Goalkeeper CIWS - Specifications

Specifications

• Gun: GAU-8/A Avenger 30 mm seven-barrel Gatling gun.
• Height: 3.71 m (above deck) 6.2 m (including deck penetration).
• Weight: 6,372 kg with 1,190 rds of ammunition (above deck), 9,902 kg (total).
• Elevation +85° to −25° at 80°/s.
• Muzzle velocity: 1,109 m/s (MPDS round).
• Turret speed 360° in 3.8 seconds
• Rate of fire: 70 rounds/second (4,200 rounds/minute).
• Maximum burst size: 1,000 rounds.
• Ammunition: 1,190 linkless (HEI, API, TP, MPDS, FMPDS) rounds in a below-deck magazine.
• Reload time: 9 minutes (loading is done below deck)
• Weapons range: 350 to between 1,500 and 2,000 meters dependent on ammunition.
• Search radar: I band/linear array. I band is X band. Beamsize 1.5 degrees horizontal, 60 degrees vertical. Rotates at 1 Hz (60 RPM). Range approx. 30 km.
• Engagement radar: I band and K band monopulse cassegrain.
• Optical system: TV
• 100% kill distance: 500 m