The Rheinmetall Sea Snake 30 mm is a close-in weapon system designed by Rheinmetall Air Defence AG for mounting on ships. It is based on the KCE30 30 mm revolver cannon, and was designed by a request of the German Navy. It is capable of employment of air burst ammunition (ABM). The launch customer of the system is the Brazilian Navy with the Tamandaré-class frigates.
In addition to standard types of ammunition, it is capable of firing 30 mm x 173 mm Air Burst Munitions (ABM) giving it the ability to engage drones. It has a self-stabilized sensor system equipped with day cameras and a cooled infrared sensor for use at night as well as two laser rangefinders.
Users
frigate
Combat Boats, together with the Hensoldt Spexer 2000 3D MK III Naval radar system Future operators
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