verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message oto melara former type s.a. corporation industry defence systems founder 1905 defunct 31 december 2015 merged into finmeccanica today leonardo finmeccanica headquarters rome italy number of locations la spezia area served worldwide products land naval and air defence systems parent finmeccanica s.p.a. today leonardo finmeccanica website www.leonardocompany.com otobreda 127 54 ariete puma oto melara was a subsidiary of finmeccanica s.p.a. today leonardo finmeccanica 1 active in the defence sector with factories in brescia and la spezia . the mod 56 pack howitzer in service throughout the world and the 76mm naval gun adopted by 53 navies and installed on over 1 000 naval vessels are among oto melara s best known weapons since world war ii . from 1 january 2016 the activities of oto melara merged into leonardo finmeccanica s defence systems division 2 within the electronics defence and security systems sector . contents 1 history 1.1 pre world war i 1.2 post world war ii 2 main products 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit pre world war i edit it was founded in 1905 as a joint venture of vickers and terni steelworks cantiere navale fratelli orlando and cantieri navali odero . investment was also provided by giuseppe orlando and attilio odero . during world war i vickers terni produced many weapons with calibre 40 mm and upwards . in 1929 the company was renamed odero terni orlando with the abbreviation oto . during world war ii mostly heavy guns for battleships were produced . post world war ii edit in 1953 the company took the name oto melara . before italy joined nato oto melara produced civil products like tractors and looms but quickly returned to the production of weapons . on 1 december 2001 the naval artillery division of oto melara merged with that of breda meccanica bresciana to form otobreda . the combined entity produces the dardo ciws otobreda 76 mm and otobreda 127 54 compact naval guns . oto melara s land defence operations are part of the finmeccanica conglomerate . main products edit vehicles manufactured include ariete main battle tank of 40 main battle tank centauro wheeled tank destroyer dardo infantry fighting vehicle vbm freccia 8x8 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle puma 6x6 and puma 4x4 wheeled armoured personnel carrier palmaria self propelled artillery otomatic anti aircraft tank spaag weapons manufactured includes oto melara mod 56 105 l14 pack howitzer hitfact three man turret armed with a 120mm 45 calibre or 105mm 52 calibre gun hitfist two man turret armed with a 25 or 30mm automatic cannon and 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun plus two tow launchers as option hitrole remote weapon station for 7.62 mm or 12.7 mm machine gun or 40 automatic grenade launcher otobreda 127 54 compact naval gun otobreda 127 64 lightweight naval gun 76 62mm allargato otobreda 76 mm naval gun otomat anti ship missile skyguard aspide anti air missile system sidam 25 anti aircraft gun dardo ciws a twin 40mm naval gun mounting ammunition manufactured includes vulcano 76 127 155 mm in the last decade the company has produced between 900 and 1000 gbu 31 and gbu 32 jdams on license . at the moment it s working on the production of 500 gbu 39s for the aeronautica militare . the naval defence operations produce a wide range of automatic naval artillery rocket and missile launchers and remote controlled small calibre defence cannons . see also edit italy portal companies portal list of italian companies references edit finmeccanica meeting approves new name leonardo . ansa news . finmeccanica mauro moretti launches one company . www.finmeccanica.com . retrieved 2016 01 13 . external links edit leonardo official website eur 80m to oto melara for f125 frigate gun systems . defenseindustrydaily.com . retrieved 2007 10 21 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