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The Hitrole is a remote weapons station manufactured by Italian arms company Oto Melara (merged into Leonardo S.p.A., previously Finmeccanica since 2016).[1] The "role" portion of the name is short for "Remotely Operated, Light Electrical".
The turret can mount a variety of lighter automatic weapons, including 5.56 mm (0.219 in), 7.62 mm (0.300 in), and 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns, and 40 mm (1.6 in) automatic grenade launchers.[1][2]
Leonardo recently presented the new line of Lionfish remote-controlled small-caliber systems, which consists of four models: the Ultralight, the Inner Reloading and the Top with a 12.7 mm caliber, and the 20 model with a 20 mm caliber.[3]
The weapon is gyroscopically stabilized.[4] The turret weighs 210–260 kilograms (460–570 lb), depending on the weapon fitted. The gunner's remote optics add an infrared camera and laser range finder to a regular visible light camera.
The gunner is assisted with a fire control computer.[4][5] The fire control computer can help the gunner track moving targets.
In 2009 the Italian Army ordered 81 turrets to equip its Iveco Lince vehicles in Afghanistan.[5]
According to Jane's Navy International the Singapore Navy ordered Hitrole turrets in August 2013.[6] A total of 16 turrets were ordered for Singapore's eight Littoral Mission Vessels.
Versions
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Platforms using the Oto-Melara Hitrole include:
Current operators
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- Falaj 2 class United Arab Emirates Navy patrol boats (4 Hitrole-G)
- Ghannatha class United Arab Emirates Navy patrol boats (24 Hitrole-G) [10]
- F-125 class Germany Navy fregate (21 Hitrole-NT)
- Corrubia Guardia di Finanza patrol boat (13 Hitrole-N)
- Puma (AFV) Italian Army Armoured fighting vehicle (19 Hitrole)
- Iveco VTLM Lince Italian Army (100 Hitrole-L)
- Iveco VTMM Orso Italian Army (40 Hitrole-L)
- MRTP 16 class Malaysian Coast Guard patrol boat (18 x Hitrole-N)[11][12]
- Oaxaca-class Mexican Navy OPV (8 Hitrole-N)
- (12 Hitrole-N)[13]
- Holland class Royal Netherlands Navy OPV (2x Hitrole-NT each)
- HNLMS Karel Doorman joint support ship Royal Netherlands Navy (4x Hitrole-NT)
- (2 Hitrole-N)
- Littoral Mission Vessels Singapore Navy patrol boat (16 Hitrole-G) [14]
- naval base land defence (10 Hitrole-G)
- (Hitrole-N)
References
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