Continental Defence Corvette

[Colin Parkinson]

Some new ways of bolting on capabilities to existing ships and docks.

Leonardo Offers Its Naval Guns as Air Defense to Counter Drones

At the end of January, the Italian company Leonardo presented in Brescia a concept for ground-based combat against UAVs based on naval artillery systems.This was reported by EDR Magazine.The project […]

militarnyi.com

Interesting stuff on the Lionfish 30
Characteristics:

Rate of fire — up to 200 rounds per minute.
Effective range — 3,500 m.
The mass of the turret without ammunition is 1,450 kg.
The Lionfish 30 turret can fire single shots, continuous bursts, or programmed bursts.
that two trays contain each one 100 linked 30×173 mm ammunition, some more being available in the chute, so the ammo available is over 200 rounds. Ammunition is loaded through a hatch that opens on the left side of the turret, while on the right side another hatch protects servos and on-board electronics.

The X-Gun is a dual feed weapon, therefore the Lionfish 30 can shoot different types of rounds, a key one being the air burst munition. “The weapon will be using ABM ammunition that we are developing with KNDS Ammo Italy, specifically developed for the anti-drone mission,” Luca Perazzo pointed out. The X-Gun has three firing modes, single shot, programmed burst, and continuous burst, up to a maximum of 200 rounds per minute.

Seafuture 2025 – Leonardo Lionfish 30 is now a product - EDR Magazine

The Lionfish 30 naval turret armed with the company X-Gun 30 mm cannon, is now a product and is available on the market.

www.edrmagazine.eu

Also a 300kg 12.7mm RWS

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