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Wednesday, June 06, 2012

France orders naval ammunition from Diehl

76 mm ammunitionDiehl Defence has received an order from France to develop and qualify modern naval ammunition. It constitutes a refinement of the 76 mm naval ammunition employed worldwide. The new ammunition is being realized with insensitive explosives and is scheduled for deployment in the Oto Melara SUPER RAPIDO L-62 naval guns of the new frigates FREMM and HORIZON from 2015. The 76 mm ammunition is capable of engaging both air and sea targets as well as coastal targets.

Diehl Defence will thus become the first supplier worldwide of naval ammunition meeting the requirements of insensitive ammunition (IM) according to STANAG. As opposed to the old variant, it prevents detonation of the ammunition in case of enemy shelling or fire on board. This contributes to the protection of the vessel´s crew.

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