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The Close Range Naval-91 is a naval version of the Medak 30mm automatic gun installed on the Sarath Infantry fighting vehicle, a variant of the Russian (originally Soviet) BMP-2 manufactured in India under license by the Ordnance Factory Medak. The Medak gun itself is based on the Russian Shipunov 2A42 30 mm automatic cannon. The CRN-91 Naval gun is gyro stabilized and is directed by electro-optic fire control system (FCS) of Bharat Electronic LTD make for day and night use, mounted on an improvised cupola. It can also be remotely operated. The CRN-91 Naval gun is not a sophisticated weapon but its operational cost is very low. It is suited for vessels primarily designed for peacetime patrolling and policing, particularly for anti-insurgency, anti-smuggling, anti-pirate and maritime surveillance of exclusive economic zones (EEZ). It has been installed on many small warships such as: *Car Nicobar class fast attack craft *Kumbhir class landing ship *Shardul class landing ship *Trinkat class patrol vessel *Bangaram class patrol vessel *Rani Abbakka Class *ABG Class Pollution Control Vessel *Rajshree class inshore patrol vessel ==Combat use== An Indian fishing trawler was hijacked by ltte. It was spotted by fishermen in Maldivian waters on the night of May 17, 2007, and they tried to chase it away. But there was firing from the trawler and the Maldives Coastguard was alerted. Immediately, Maldives moved the ''Huravee'' that engaged the boat for over 10 hours before sinking it at 8.30 am on May 18, 2007. The renamed ''Huravee'' is a former Indian Coast Guard ship given to the Maldives - its former name was INS ''Tillanchang''. It is a Trinkat class patrol vessel equipped with a CRN-91 30 mm Automatic gun. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CRN 91 Naval Gun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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