The turret armour provides protection against small-arms fire and artillery shell splinters. The vehicle has a datalink interface for target acquisition and designation from external sources. It can track 8-24 air targets simultaneously. Aircraft can be tracked at 15 km and helicopters at 8 km. The Otomatic has all-weather operational capability, being fitted with search and tracking radars, an optronic aiming and tracking system and a digital fire-control system. It was also suggested that it could also be used in a coastal defence role! Range against aircraft is 4 km and over 2 km against light armored vehicles. The Otomatic can engage helicopters at six kilometres range, before they release their anti-tank guided weapons. Such a powerful gun was selected for the SPAAG because of its long range. Armour-piercing rounds were available for use against ground targets. Its rate of fire was increased from 85 to 120 rpm, firing in six-round bursts, using fragmentation rounds against air targets. It is fitted with a 76mm automatic gun, which is a variant of OTO Melara's very popular 76mm naval gun. The Otomatic was never accepted into service, even though it out-performs many self-propelled anti-aircraft systems. The first prototype was completed in 1987 and it is seen here at the 1988 Farnborough Air Show. The Otomatic self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) was developed as a private venture by the Italian company, OTO Melara, in the mid-1980s. It was replaced in Vietnam in 1967 due to the stresses imposed on the gun from firing numerous rounds of ammunition. The gun was issued to regular and reserve (CMF) artillery units and saw active service during the Confontation with Indonesia in Malaysia and in Vietnam from 1965 to 1967, including firing support to D Company 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment during the battle of Long Tan, 18 August 1966. Introduced into service in the Australian Army in 1963 a total of 120 guns were delivered from three purchases. The L5 is a pack howitzer designed by the Italians and capable of being broken down into several loads which could be carried on pack mules or man pack. It fires the standard US type M1 ammunition.
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The OTO-Melara Mod 56 is an Italian-made 105 mm pack howitzer built and developed by OTO-Melara.
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