WeaponSpecs

Air-defense systems with the highest rate of fire

6 of the 83 air-defense systems in the WeaponSpecs database publish a rate of fire figure. Ranked on the published number alone, highest first, with no weighting and no composite score. The 77 air-defense systems with no published figure are not ranked, absent data is never treated as a low value.

Air-defense systems with the highest rate of fire, ranked by published rate of fire
# System Rate of fire Source
1 Phalanx CIWS (Mk 15)

United States flag Raytheon (RTX)

4,500 rpm reference ↗

checked 2026-07-04

2 Skyranger 30

Germany flag Rheinmetall

1,200 rpm reference ↗

checked 2026-07-04

3 GOKDENIZ CIWS

Turkey flag Aselsan

1,100 rpm reference ↗

checked 2026-07-04

4 Oerlikon Millennium Gun

Switzerland flag Rheinmetall

1,000 rpm reference ↗

checked 2026-07-04

5 RAPIDFire

France flag Thales Group

180 rpm reference ↗

checked 2026-07-18

6 DRACO 76mm turret

Italy flag Leonardo

100 rpm on spec sheet

checked 2026-07-04

Compiled from public manufacturer, defense-ministry and reference sources. Published defense figures are approximations and are often stated under different conditions, so treat this ordering as directional rather than a tested result. A board is only generated where at least 5 systems in the class publish the figure. How we compile specs →

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