Oh, is that correct ?
I thought Super rapid is with stealth casing and Compact is with radome casing.
It's not that simple, their differences is more about internal mechanism and metallurgy than a mere cosmetics "casing" on the outside. The Compact version differs "internally" from the Super Rapid version so much that they cannot be upgraded to Super Rapid standard due to these differences, they do have an upgrade kits for this Compact version but this upgrade will only increase their ROF from 80 rpm to 100 rpm. But knowing about our own navy "habit" about weapon system upgrade, particularly an upgrade for these guns, which seems doubtful to me and hence it likely that they still have the original Compact version performance.
AFAIK, the only way to differentiate Compact and Super Rapid visually from the outside are from their overall length (a few cm difference) and not from the shape of their gun shield or "casing" because both versions could be fitted with either the usual rounded or reduced-radar cross section gun shield.
If they are too old, why these weapon should be removed ?
I wonder why? maybe because they're already too old?
Jokes aside, it should be simpler to stick to one version of these guns than having multiple version of it, from the view of maintenance; crew training; spare-part; performance; etc considering we already got 9 Super Rapid version and only 6 Compact gun from 1976 which would largely simplified our logistical footprint and also training (using & maintaining the gun) if the old 76mm Compact version were due to be retired.
Since our Bakamla ships are our cutter / reserve ships for our navy, these 76 mm could be used by them no matter how old they are.
Why should Bakamla used these old 76mm in the first place?
Do they have no budget to get themselves new 76mm gun for their own ships?
Last time I check Bakamla doesn't rely on TNI-AL for their budget.
Might I remind you that these gun was 40+ years old already, if it was stored on a warehouse far from sea water and not been used to fire a shell then it would be perfectly fine (like on Bung Tomo-class gun) but these gun has been continuously used at sea on operational warship that also periodically does firing exercise, sure they may get some preventative maintenance when the ships laid up periodically but we don't know about the metal fatigue, and a 40 years propagation (and more if we do continue to use it) of micro-cracks on the metal met with salt water and firing exercise will do wonders to your gun or worse your whole ship if there is a lapse on maintenance.
Daripada jadi karatan di gudang, bukankah lebih baik digunakan dan dirawat setiap waktu jika ditaruh atas kapal ?
Lebih baik di jual sebagai part buat angkatan laut yang masih pakai versi Compact, jatuhnya lebih hemat secara jangka panjang, IMO.
