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Oto Melara Hitfist is a two-man turret for armored vehicles developed by the Italian Oto Melara company. The turrets are designed to mount a 25mm Oerlikon KBA or 30/40mm ATK Mk44 Bushmaster II autocannon. The main armament may mount a co-axial machine gun. A variant allows the operator to aim and fire anti-tank missiles.

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; – 483 turrets : 200 equipped on the Dardo. The turret is equipped with the following armament: :* Oerlikon KBA 25mm gun :* MG 42/59 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun :* TOW ATGM :226 used on the VBM Freccia. The turret is equipped with the following armament: :* Oerlikon KBA 25mm gun :* MG 42/59 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun :* 226 in service : 41 ordered to be used on the VBM Freccia EVO iFV (up to 180). The turret will be equipped with the following armament: :* Oerlikon KBA 25mm gun :* MG 42/59 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun :* Spike LR Missile :* JANUS high performance, stabilised, day/night, all weather multi-sensor :16 ordered to be used with the KF-41 Lynx as part of the A2CS programme in a first order, with more planned in the future: :*Leonardo X-Gun 30×173mm ; Irish Army – 6 HITFIST–30 : 6 Piranha IIIH Medium Reconnaissance Vehicle equipped with 30mm HITFIST variant. ; Polish Army – 359 HITFIST–30P : 359 equipped on the KTO Rosomak (delivery 2019-2021) :* 30 mm Orbital ATK MK44 Bushmaster auto-cannon :* UKM-2000C 7.62mm coaxial machine gun == References ==
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