🇹🇷At Euronaval 2026 in Paris, Turkish company MKE unveiled the Tolga 20 mm Dual Revolver, a remotely operated twin anti-aircraft gun mount intended primarily to counter drones. In October, the system underwent firing trials aboard the Turkish corvette Beykoz (F 503), a former French D’Estienne d’Orves-class aviso now used as a trials ship. In 2022, the same vessel tested a single-barrel MKE mount using the same gun. The Tolga carries two MKE revolver cannon chambered for 20 × 102 mm ammunition. Each weighs 118 kg with its recoil mechanism and has an adjustable rate of fire of 1,000 to 1,600 rounds per minute, giving the mount a combined maximum of 3,200 rounds per minute. Muzzle velocity is 900 m/s, with an effective range of up to 2,000 m. The fragmentation rounds intended for use against drones have an effective range of up to 1,000 m. The mount’s electro-optical detection and tracking unit combines a daylight camera, a thermal imager and a laser rangefinder. The mount weighs 842 kg without ammunition. Its electric drives provide a full 360° of traverse at 60° per second, with the same rate of movement in elevation. The guns can depress to −30° and elevate to +70°. #info #Navy #UAV #Turkey
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