19.10.2020, 13:44
https://www.edrmagazine.eu/rheinmetall-s...production
The key advantage provided by the 30 mm is the ABM capability, the rounds providing a variety of effects depending on how the fuse is programmed, the KCE30/ABM being able to programme the single round. It is probably due to this that the launch customer, a country “from a different continent,” as stated by Olaf Mittelstädt, chose the SeaSnake30. That said, to reduce the number of variables Rheinmetall started testing its new mount with the well-known 27 mm cannon, in what is known as SeaSnake 27. Firing trials ashore have been carried out successfully, the system having not yet been tested at sea. For the time being the German Navy will maintain the 27 mm calibre, Rheinmetall looking forward to start negotiations next winter for the mounts that will be fitted to the MehrzweckKampfSchiff 180 (MKS180), the new multipurpose warship currently under design. “Germany should become our second customer for the SeaSnake,” Mr. Mittelstädt states, adding that “a number of future German programmes include the desire for ABM.” This might lead in the future to exploit the modularity of the system opting for replacing the 27 mm cannon with the bigger calibre one.
=> MKS 180 bekommt wohl SeaSnake 27
The key advantage provided by the 30 mm is the ABM capability, the rounds providing a variety of effects depending on how the fuse is programmed, the KCE30/ABM being able to programme the single round. It is probably due to this that the launch customer, a country “from a different continent,” as stated by Olaf Mittelstädt, chose the SeaSnake30. That said, to reduce the number of variables Rheinmetall started testing its new mount with the well-known 27 mm cannon, in what is known as SeaSnake 27. Firing trials ashore have been carried out successfully, the system having not yet been tested at sea. For the time being the German Navy will maintain the 27 mm calibre, Rheinmetall looking forward to start negotiations next winter for the mounts that will be fitted to the MehrzweckKampfSchiff 180 (MKS180), the new multipurpose warship currently under design. “Germany should become our second customer for the SeaSnake,” Mr. Mittelstädt states, adding that “a number of future German programmes include the desire for ABM.” This might lead in the future to exploit the modularity of the system opting for replacing the 27 mm cannon with the bigger calibre one.
=> MKS 180 bekommt wohl SeaSnake 27