRGM) for the Navy. They will be made according to the standard adopted for the main weapons of the military fleet country.

The publication Indian Defense News tells about it.

BHEL said it has already specifically set up sophisticated manufacturing facilities at its heavy electrical equipment plant in Haridwar to manufacture, install, commission and support the lifecycle of these guns. The standardization of these guns by the Indian Navy for all large warships led to cost optimization.

BHEL is also working on an upgraded version of these guns with increased firing range to meet the future needs of the Navy for armament of warships.

The state-owned engineering firm BHEL has been providing mission-critical equipment and services to the Indian defense and space sector for over three decades. In addition, it offers a wide range of equipment for the thermal power industry and other major industries in the Indian economy.

Comments

[Sahalinets]

I take it this is a local clone of Melara's 76mm OTO?

[prior]

Question for competent comrades:
To the extent possible and can be justified, for example, the installation of an automatic artillery gun mounted on ships on a land platform?
Or does it make no sense?

[Avior]

Automatic weapons on the ship are assembled together with the ammunition storage. Such a land platform as high as a multi-storey building will look strange.
The second question is range. At sea, the surface is perfectly flat, so a long range from the gun is required. On land, such a range is needed only when firing from closed positions, since ideally flat terrain is a rare exception, and in such cases the howitzer is more convenient.

[Jacket in stock]

Quote: Avior

Such a land platform as high as a multi-storey building will look strange.

Well, perhaps, arrange a coastal battery like those that were built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There, in the armored towers, the naval guns were placed.
True, mobile artillery is now in vogue.
And range, even at sea, at least on land, is always needed.

[Avior]

The coastal battery is designed for firing at naval targets, so it is close to naval systems

[abrakadabre]

Or does it make no sense?

The gun on the ship is rigidly fixed to the hull. Plus, very powerful recoil damping systems. Can you imagine what the total recoil gives any AK-130 at the peak rate of fire? Even if the land mobile version does not fall apart from this, the accuracy will be such that you can confidently say that you hit the sky and approximately in the direction of the target.
Well, the bulkiness of the greatly increased ammunition plus the ammunition supply system.
The next point is the firing distances and the mutual mobility of the ship and the enemy. All this requires an increase in the density of fire. On land, shelling is hardly often used at a target speed of 80-110 km / h. This is common for ship battles. That's 43-60 knots for both, or 20-30 knots for each. At a distance of 10-15 km, the duration of the projectile flight allows the target to escape from the defeat. So you need a high rate of fire. To cover the square with a cloud of shells and hit at least partly.
The same as for cannon air defense. There it is clearer, because the targets are smaller and their speed is much higher. Therefore, the rate of fire is generally extreme.

[Stepan S]

At a distance of 10-15 km, the duration of the projectile flight allows the target to escape from the defeat.

For this, there are firing radars and a fire control system, each next shot is automatically adjusted.

[abrakadabre]

For this, there are firing radars and a fire control system, each next shot is automatically adjusted.

I know. I just spoke to the person in the first approximation.

[loki565]

You can install, but making it mobile is very problematic)))

[APASUS]

Quote: prior

Question for competent comrades:
To the extent possible and can be justified, for example, the installation of an automatic artillery gun mounted on ships on a land platform?
Or does it make no sense?

What tasks are you going to solve with a rapid-fire naval gun on land? Feasibility of this alteration

[prior]

I was not familiar with the specifics of naval artillery, the rate of fire from one barrel seemed interesting.

[APASUS]

The Barmaley in Syria and Libya have a similar experience, installing an AK-230 on a cargo platform, but this is certainly not an AK-130.

[Daemon]

We have a somewhat similar hybrid A-222 Coast Complex, 130 mm gun.

[Thomas N.]

Quote: prior

Question for competent comrades:
To the extent possible and can be justified, for example, the installation of an automatic artillery gun mounted on ships on a land platform?
Or does it make no sense?

76-mm SPAAG Otomatic SPAAG:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otomatic
http://pvo.guns.ru/other/italie/otomatic/index.htm
http://www.dogswar.ru/oryjeinaia-ekzotika/bronetehnika/1282-opytnaia-samohodnaia.html

[Sergey Sfiedu]

In the 70s or 80s, the Italians made a 76mm anti-helicopter self-propelled gun based on the ship's OTO Melara Compact. In light of the current all-out offensive of attack drones, it would be relevant in our time.

[Antokha]

It seems to me, or the Indians have begun to itch over the issue of weapons and military equipment? They have been with China for a long time, but it is the last few weeks that such news has been coming.

[LAWNER]

Standardization ... Good ... Or bad? If the enemy knows all the performance characteristics of the main caliber .. I beg your pardon, I am not a sailor ...