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Leonardo S.p.A. is the Italian aerospace, defence, and security group that absorbed Oto Melara's defence-systems activities during the Finmeccanica reorganization that took effect in 2016. In the land and naval armaments area formerly associated with Oto Melara, Leonardo publishes naval guns, turrets, remote weapon stations, and guided or programmable ammunition through its electronics and defence-systems business.
2 weaponsThe former Oto Melara industrial line is best understood as a land and naval armament lineage inside Leonardo rather than as a separate modern company. Leonardo's own defence-systems material describes land and naval systems of multiple calibres, turrets, cannons, and munitions, while older Leonardo/Finmeccanica releases identify OTO Melara as a specialist in naval guns, artillery, turrets, missile launchers, ammunition, and airborne armament.
The connection is especially visible in naval artillery. Leonardo markets the OTO 76/62 Super Rapid as a lightweight, rapid-fire naval gun for air-defence, anti-surface, and anti-missile roles, and the OTO 127/64 LW Vulcano system as a 127 mm naval gun package combined with automated ammunition handling, fire-control support, and Vulcano ammunition. The same industrial family also covers smaller remote weapon stations such as HITROLE/HITROLE Light and land vehicle turret work such as HITFACT.
Naval 12.7 mm remote weapon station in the OTO Melara/Leonardo HITROLE family, connected in the catalog through the published HITROLE N weapon record.
Sources: Leonardo Naval Systems brochure, Leonardo HITROLE Light
Italian M113-family armored personnel carrier conversion attributed in the catalog to the Leonardo S.p.A. (former Oto Melara) manufacturer label.
Sources: Tank-AFV VCC-1 Camilino
Leonardo's published product page describes the 76/62 Super Rapid as a lightweight rapid-fire naval gun for air-defence, anti-surface, and anti-missile roles.
Sources: Leonardo OTO 76/62 SR
Leonardo's 127/64 LW Vulcano system combines the 127 mm gun assembly, automated ammunition handling, naval fire-control support, and Vulcano ammunition.
Sources: Leonardo OTO 127/64 LWA Leonardo news release on Iraqi corvettes described OTO Melara as a world leader in small- to large-calibre naval guns, with research and production capabilities spanning naval guns, conventional and guided ammunition, artillery, turrets, missile launchers, and airborne armament.
Sources: Leonardo OTO Melara Iraqi corvettes
Oto Melara's 2015 separate financial statements say the company was merged by incorporation into parent company Finmeccanica with effect from 1 January 2016, as part of the group's shift into a divisional structure.
Sources: Oto Melara 2015 financial statements
Leonardo-Finmeccanica filings in 2016 stated that the reorganized Defence Systems division absorbed the activities of OTO Melara and WASS.
Sources: Leonardo-Finmeccanica filing 2016
Leonardo Electronics' defence-systems page presents current land and naval turrets, cannons, and munitions, including the 76/62 SR cannon and HITFACT turret family, as part of Leonardo's active defence-systems portfolio.
Sources: Leonardo Defence Systems
Leonardo is a separate broad manufacturer profile in this catalog, and OTO Melara is also present as its own published manufacturer label. This page is scoped to the mixed public label used by records that cite Leonardo S.p.A. together with the former Oto Melara industrial lineage; OTO Melara-owned aliases are intentionally not duplicated here.
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Troop carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and protected mobility.
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Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.