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AK-176
Hiddensee AK-176 gun
Gun on the bow of the USNS Hiddensee
Type Naval gun
Place of origin Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Service history
Used by See Users
Specifications
Mass 16,800kg
Height 2.6 Meters
Crew 2 (4 in manual control mode)

Shell AK-726
Shell weight 12.4 kg
Caliber 76.2mm
Barrels 1
Recoil 380 to 500mm
Elevation -15° to +85°
Traverse ±175°
Rate of fire 120 rds/min
Muzzle velocity 980m/s
Effective firing range 10km
Maximum firing range 15.5km
Feed system 152 ready to fire rounds
ORP Metalowiec in Gdynia

Tarantul class corvette

The AK-176 is a Soviet naval gun mounted in an enclosed turret, that may be used against sea, coastal, and aerial targets, including low flying anti-ship missiles. The system is designed to arm small displacement ships and comprises the Gun Mount with a MR-123-02/76 Fire Control Radar System. It has high survivability owing to autonomous use of the gun mount controlled from the optical sight in the absence of control from the radar system, as well as a capability for fire, if power supply is lost.

Design[]

The gun is fed by 152 ready to fire rounds and has selectable rates of fire of 30, 60 and 120 rounds per minute. The 120 r.p.m. rate is achieved by firing a burst of 75, but afterwards the gun has to cool off for 30 minutes. The AK-176 is effective against missiles, being able to shoot down AT-2 Swatter (simulating a Harpoon anti-ship missile), taking an average of 25 rounds per kill.

In the late 1980s an upgraded version the AK-176m, with a new fire control system MR-123-02,television targeting and a laser rangefinder, was introduced. This Gun, is still in production and is the primary medium-caliber artillery systems to all small Soviet ships and is widely exported. The equivalent NATO system is the Otobreda 76 mm.

H/PJ-26[]

The 713th Institute(also known as Zhengzhou Electrical Engineering Research Intitute) of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) of the People's Republic of China has developed a Chinese variant of AK-176, with Mr. Chen Dingfeng (陈汀峰) as the general designer. Design begun in 2000 and was completed in 2003. The primary difference between this H/PJ-26 and AK-176 is that the Chinese variant adopts a stealthy turret design, and more composite material is used in the construction of the turret. In addition, ready rounds for the H/PJ-26 are doubled to 150 rounds from the original 75 of the AK-176.

Operators[]

  • Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh
  • Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria
  • Flag of the People's Republic of China People's Republic of China
  • Flag of India India
  • Flag of Poland Poland
  • Flag of Romania Romania
  • Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
    • Flag of Russia Russia
    • Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
  • Flag of Vietnam Vietnam
  • Flag of Yemen Yemen
  • Flag of Algeria Algeria
  • Flag of Cameroon Cameroon
  • Flag of Egypt Egypt

External links[]

Algerian corvette El Kirch in 2006
Algerian corvette El Kirch AK-176
ORP Kaszub RBU
ORP Kaszub AK-176
76mm Gun
Zulfiquar Class Frigate H/PJ26
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