AK-176 vs OTO Melara 76 mm: Specs Compared

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ANaval guns

AK-176

Naval gun

Credit

DON S. MONTGOMERY, USN (RET.) · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

OTO Melara 76 mm — licensed reference photograph

BNaval guns

OTO Melara 76 mm

Naval gun

Credit

Hunini · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

AK-176larger figure on 1 of 1

Muzzle velocity+7%

OTO Melara 76 mmlarger figure on 0 of 1

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

21 of 37 rows sourced on both sides

16.8t

7.5tEmpty

Mass

All recorded figures & sources

16,800 kg

Mass

Single source

16,800 kg (37,000 lb)^[source]

7,500 kg

Empty

Single source

Configuration

Details

AK-176 and OTO Melara 76 mm configuration
Specification	AK-176	OTO Melara 76 mm
Type	Naval gun^[source]	Naval gun^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Italy^[source]
In service	1979^[source]	1964–present^[source]
Used by	See Operators^[source]	See operators^[source]

Designer	TSNII BUREVESTNIK^[source]	OTO Melara^[source]

Designed	1971^[source]	Compact: 1963 Super Rapid: 1985 Strales: 2004^[source]

Manufacturer	Gorky Machine Building Plant^[source]	Otobreda: 1963–2001 BHEL Haridwar : 1994–present (under licence) OTO Melara (subsidiary of Finmeccanica): 2001–2015 Leonardo-Finmeccanica : since 2016 Leonardo : since 2017^[source]

Produced	1977^[source]	Compact: 1964 Super Rapid: 1985 Strales: 2008^[source]

Variants	AK-176M, AK-176MA, H/PJ-26 (China)^[source]	See variants^[source]

Shell	76.2×959 mm^[source]	76×636mmR shell weight 6.3 kilograms (14 lb ) propellant weight 2.35 kilograms (5.2 lb )^[source]

Shell weight	12.4 kg^[source]	12.4 kg (27 lb)^[source]

Recoil	380 to 500 mm^[source]	—

Elevation	-15° to +85°^[source]	−15°/+85° speed: 35°/s (acceleration: 72°/s²)^[source]

Traverse	±175°^[source]	360° speed: 60°/s (acceleration: 72°/s²)^[source]

Feed system	152 ready to fire rounds^[source]	Magazine capacity : 80 ready rounds on Compact gun mount^[source]

Former operator · Soviet Union	Soviet Union^[source]	—

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