The mother of all CIWS systems. The Kashtan is one large and destructive beast. It packs a pair of 30mm cannons and features no less than eight short range radio guided 9m311 surface-to-air ...

By virtue of its caliber, performance exceeds that of the most famous CIWS, the U.S.20mm Vulcan Phalanx , but remains inferior to the Russian Kashtan (Chestnut) twin 30mm CIWS. Its electronics ...

The Kashtan (Russian: Каштан, English: Chestnut) close-in weapon system (CIWS) is a modern naval air defense gun-missile system deployed by the Russian Navy. It is found on the aircraft ...