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WOTAN medium cannon

Country of Origin: Germany

The WOTAN is a medium-caliber cannon developed by Rheinmetall for installation on infantry fighting vehicles and naval platforms. The baseline WOTAN30 variant fires a 30 x 173 mm shell; the WOTAN35 variant fires 35 x 228 mm ammunition. 

The cannon is electrically driven, with a rate of fire of 200 rounds/min. It can fire airburst munitions and has a range of 3,280 yd (3,000 m).

The first application of the WOTAN is the Rheinmetall Lance and Lance 2.0 turrets, which equip the KF31...

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