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CABI Cattaneo is an Italian boat and submersible builder which primarily supplies the
CABI Cattaneo was founded in 1936 by Giustino Cattaneo and was involved in vehicle design and engineering before World War II. They have primarily supplied Italy's
Special Operations Forces
Special forces or special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equip ...
market. Due to the nature of their work they are extremely secretive.
History
CABI Cattaneo was founded in 1936 by Giustino Cattaneo and was involved in vehicle design and engineering before World War II. They have primarily supplied Italy's COMSUBIN
COMSUBIN (''Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori "Teseo Tesei"''; Divers and Raiders Group Command "Teseo Tesei") is the Italian Navy's special operations unit. Italy was the first nation to use frogmen and human torpedoes. The Royal I ...
Special Forces but they have also been active in the export market, albeit in absolute secrecy. In 2016 the company participated in an expo, Seafuture 2016, for the first time. From their inception they involved in the production of components for special operations craft, in 1936 they produced the engine components for the first MT explosive motorboat
The explosive motorboat MT (''Motoscafo da Turismo'') also known as ''barchino'' (Italian for "little boat"), was a series of small explosive motor boats developed by the Italian Royal Navy, which was based on its predecessors, the prototype boat ...
s.
In 2018 the company unveiled their Deep Shadow swimmer delivery vehicle
A diver propulsion vehicle (DPV), also known as an underwater propulsion vehicle, sea scooter, underwater scooter, or swimmer delivery vehicle (SDV) by armed forces, is an item of diving equipment used by scuba divers to increase range underwa ...
. It has a crew of two and a carrying capacity of four combat divers.
They are based in Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
, Italy.
Products
Tipo-C Chariot
The Tipo-C Chariot was introduced in 1954 for the Incursori.Specifications
*Length: 6.430 m *Hull diameter: 0.76 m *Operating depth: 30 m *Speed: 4.8 kn max, 2.3 kn cruising *Endurance: 26 nmi *Armament: limpet mines *Crew: 2+BIR-58
The BIR-58 swimmer delivery vehicle was introduced in 1958. It was named forGino Birindelli
Gino Birindelli (20 January 1911, in Pescia – 2 August 2008, in Rome) was an Italian admiral and chief of the fleet of the Italian Navy. After his retirement from the Navy, he was elected as a member of the lower house of Parliament for the ...
and had a gasoline engine for surface running.
Specifications
*Length: 6.45 m *Hull width: 1.18 m *Empty weight: 1.5 tonnes *Operating depth: 20 m *Speed: 4.5 kn max, 3.5 kn cruising *Endurance: 40 nmi on batteries, 70 nmi with engine (surface) *Armament: limpet mines *Crew/PAX: 5AE-90
Revealed to the public in 2023 after its retirement.See also
* Cos.Mo.S *Drass (company)
Drass, or DRASS, is an Italian manufacturing company headquartered in Livorno, whose best known for their range of midget submarine and swimmer delivery vehicle. The company also has a line of hyperbaric chambers for diver decompression. Work is d ...
References
{{reflist Manufacturing companies based in Milan Defence companies of Italy Shipbuilding companies of Italy Italian companies established in 1936