MMI Carlo Margottini F592

Il_Signor_Regio · September 21, 2024, 3:04am

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Description: The Carlo Margottini is an Italian stealth frigate of the Bergamini class. The program started back in the early 2000’s when France and Italy signed a program to develop a new Frigate class fitted with the latest technologies with the intention of making 27 units in total (17 for France (later reduced to 8) and 10 for Italy) presented in three different configurations: Anty submarine, general porpouse, and land attack (with the latter one being cancelled shortly after the start of the program). Since the start of the project, it was pretty clear that both navies would have adopted different classes, with very big changes between French and Italian units (mainly regarding the structures, the armaments, the radars, and the electronics). The Italian Navy at the start of the project ordered a total of 10 units in the FREEM-IT configuration, with four being the anty submarine configuration and six being the general porpouse configuration. The first one, Carlo Bergamini, was started back in 2008. She was launched in 2011 and completed two years later, in 2013, which was also the year of her entry into the Italian navy. The subject of this suggestion happen to be the Carlo Margottini, the first anty submarine FREEM of the Italian Navy and the third unit of the Bergamini class. It was started in 2010, launched in 2013 and delivered to the Italian Navy in the following year. Unlike the General porpouse version, the ASW one is lighter armed, featuring two OTO 76/62 Davide cannons istead of one 127/64 mm and one 76/62. The OTO 76/62 Davide is an upgraded version of the normal OTO 76 that features two types of guided ammunition, with the first one being the STRALES, a medium/short range anty aircraft/anty missile IR-guided bullet with more than 10 km of range (although it is not confirmed for now). The second one is the Vulcano 76, a smaller version of the Vulcano 127, with GPS guidance and a total of 40 km of range. In the missile department, like her sister, the Margotini features a total of sixteen Sylver A50 cells for the ASTER 30 anty air missiles, and unlike its French counterparts, it’s not equipped with MDCN cruise missiles, even though the Italian Navy is interested in applying these modifications to Italian FREEM’s too. The real difference compared to the GP version is in the anty ship department, indeed the ASW versions is equipped with four OTOMAT MK2 Block IV and four MILAS anty submarine missile. The OTOMAT MK2 Block IV is a long-range missile beyond the line of sight with a range from 180 km to 250 km (not confirmed for now; various sources are contradictory). The MILAS is a rahter interesting missile tought, it’s basically a body of an OTOMAT MK2 Block IV with a 324 mm torpedo (normally a MU90) istead of the warhead. For anty piracy, the ship is equipped with two 25 mm Oerlikon cannon, and lastly like her sistership it is is equipped with two triple launchers for the MU90 324 mm torpedo.

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