i was more referencing to the “optional dual feeding device” which is mentioned in the 76 mm sr pdf.
http://www.otomelara.it/EN/Common/files/OtoMelara/pdf/business/naval/mediumCalibers/76-62SR.pdfthe quote from navweaps sounds more like manual loading than full auto dual feeding.
They offer that for the C mount too, not just SR
http://www.otomelara.it/EN/Common/files/OtoMelara/pdf/business/naval/mediumCalibers/76-62C.pdf
Wonder how that would work, a double feed. Considering the current single feed situation:
Wouldn’t it require a second – off mount – magazine?
Made me wonder about the Otomatic/AMRAD too:
The two-man power-operated turret is fitted with a 76 mm gun that can fire a variety of ammunition types including a special APFSDS round.
That would need to be able to rapidly switch from AAA to AT rounds.
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet may lose all warships by 2015
The majority of warships in the Russian Black Sea Fleet have been in service for over 30 years and would not be fit for sea missions by 2015, a Russian newspaper said.
“The crews will certainly try to keep their ships in decent condition until the last moment, but the “iron” has its service life. Nobody would dare to set sail on a ship whose bottom has rotten away,” the Gazeta newspaper said on Friday citing a Navy source.
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Interesting little article, for example:
The official said the only solution for the looming crisis would be the construction of at least a dozen of Project 20380 corvettes which have been designed to protect Russia’s coastal waters and oil and gas sea transportation routes, especially in the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea.
First a doom scenario, then the solution being lobbied for 😉
The source said that the Russian shipbuilding industry simply does not have the capacity to build the sufficient number of warships and submarines to satisfy the needs of the fleet.
So, we can expect more orders being placed abroad? The Mistral story may only be the tip of the iceberg.
“All shipbuilding yards are swamped with foreign orders years ahead, and it is difficult to raise the production capacity even with sufficient financing because they do not have enough skilled workers,” the source said.
Swamped with foreign orders?! Like, Gorshkov and a few Talwar IIs for India, a couple of corvettes for Vietnam? (Am I missing any orders?)
He expressed hope that Russia would be able to order some warships to be built at Ukrainian shipyards now that Moscow and Kiev have set step on the way to improve relations that soured during the presidency of Viktor Yushchenko
Interesting scenario. Though I wonder if the Ukranian naval yards are in any better position or condition than the Russian yards are: it’s not that they’ve been churning out navy ships in recent years. What other parties might Russia consider should it decide to order abroad?
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