Greek Island Class Cutters to be Armed With Lionfish 20mm Remote Weapon Station

LIONFISH 20 RWS (Leonardo image)

Two separate reports from Naval News (here and here) that four Island class cutters being transferred to the Greek Navy will be equipped with the Leonardo Lionfish 20mm Remote Weapon Station.

The weapon has a reported rate of fire of up to 1000 rounds per minute with 250 rounds on the mount, and an effective range of at least 2000 meters.

Unlike the Mk38 Mod2/3/4 mounts, traversing the electro-optics also requires training the gun.

6 thoughts on “Greek Island Class Cutters to be Armed With Lionfish 20mm Remote Weapon Station

  1. I assume that the left-hand link shows the bow. That’s interesting because the outward slant reminds me of the 1890s designs for an underwater ramming projection. Back (as I recall) in the 1880s and early 1890s ramming was still considered good tactics. We have proof of how effective it could be when the HMS Camperdown rammed and sank the HMS Victoria during maneuvers in the Mediterranean. (see “Admirals in Collision.) Unfortunately large rifled guns made it almost impossible to get close enough to ram—although at least one RN destroyer managed to ram a SMS dreadnaught at Jutland.

  2. I much prefer the subtlety of monitoring a potentially hostile target with my EO systems without having to train my gun on them.

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