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Searanger Guns for Egyptian Navy by End 2024

Our Bureau - : Nov 30, 2021 - : 8:40 pm

Egypt expects to take delivery of an undisclosed number of Searanger 20 mm naval guns from the United States from end 2024.

The U.S. Ministry of Defence, in September this year, had awarded a US$20 million contract to American Rheinmetall Systems to supply the Oerlikon Searanger gun systems, including production, spares and training, to Egypt.

The contract combines purchases for the Navy and the government of Egypt under the Foreign Military Sales program. The contract includes options that, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to US$20.2 million. According to officials, 90 per cent of the production work is being performed in Biddeford, Maine in the U.S. and 10 per cent locally in Egypt. The work is expected to be completed by March 2024.

According to Rheinmetall, the Oerlikon Searanger 20 is the optimal main armament for small boats for coast guard, police, anti-pirate, and anti-smuggling missions and can also be installed on larger vessels as side gun and play an important role in close-range defence. Apart from its use on light patrol and combat boats, this medium caliber, fast-firing gun is an ideal complement to current automated weapon systems on larger vessels and plays an important role in close-range defence. It is remote-controlled from a gunner station, and the modular sensor unit is equipped with state-of-the-art electro-optical sensors and a video tracking unit. Due to the integrated stabilization and ballistics computation, target engagement is simple and effective. The gun fires to a maximum range of 2,000 meters (6,562 feet) at 1,000 rounds/ minute.

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