Testudo CIWS

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Testudo CIWS
TypeClose-in weapon system
Place of originSieuxerr
Service history
In service1993–present
Used bySieuxerr
Production history
DesignerThomson-CSF
Designed1987-1993
ManufacturerThomson-CSF
Produced1993–present
Specifications
Weight8,200 kg (18,000 lb) w/ 2,000 rds per gun (2,000 in total)
CrewAutomated with human oversight

Shell25×184 mm
Shell weight156–230g
Caliber25mm
Barrels7 per gun (14 total)
Elevation+85 to −15 degrees
TraverseUnlimited
Rate of fire5,000 rounds/min per gun, 10,000 in total
Muzzle velocity1,160 m/s (3,805 ft/s)–1,285 m/s (4,216 ft/s)
Effective firing range1,500 m (5,000 ft)
Maximum firing range2,000 m (6,500 ft)
SightsOptronically guided
FillingHexal P15 (HE-I)
Filling weight20g (0.7 oz) (HE-I)

Main
armament
2 × 7-barreled OTO 25mm/80 Gatling guns
References

The Testudo CIWS is a close-in weapon system developed in a partnership between Thomson-CSF and OTO Melara in the ealry 1990s. Developed using experience from the Jedorian-Mozrian War in the mid-1980s, the Testudo CIWS has roughly the same footprint of the weapon it replaced in Sieuxerrian Naval service, the DARDO 40mm CIWS. It can