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Revision as of 03:58, 24 August 2024

AK-100
Two 100mm (3.9-inch) dual purpose guns mounted on the Russian destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov
TypeNaval gun/Anti-Aircraft Gun [citation needed]
Place of originSoviet Union
Production history
Designed1970s
Produced1970s

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The modernized A-190E-01 naval gun, featured with a stealthy turret design.[1][2]

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

  • 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

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

References

  1. ^ "Multipurpose Frigate Project 11356 | Catalog Rosoboronexport". roe.ru. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  2. ^ "The 100mm multipurpose shipborne artillery system A-190E-5P-10E | Catalog Rosoboronexport". roe.ru. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  3. ^ a b "Russia / USSR 100 mm/70 (3.9") AK-100". Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  4. ^ AK-100 | Weaponsystems.net
  5. ^ a b c "AK-190". Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  6. ^ "Russia has developed naval version of its AU-220M 57 mm remotely operated weapon station". 21 July 2020.