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Rheinmetall Sea Snake 30 mm

type of close-in weapon system

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 == Brazil

Tamandaré-class frigate Sweden

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=== Future operators === Germany

References

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