76 mm/62 OTO-Melara Compact (76 mm)

Description

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

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

Ground vehicles

• OTOMATIC

Naval vessels

• Albatros
• Bussard
• HMS Peacock
• LÉ Orla
• Sparviero

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.

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Pros and cons

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• 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. 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-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 Draco, a Centauro-based design that only exists as a mock-up.

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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)