Sea Zenith is a four-barrelled 25 mm CIWS used by the Turkish Navy on their MEKO 200frigates, like the Barbaros and Yavuz classes. It was developed in the 1980s by Oerlikon Contraves (Rheinmetall Air Defence since 2009) around their Oerlikon KBB gun and manufactured in Switzerland. This automatic gun uses a 25x184mm cartridge (longer than the one used by the more common Oerlikon KBA gun) at a rate of 800 rounds a minute. Using four independent guns instead of one multi-barrelled rotary cannon improves reliability. The system is mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and directed by the Seaguard radar developed by Contraves. The turret is tilted back to allow a higher elevation to intercept diving missiles. The system's primary purpose is defence against anti-ship missiles, and other precision guided weapons. However it can also be employed against fixed/rotary wing aircraft, ships and other small craft, coastal targets, and floating mines.
Sea Zenith had a related development, the Sea Shield system. It was mounted above deck and did not have the high elevation capability of the Sea Zenith. Presented in 1989, it was abandoned in the early 1990s.
The Myriad system, developed by Breda and Contraves (among others) was a related weapon. It used two 25mm 7-barrelled KBD Gatling gun, also developed by Oerlikon. Compared to the Sea Zenith, the firing rate is higher (10,000 rounds a minute), but the effective range is limited to one kilometer.
zenith, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2009, lea. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Sea Zenith news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Sea Zenith is a four barrelled 25 mm CIWS used by the Turkish Navy on their MEKO 200 frigates like the Barbaros and Yavuz classes It was developed in the 1980s by Oerlikon Contraves Rheinmetall Air Defence since 2009 around their Oerlikon KBB gun and manufactured in Switzerland This automatic gun uses a 25x184mm cartridge longer than the one used by the more common Oerlikon KBA gun at a rate of 800 rounds a minute Using four independent guns instead of one multi barrelled rotary cannon improves reliability The system is mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and directed by the Seaguard radar developed by Contraves The turret is tilted back to allow a higher elevation to intercept diving missiles The system s primary purpose is defence against anti ship missiles and other precision guided weapons However it can also be employed against fixed rotary wing aircraft ships and other small craft coastal targets and floating mines Sea Zenith CIWS installed on the Turkish frigate F 243 TCG Yildirim Specifications Caliber 25 mm Barrels 4 independent Rate of fire 3 200 rpm Range 2 km Weight 3500 kgSea Zenith had a related development the Sea Shield system It was mounted above deck and did not have the high elevation capability of the Sea Zenith Presented in 1989 it was abandoned in the early 1990s The Myriad system developed by Breda and Contraves among others was a related weapon It used two 25mm 7 barrelled KBD Gatling gun also developed by Oerlikon Compared to the Sea Zenith the firing rate is higher 10 000 rounds a minute but the effective range is limited to one kilometer See also editAselsan GOKDENIZReferences edithttp www janes com articles Janes Naval Weapon Systems Oerlikon Contraves GM25 Sea Zenith Switzerland html The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapons systems 1997 1998 Friedman Norman Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World Wertheim Eric de Nahbereichsverteidigungssystem in German it Seaguard in Italian nbsp This article relating to artillery is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sea Zenith amp oldid 1153729658, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
