Comandanti-class patrol vessel
The Comandanti class of patrol vessels consists of four units operated by the Italian Navy, named as Nuove Unità Minori Combattenti (NUMC)
Comandante Foscari in the Mediterranean Sea in 2010
Comandante Foscari berthed in Augusta (Siracusa)
The Oerlikon KBA is a 25 mm (25×137mm) autocannon, developed as a close range multipurpose weapon for the mechanised battlefield, originally made by Oerlikon and currently produced in Rheinmetall Italia S.p.A. facilities. It is a positively locked breech, gas and recoil operated cannon with a rotating bolt head and a dual-belt selective feed system taking a 25mm NATO cartridge. The rate of fire in burst mode is 600 rounds per minute but it can be adjusted electronically and reduced to single shot or a selectable range from 100 up to 200 rounds per minute.
Oerlikon KBA 25mm
Eugene Stoner (left) with Mikhail Kalashnikov (right).
Oerlikon KBA on VBM Freccia in use by the Italian Army.
KBA 25mm on Dutch YPR-765 in Afghanistan