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The OTO-Melara Compact is an Italian naval weapon designed to serve as a multi-role gun that defends smaller naval vessels as anti-missile point defense, anti-ship and anti-surface guns. The OTO-Melara was developed in the 1960s based on the earlier 76mm/62 Allargato guns. The design is used in both the US, German, Irish, and Italian navies and 60 other navies around the world. In the US navy, it is used on the ''Oliver Hazard Perry-class'' Frigates and ''Pegasus''-class Hydrofoils along with the ''Famous''-class cutter and ''Hamilton-''class cutter. The German Kriegsmarine (German Navy) uses the gun on the [[Albatros|''Albatros''-class fast attack craft]], the ''Gepard''-class fast attack craft, the ''Braunschweig''-class corvette along with the frigates of the ''Brandenberg, Bremen, Sachsen,'' classes. They Irish Navy uses the guns from former Royal Navy ''Peacock''-class corvettes such as the [[LÉ Orla]], and their locally designed patrol vessels ''Róisín''-class and ''Samuel Beckett''-class. The Italian Navy uses the OTO-Melara Compact model on the ''Audace-class'' Destroyer, ''Minerva-''class corvette, the Franco-Italian ''Horizon-''class frigate, the ''San Giorgio-''class and the [[Sparviero|''Sparviero''-class patrol boats]]. The Italian Army also made two plans to turn this naval cannon into a anti-aircraft weapon. The first was the [[OF-40 (Family)|OF-40-based]] [[OTOMATIC]] which was never adopted due to budget cuts, and the Draco, a [[Centauro (Family)|Centauro-based]] design that only exists as a mock-up.
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The OTO-Melara Compact is an Italian naval weapon designed to serve as a multi-role gun that defends smaller naval vessels as anti-missile point defense, anti-ship and anti-surface guns. The OTO-Melara was developed in the 1960s based on the earlier 76mm/62 Allargato guns. The design is used in both the US, German, Irish, and Italian navies and 60 other navies around the world. In the US navy, it is used on the ''Oliver Hazard Perry-class'' Frigates and ''Pegasus''-class Hydrofoils along with the ''Famous''-class cutter and ''Hamilton-''class cutter. The German Kriegsmarine (German Navy) uses the gun on the [[Albatros|''Albatros''-class fast attack craft]], the ''Gepard''-class fast attack craft, the ''Braunschweig''-class corvette along with the frigates of the ''Brandenberg, Bremen, Sachsen,'' classes. The Irish Navy uses the guns from former Royal Navy ''Peacock''-class corvettes such as the [[LÉ Orla]], and their locally designed patrol vessels ''Róisín''-class and ''Samuel Beckett''-class. The Italian Navy uses the OTO-Melara Compact model on the ''Audace-class'' Destroyer, ''Minerva-''class corvette, the Franco-Italian ''Horizon-''class frigate, the ''San Giorgio-''class and the [[Sparviero|''Sparviero''-class patrol boats]].
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The Italian Army also made two plans to turn this naval cannon into a anti-aircraft weapon. The first was the [[OF-40 (Family)|OF-40-based]] [[OTOMATIC]], which was never adopted due to budget cuts, and the second was the Draco, a [[Centauro (Family)|Centauro-based]] design, that only exists as a mock-up.
  
 
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Description

The 76 mm/62 OTO-Melara Compact cannon is an Italian fast-firing cannon.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

Ground vehicles

Naval vessels

General info

The 76 mm/62 OTO-Melara Compact is the Italian equivalent of the AK-176M. It has a fast aiming speed both vertically and horizontally, comparable to the AK-176M. This particular gun has one of the best balances of accuracy, stopping power, and range. While it is not the first 76 mm naval deck gun seen in game, it is by far one of the best multi-purpose weapon systems available for both naval and ground combat. The compact version of the OTO Melara 76/62 has a smaller carousel to be fitted with more ease on many platforms.

Available ammunition

The Albatros and thee Bussard have only access to the DM-251 and DM-261 rounds, while HMS Peacock, LÉ Orla and the Sparviero have access to the 76/62 HE-MOM, the 76/62 SAPOM, and the 76/62 HE-VT MOM shells.

The OTOMATIC has access to the 76/62 SAPOM, 76/62 HE-MOM and 76/62 APFSDS rounds. While they carry identical names, these shells are different from their naval counterparts and the APFSDS shell is exclusive to the OTOMATIC.

Naval shells
Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
100 m 1,000 m 2,000 m 3,000 m 4,000 m 5,000 m
76 mm DM-251 HE 12 12 12 12 12 12
76 mm DM-261 HE-VT 10 10 10 10 10 10
76/62 HE-MOM HE 15 15 15 15 15 15
76/62 SAPOM SAP 60 51 44 39 35 32
76/62 HE-VT MOM HE-VT* 15 15 15 15 15 15
Shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Velocity
(m/s) 		Projectile
Mass (kg) 		Fuse delay
(m) 		Fuse sensitivity
(mm) 		Explosive Mass
(TNT equivalent) (g) 		Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
76 mm DM-251 HE 914 6.3 0 0.1 864.6 79° 80° 81°
76/62 HE-MOM HE 925 6.35 0 0.1 1,080 79° 80° 81°
76/62 SAPOM SAP 925 6.35 1.2 4 655.2 47° 60° 65°
Shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Velocity
(m/s) 		Projectile
Mass (kg) 		Fuse delay
(m) 		Fuse sensitivity
(mm) 		Explosive Mass
(TNT equivalent) (g) 		Arming distance
(m) 		Trigger radius
(m) 		Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
76 mm DM-261 HE-VT 925 6.3 0 0.1 668.1 380 10 79° 80° 81°
76/62 HE-VT MOM HE-VT* 925 6.35 0 0.1 1,080 500 6 79° 80° 81°
OTOMATIC
Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
10 m 100 m 500 m 1,000 m 1,500 m 2,000 m
76/62 SAPOM SAPHEI 60 59 54 50 46 43
76/62 APFSDS APFSDS 311 308 301 291 281 271
76/62 HE-MOM HE-VT* 15 15 15 15 15 15
Shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Velocity
(m/s) 		Projectile
Mass (kg) 		Fuse delay
(m) 		Fuse sensitivity
(mm) 		Explosive Mass
(TNT equivalent) (g) 		Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
76/62 SAPOM SAPHEI 910 6.35 1.2 14 662.4 79° 80° 81°
76/62 APFSDS APFSDS 1,580 2.18 N/A N/A N/A 78° 80° 81°
Shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Velocity
(m/s) 		Projectile
Mass (kg) 		Fuse delay
(m) 		Fuse sensitivity
(mm) 		Explosive Mass
(TNT equivalent) (g) 		Arming distance
(m) 		Trigger radius
(m) 		Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
76/62 HE-MOM HE-VT* 910 6.3 0 0.1 1,070 500 8 79° 80° 81°

Comparison with analogues

Compared to AK-176M

Both systems are extremely similar except that the OTO Melara has access to semi-armour-piercing ammunition. It carries less ammunition than the AK-176M (115 vs 152) but can put more rounds in the air due to the higher rate of fire.

When talking about just the HE and HE-VT shells, the OTO Melara 76/62 has a much higher explosive payload (nearly double) but has a lower muzzle velocity (925 m/s vs 980 m/s). Both systems do the same purpose with different approaches, one uses a faster round with less payload and the other vice versa.

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

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Pros:

  • High rate of fire

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History

The OTO-Melara Compact is an Italian naval weapon designed to serve as a multi-role gun that defends smaller naval vessels as anti-missile point defense, anti-ship and anti-surface guns. The OTO-Melara was developed in the 1960s based on the earlier 76mm/62 Allargato guns. The design is used in both the US, German, Irish, and Italian navies and 60 other navies around the world. In the US navy, it is used on the Oliver Hazard Perry-class Frigates and Pegasus-class Hydrofoils along with the Famous-class cutter and Hamilton-class cutter. The German Kriegsmarine (German Navy) uses the gun on the Albatros-class fast attack craft, the Gepard-class fast attack craft, the Braunschweig-class corvette along with the frigates of the Brandenberg, Bremen, Sachsen, classes. The Irish Navy uses the guns from former Royal Navy Peacock-class corvettes such as the LÉ Orla, and their locally designed patrol vessels Róisín-class and Samuel Beckett-class. The Italian Navy uses the OTO-Melara Compact model on the Audace-class Destroyer, Minerva-class corvette, the Franco-Italian Horizon-class frigate, the San Giorgio-class and the Sparviero-class patrol boats.

The Italian Army also made two plans to turn this naval cannon into a anti-aircraft weapon. The first was the OF-40-based OTOMATIC, which was never adopted due to budget cuts, and the second was the Draco, a Centauro-based design, that only exists as a mock-up.

Media

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See also

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Italy anti-aircraft guns
20 mm  Breda Mod.35 · Scotti-IF 20/70 mod.41
40 mm  Bofors DA 40/70
76 mm  OTO-Breda 76/62
  Foreign:
12.7 mm  M2HB (USA)
20 mm  Oerlikon KAD (Swiss)
25 mm  Oerlikon KBA (Swiss)
  Hungary
  Foreign:
23 mm  AZP-23 (USSR)
57 mm  S-68 (USSR)

Germany naval cannons
15 mm  MG 151
20 mm  2 cm/65 C/30 · 2 cm/65 C/38 · 2 cm/65 Flakzwilling 38 · 2 cm/65 Flakvierling 38 · MG 151/20
30 mm  MK103/38
37 mm  FlaK-Lafette C/36 · 3.7 cm FlaK-Lafette LM/42 · SK C/30 · FlaK.36 · FlaK43
40 mm  40 mm/70 MEL58 · Bofors Flak 28 · Bofors L/70 model 1948
52 mm  52 mm/55 SK L/55
88 mm  8.8 cm/76 SK C/32 · S.K.C/35 · FlaK.18 · Flak.36 · 88 mm/45 AA SK L/45 · 88 mm/45 casemate SK L/45
100 mm  100 mm/55 MLE model 53
105 mm  SK C/32 · SK C/33 AA
120 mm  L45
128 mm  12.8 cm/45 SK C/34 · 12.8 cm SK C/41
150 mm  150 mm/45 SK L/45 · 15 cm/48 KC/36 · 15 cm/55 SK C/28 · 15 cm/60 SK C/25
203 mm  20.3 cm/60 SK C/34
283 mm  283 mm/45 SK L/45 · 283 mm/52 SK C/28 · 283 mm/54,5 SK C/34
305 mm  305 mm/50 SK L/50
380 mm  38 cm SK L/45
  Foreign:
23 mm  ZU-23 (USSR)
25 mm  2M-3 (USSR)
30 mm  AK-230 (USSR)
37 mm  V-11 (USSR)
76 mm  76 mm/62 OTO-Melara Compact (Italy)
100 mm  100 mm/56 B-34 (USSR)

Britain naval cannons
20 mm  20 mm/70 Oerlikon Mk.II · 20 mm/70 Oerlikon Mark V · 20 mm/70 Oerlikon Mark 24
40 mm  2pdr QF Mk.IIc · 2pdr QF Mk.VIII · 2pdr Rolls Royce · QF Mark V · QF Mark VII · QF STAAG Mark II
47 mm  3 pdr QF Hotchkiss
57 mm  6pdr 7cwt QF Mk IIA · 6pdr QF Mk.V
76 mm  3 inch 12pdr 12 cwt QF Mk.V · 3 inch/70 Mark 6 · 76 mm/45 QF 3in 20cwt HA Mark I · 76 mm/50 12pdr 18cwt QF Mark I · OQF 3in 20cwt
102 mm  4 inch/40 QF mark III · 4 in QF Mark V · 4 inch/45 Mark XVI · 4 inch/50 BL Mark VII · BL Mark IX
114 mm  4.5 inch/45 QF Mark IV · 4.5 inch/45 QF Mark V · 8cwt QF Mk I
120 mm  4.7 inch/45 Mk.XII
133 mm  5.25 inch/50 QF Mark I
152 mm  6 inch/45 BL Mark VII · 6 inch/45 BL Mark XII · 6 inch/50 BL Mark XXIII · 6 inch/50 QF Mark N5
190 mm  7.5 inch/45 BL Mk.VI
203 mm  8 inch/50 Mark VIII
305 mm  305 mm/45 Mark X · 12 inch/50 Mark XI
343 mm  13.5 inch/45 Mark 5(H) · 13.5 inch/45 Mark 5(L)
381 mm  15 inch/42 BL Mark I
  Foreign:
20 mm  Rh202 (Germany)
40 mm  Bofors L/60 Mark 2 (USA) · Bofors L/60 Mark 3 (USA)
76 mm  3 inch Mk.33 (USA) · 76 mm/62 OTO-Melara Compact (Italy)

Italy naval cannons
20 mm  20 mm/65 Breda · 20 mm/70 Oerlikon 3S · 20 mm/70 Scotti-Isotta Fraschini mod.1939
37 mm  37 mm/54 Breda Mod.32 · 37 mm/54 Breda Mod.38 · 37 mm/54 Breda Mod.39
40 mm  40 mm/39 Vickers-Terni mod.1915/1917 · 40 mm/39 Vickers-Terni mod.1915/1917, Modif.1930 · 40 mm/70 Breda-Bofors type 107
65 mm  65 mm/64 Ansaldo-Terni Mod.1939
76 mm  76 mm/40 Armstrong mod.1897/1910 · 76 mm/40 Armstrong mod.1897/1912 · 76 mm/40 Ansaldo mod.1917 · 76 mm/45 Schneider mod.1911 · 76 mm/50 Vickers mod.1909 · 76 mm/62 OTO-Melara Compact · 76-mm/62 SMP 3
90 mm  90 mm/50 Ansaldo model 1939
100 mm  100 mm/47 O.T.O. Mod. 1928 · 100 mm/47 O.T.O. Mod. 1937
120 mm  120 mm/45 Canet-Schneider-Armstrong mod.1918-19 · 120 mm/50 Armstrong model 1909 · 120 mm/45 O.T.O. Mod. 1926 · 120 mm/50 Ansaldo mod.1926 · 120 mm/50 O.T.O. Mod.1936
135 mm  135 mm/45 O.T.O. Mod. 1937
152 mm  152 mm/45 Schneider mod.1911 · 152/53 mm Ansaldo mod.1926 · 152/53 mm O.T.O. Mod.1929
203 mm  203 mm/50 Ansaldo mod.1924 · 203 mm/53 Ansaldo mod.1927
305 mm  305 mm/46 Armstrong model 1909 · 305 mm/46 Vickers model 1909
320 mm  320 mm/44 OTO model 1934 · 320 mm/44 Ansaldo model 1936
  Foreign:
20 mm  2 cm/65 Flakvierling 38 (Germany) · 20 mm/70 Oerlikon Mk.II (USA)
40 mm  Bofors L/60 Mark 1 (USA) · Bofors L/60 Mark 3 (USA)
76 mm  76 mm/50 Mk.33 (USA)
127 mm  127 mm/38 Mk.12 (USA)

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