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Denel 35mm Dual Purpose Gun
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The Denel 35mm Dual Purpose Gun (35DPG) is a close-in weapon system (CIWS) for warships built in South Africa by Denel Land Systems. Its primary role is to defend against attack by helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and missiles. It has a secondary role against surface vessels and shore targets, both in symmetrical and asymmetrical warfare and also in law enforcement where accuracy is critical because collateral damage is unacceptable. It is currently in service on the Valour class frigates of the South African Navy.
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The system consists of two GA35 rapid-fire automatic cannons mounted side by side in an unmanned low radar observable turret. Target acquisition is by the ship's search and track radar, while an optronic tracking system with infrared and visible spectrum modes provides fire-control. A control console is located in the ship's operations room, although the system operates automatically in the air-defence mode. An emergency control panel is fitted on the rear of the turret. The turret does not penetrate the deck on which it is mounted. On the Valour class frigates it is mounted on top of the helicopter hangar. The turret is fully self-contained and requires only an electrical supply and a radar data feed from the ship's combat management system and the control console. The turret is capable of unlimited full circle traverse at up to 70° per second and elevates from 10° below to 85° above horizontal at up to 40° per second.
The turret's on-board computers do the ballistic calculations and fire-control. The system requires only real-time three-dimensional target information from the ship's combat management and tracking systems. The high level of self-containment and compact size and low weight allows installation on a wide variety of ships down to as small as 200 tonnes.
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