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==Specifications== [[File:Het Goalkeeper kanon aan boord van een fregat vuurt een schot af (2009 A8911-267-01a).jpg|thumb|right|Goalkeeper firing.]] * '''Gun''': [[GAU-8 Avenger|GAU-8/A Avenger]] 30 mm seven-barrel [[rotary cannon]]. * '''Height''': 3.71 m (above deck) 6.2 m (including deck penetration). * '''Weight''': 6,372 kg with 1,190 rds of ammunition (above deck), 9,902 kg (total). * '''Elevation''' +85Β° to β25Β° at 80Β°/s. * '''Muzzle velocity''': 1,109 m/s (MPDS round). * '''Rotation speed''' 360Β° in 3.8 seconds * '''Rate of fire''': 70 rounds/second (4,200 rounds/minute). * '''Maximum burst size''': 1,000 rounds. * '''Ammunition''': 1,190 linkless (HEI, API, TP, MPDS, FMPDS) rounds in a below-deck magazine. * '''Reload time''': 9 minutes (loading is done below deck) * '''Weapons range''': 350 to between 1,500 and 2,000 meters dependent on ammunition. * '''Search radar''': [[Radar#Frequency bands|I band]]/linear array. I band is X band. Beamsize 1.5 degrees horizontal, 60 degrees vertical. Rotates at 1 Hz (60 RPM). Range approx. 30 km. * '''Engagement radar''': I band and K band monopulse [[Cassegrain antenna|cassegrain]]. * '''Optical system''': TV (Future EO/IR) * '''100% kill distance''': 500 m {{citation needed|date=March 2012}}
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