Originally posted by James R. Hawkwood
Originally posted by punkinworks09
reply to post by planeman
What are you talking about, it a direct copy of a phalanx.
That is false and stupid comment. The Russian system works totaly different. the AK-630 is gas driven and the Phalanx is Electrical. The radar of the
AK-630 is elsewhere on the ship to give it the cleanest best place to detect and gives AK-630 loads of freedom to shoot down enemy targets. Totaly
different.
When the us started deploying them the russians didnt even make a powered rotary cannon
Stop spewing garbage...
The AK-630 was widely deployed in the 60's when the Phanlanx wasnt even on the drawing board.
AK-630 was designed in the 50's and deployed in the 60's.
The Phalanx was designed in the early 70's and deployed in the late 70's early 80's...
Check out the facts, then post.
Vicious little web hero. Before you begin to bash people maybe we should all check our facts?
"Design of the AK-630 (A-213) gun system started in 1963. The first prototype was made in 1964 and trials were conducted until 1966. The trials of
the complete system with radar and controls went on until 1976 when the system was accepted for service. Production started in 1969 in Tula, with a
modified AK-630M (A-213M) system accepted into service in 1979. These systems are the main close-in defense systems on modern Russian ships."
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Development
Having developed anti-ship missiles, the Soviet Navy was clearly aware of their lethality. During the late 1950s and early 1960s Soviet anti-missile
defences were based upon a combination of conventional guns and electronic warfare equipment, but it was soon recognised that a more active defence
was required. As the Soviet Navy adopted a policy of forward deployment for ASW, where ships would be more exposed to NATO anti-ship missiles, the
need became more acute.Like their Western counterparts the Soviet Navy decided the most efficient means of countering missiles which had 'leaked'
through the air defence missile screen was a radar-controlled gun with a high volume of fire. Development was authorised in July 1963 of a
Gatling-principle system as the A-213 for installation in cruisers and destroyers. Development was protracted and testing did not begin until 1971 and
it was not until 6 January 1976 that it was formally accepted into service with its radar fire-control system as AK-630-MR-123 but, as often happened
in the Soviet Navy, the system hardware was installed in many ships before official acceptance. The first recipient of the AK-630 may have been the
lead ship in the Kara class, the cruiser Nikolaev, commissioned in December 1971.
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Apparently your dates are incorrect. Again web information varies from site to site. Web heroes woe I understand.
The AK-630 is a Russian-made shipboard close-in weapon system (CIWS). The system is fitted on the Russian-built Sovremenny class missile destroyers
which the PLA navy ordered in the late 1990s. China also purchased few of this systems to arm its Type 054 (Ma’anshan class) missile frigate.
Unlike the Type 730 CIWS, it is not a self contained unit, requiring external guidance either optically or by radar. The AK-630 CIWS onboard the Type
054 missile frigate is guided by its onboard Type 347G (Rice Lamp) I-band fire-control radar.
Calibre: 30mm X 6
Rate of fire: 3,000 rounds/min
Range: 3,000m
Elevation: -25/+85 degree
Traverse: 360 degree
Ammunitions: N/A
Fire-control: Electro-optical + radar
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This system is not a self contained system, thus requiring radar information from another radar system. The Phalanx has a self contained search and
track radar. With this built in capability it has something called "CAC" Continuous Aim Correction. This allow for greater accuracy.
When you state it is gas powered and the Phalanx is Electrical are you referring to mount movement or the rotation of the the guns as they fire?
. Nice job sir, hope you have been a fine addition to the navy. 