From www.youtube.com - November 3, 2014 5:50 AM

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Fincantieri PPA (Pattugliatore Polivalente D’Altura), Offshore Polyvalent Patrol, is first revealed at EURONAVAL 2014. The vessel can perform a wide range of offshore patrolling missions thanks to its innovative modular sections conception. PPA have been chosen by Italian Navy for the replacement program of Italian corvettes, patrol vessels and Durand de la Penne destroyers.


PPA is about 135 m long and its displacement is about 4,500 t. Its crew may vary from 135 to 150 depending of the version of the ship. PPA is armed with a main gun up to 127 mm in the bow, a vertical launch system for Aster 15 or 30 missiles...