AK-100 (naval gun)
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AK-100 | |
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Two 100mm (3.9-inch) dual purpose guns mounted on the Russian destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov | |
Type | Naval gun/Anti-Aircraft Gun [citation needed] |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Production history | |
Designed | 1970s |
Produced | 1970s |
Specifications | |
Mass | 35,500 tonnes (34,900 long tons; 39,100 short tons) |
Shell weight | 26.8 kilograms (59 lb) |
Caliber | 100 millimetres (3.9 in) |
Elevation | -10 / +85 degrees |
Rate of fire | 60 rounds per minute |
The AK-100 is a Soviet 100mm naval cannon, with a maximum rate of fire of 60 rounds per minute, firing a 26.8 kilograms (59 lb) munition in HE anti-air or HE fragmentation varieties.[3][4]
Specification
[edit]- Weight: 35.5 tons
- Elevation: -10 / +85 degrees
- Rate of Elevation: 30 degrees per second
- Traverse: 360 degrees
- Traverse rate: 35 degrees per second
- Recoil: 20 in (51 cm)
- Rate of fire: 50 to 60 rounds per minute
- Typical ammo storage: 350 rounds for a 4,000 ton class frigate[3]
A190
[edit]A190, also known as AK-190 and A-190,[5] is a modernized lightweight version of AK-100 developed by Burevestnik Central Scientific Research Institute that first entered service in 1997.[5] Deliveries started to the RF Navy to replace the AK-176 gun mount in 2012 and more than 30 systems with a firing range of more than 20 km were delivered as of 2020.[6] Specifications:[5]
- Weight: 15 tons
- Elevation: -15 / +85 degrees
- Traverse: ± 170 degrees
- Rate of fire: 80 rounds per minute
- Ammo storage: 80 rounds per gun internal
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Multipurpose Frigate Project 11356 | Catalog Rosoboronexport". roe.ru. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ "The 100mm multipurpose shipborne artillery system A-190E-5P-10E | Catalog Rosoboronexport". roe.ru. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ a b "Russia / USSR 100 mm/70 (3.9") AK-100". Retrieved 2014-07-28.
- ^ AK-100 | Weaponsystems.net
- ^ a b c "AK-190". Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ "Russia has developed naval version of its AU-220M 57 mm remotely operated weapon station". 21 July 2020.