| DARDO | |
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| Type | Naval gun |
| Place of origin | Italy |
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| Manufacturer | Oto Melara |
| Variants | Compact, Fast Forty |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | Complete gun mount (less ammo): 5,500 kg (12,000 lb) Complete round (HE): 4.05 kg (8.9 lb) |
| Height | Enclosed 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) |
| Diameter | Mount ring: 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) Working circle: 2.902 m (9 ft 6.3 in) |
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| Caliber | 40 mm |
| Barrels | 2 × Breda-built Bofors-40 mm L/70 |
| Elevation | Minimum -13° Maximum +85° speed: 60°/s (70°/s Fast Forty) |
| Traverse | Full 360° traverse, speed: 90°/s (100°/s Fast Forty) |
| Rate of fire | 2 × 300 round/min 2 × 450 round/min (Fast Forty) |
| Effective range | HE round: 4,000 m (4,400 yd) |
| Maximum range | AA with HE: 8,700 m (9,500 yd) |
| Feed system | Magazine: 736 HE rounds (444 Type B mount) Dual feed mechanism with 736 HE and 200 APFSDS rounds (Fast Forty) |
DARDO 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 (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 Swedish Bofors 40 mm autocannons (mounted on Breda built gun mounts such as the Type 64, Type 106, Type 107, Type 564 and Type 520).
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The system's primary purpose is to defend against anti-ship missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and other precision guided weapons. It can also be employed against conventional and rotary-wing aircraft, surface ships, small water-crafts, coastal targets and floating mines.
DARDO 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 (Type B requires no 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.
Here are some platforms using the Breda DARDO: