typhoon Posted February 8, 2007 Report Posted February 8, 2007 (edited) Italy Buys Turrets To Protect Pumas By TOM KINGTON, ROME Italy is to equip its Puma patrol vehicles with remote-controlled turrets after deaths caused by Pumas overturning. The Italian Army ordered a first batch of 19 Hitrole 12.7mm machine gun turrets from local firm Oto Melara in December, with deliveries by June for installation on the six-wheeled versions of its light scout Puma vehicles. The turret will replace an open hatch with a manned machine gun, thus avoiding the need to leave a soldier exposed during dangerous patrols. In May 2006, an Italian soldier manning the gun of a Puma patrolling near Kabul was killed when a roadside bomb turned the vehicle over. The army also is planning to add 120 kilograms of extra armor to the sides and undersides of its Pumas, but industry and military officials said the extra armor was limited in preventing vehicles from turning over under the impact of explosions. The new turret, however, would be instrumental in saving the lives of soldiers otherwise perched in the hatch. The Puma was built by Oto Melara and Iveco, and is fit for the Hitrole turret. “The turret is light enough, at 200 kilograms, to be removed in a few hours if the mission does not require it,” said an official at Oto Melara, which is a unit of Finmeccanica, based here. The turret holds two daytime TV cameras — one for close range, one for wide-range viewing — and an infrared camera, a laser range finder and a laser illuminator. The operator sits in a fixed position below the turret, controlling it with a joystick and monitor. A periscope for viewing is offered as an option on the turret but was not ordered by the Italian Army. The turret can elevate to 50 degrees and turn through 50 degrees a second. defenseNews.com http://www.deagel.com/library1/high/m02006120900172.jpg Edited February 8, 2007 by typhoon
Starfighter Posted February 9, 2007 Report Posted February 9, 2007 Era ora che le armavamo con qualcosa di serio!!!! Quante torrette acquisteremo? Inoltre colgo l'occasione per fare un altra domanda, a cosa è progettata a resistere una Puma? (per farla breve come è messa in protezione?)
Captor Posted February 9, 2007 Report Posted February 9, 2007 (edited) Italy Buys Turrets To Protect Pumas By TOM KINGTON, ROME Italy is to equip its Puma patrol vehicles with remote-controlled turrets after deaths caused by Pumas overturning. The Italian Army ordered a first batch of 19 Hitrole 12.7mm machine gun turrets from local firm Oto Melara in December, with deliveries by June for installation on the six-wheeled versions of its light scout Puma vehicles. The turret will replace an open hatch with a manned machine gun, thus avoiding the need to leave a soldier exposed during dangerous patrols. In May 2006, an Italian soldier manning the gun of a Puma patrolling near Kabul was killed when a roadside bomb turned the vehicle over. The army also is planning to add 120 kilograms of extra armor to the sides and undersides of its Pumas, but industry and military officials said the extra armor was limited in preventing vehicles from turning over under the impact of explosions. The new turret, however, would be instrumental in saving the lives of soldiers otherwise perched in the hatch. The Puma was built by Oto Melara and Iveco, and is fit for the Hitrole turret. “The turret is light enough, at 200 kilograms, to be removed in a few hours if the mission does not require it,” said an official at Oto Melara, which is a unit of Finmeccanica, based here. The turret holds two daytime TV cameras — one for close range, one for wide-range viewing — and an infrared camera, a laser range finder and a laser illuminator. The operator sits in a fixed position below the turret, controlling it with a joystick and monitor. A periscope for viewing is offered as an option on the turret but was not ordered by the Italian Army. The turret can elevate to 50 degrees and turn through 50 degrees a second. defenseNews.com http://www.deagel.com/library1/high/m02006120900172.jpg Scusate la leggera indignazione, nonostante la buona notizia, riguardo all'italica usanza di porre rimedio al problema rigorosamente dopo non meno di un incidente mortale. I gentili signori mi scusino l'infervoro... Edited February 9, 2007 by Captor
typhoon Posted February 9, 2007 Author Report Posted February 9, 2007 Quante torrette acquisteremo? Se leggi c'è scritto (19 per ora)
Starfighter Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 QUOTE (vorthex @ Sabato, 10-Feb-2007, 02:57) mmm....peso un 7.62mm AP su 360° Mi stupisco sempre di quanto poco reggano le blindature!!!! scusa per la domanda ma AP a un significato particolare?
typhoon Posted February 12, 2007 Author Report Posted February 12, 2007 Armour Piercing = proiettile perforante
Venon84 Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 (edited) AP--->Armor Piercing Edit:typhoon mi hai anticipato Edited February 12, 2007 by Venon84
vorthex Posted February 12, 2007 Report Posted February 12, 2007 bhè....è un mezzo che pesa poco e non è ideato per un conflitto ad alta intensità,è normale che sia protetto solo contro minaccia "basse"
Maverick1990 Posted February 13, 2007 Report Posted February 13, 2007 ma ha difficoltà a girare il puma con questa torretta? mi sa che ho tradotto male..
typhoon Posted February 13, 2007 Author Report Posted February 13, 2007 Infatti hai tradotto male ... hanno solo detto velocità di alzo e brandeggio della torretta
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