Oto Melara
| OTO Melara SpA
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| legal form | Società per Azioni |
| founding | 1905 |
| resolution | January 1, 2016 |
| Seat | La Spezia , Italy |
| Branch | Defense industry |
The Oto Melara SpA was an Italian defense companies of the Finmeccanica group. The company built armored vehicles, cannons and missiles in La Spezia and Brescia . It was one of the world's leading manufacturers of ship guns . On January 1, 2016, Oto Melara was merged into Leonardo-Finmeccanica .
history
The company was founded in 1905 as a joint venture between Vickers and Stahlwerke Terni and was named Vickers-Terni . During the First World War it built cannons and artillery pieces from 40 mm caliber.
In 1929 there was a merger with the shipbuilding company Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando in Livorno and the shipyard Cantieri navali Odero in Sestri Ponente , the company name (company) was changed to "Odero Terni Orlando", hence the abbreviation OTO . During the Second World War , mainly heavy naval guns and submarines were built.
Immediately after the war, the company started producing tractors and other civilian products. In 1953 it changed its name to "Oto Melara". The company soon concentrated again on the manufacture of military products and had its first successful export model with the mountain howitzer model 56 , caliber 105 / L14. In the years that followed, the company became known for its excellent naval guns (especially the 76/62 series ), which were installed by 53 navies on over 1000 warships. In the area of land systems, Oto Melara cooperated with Fiat and IVECO . The Finmeccanica company Breda from Brescia was completely taken over by Oto Melara in 2001. This is why some products in the land systems division were named "OTO Breda".
Products
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Sea-based systems
- 12.7 mm (tower)
- 30 mm "Single (MCFS / SAFS)"
- 40/70 mm "Single (Fast Forty)" and "Twin (Fast Forty)"
- 76/62 mm "Compact" and "Super Rapid"
- 127/54 Compact
- 127/64 Lightweight (LW)
- 25 or 30 mm "Marlin (Modular Advanced Remotely controlled Lightweight Naval Weapon System)"
- 25 mm KBA
- Anti-aircraft missile system "Albatros"
- Anti-submarine missile system MILAS Anti-submarine missile system
- Ammunition of various types and calibres, for example the extended range Vulcano ammunition
- Anti-ship missile OTOMAT
- Decoy launcher SCLAR-H
Land systems
- Flak tank " SIDAM 25 " (on M113)
- Air defense system "Skyguard / Aspide"
- Mountain howitzer model 56
- " OF-40 " battle tank
- Main battle tank C-1 " Ariete "
- OTOMATIC (on OF-40 with version of the 76 mm ship cannon), u. a.
- Armored vehicles "Puma" 4 × 4 and 6 × 6 * Radkampfpanzer B-1 " Centauro " 8 × 8
- Self-propelled howitzer "Palmaria"
- Armored turrets "HITFACT" (120/45, 105/52), "HITFIST" (25, 30, 60 mm), "HITROLE" (12.7 mm and 7.62 mm)
- Wheeled infantry fighting vehicle " Freccia (Centauro VBC)" 8 × 8
- FASF SAMP-T missile system (Aster missiles) (with France)
- " Polyphem " missile system (with Germany and France)
- Armored personnel carrier "Dardo"
ammunition
License production
- 5500 armored vehicles M113 in different versions (including our own further development VCC 1/2)
- 720 Leopard 1 battle tank ( Krauss-Maffei ) (+ 200 Leopard 1 built by Krauss-Maffei for the Italian army )
- 200 M60 main battle tanks ( Chrysler ) (+ 100 built in the United States)
- 70 self-propelled howitzer 2000 for the Italian army
Web links
- Website Leonardo (Italian)