Coyote. Exocet MM40 Block 3C Chevalier Paul embarks eight sea-sea Exocet missiles installed on the upper deck amidships. The most recent version MM40 Block 3C of the Exocet missile was selected. It can operate at a distance of more than 180 kilometers from its objective. Others Two turrets with fully automated OTO-Melara 76 mm cannon, controlled from Central Operations, with a rate of fire of 60 to 120 rounds per minute. Each turret, weighing 5.5 tonnes, is gyro-stabilized, in order to maintain the point-of-aim, despite the movements of the ship. It has a magazine containing 60 shells which can be refilled in real time by crew members moving ammunition from the main ammunition compartment via an elevator. More than 1,000 shells of different types (land, surface, or anti-aircraft) are stored, with a maximum range of 13 kilometers against surface targets, and 2 manual guns of 20 mm mod. replaced in 2018 by 3 Narwhal 20 mm automatic cannons. Service history Chevalier Paul was launched by DCN at Lorient on 12 July 2006. She is a sister ship to . Chevalier Pauls first trip to the sea took place in November 2007. Two years later, the Navy accepted the ship into service. This ship was approved by the French Navy in December 2008 and is based in the military port of Toulon. On 5 May 2009, the four Horizon-class frigates of the French and Italian navies met off La Spezia, Italy. Chevalier Paul remained moored there until 7 May in the evening. The ship made the first launch of an MM40 Block 3 missile by a French Navy ship on 17 March 2010. It made its first long-term crossing from 18 March 2010, which ended in mid-July/ Chevalier Paul sailed to the North Sea and briefly participated in the NATO exercise Brillant Mariner (12 to 22 April 2011), which also involves the aircraft carrier and . Then the frigate crossed the Atlantic to reach the United States and Canada, before sailing south to the Caribbean, stopping over in Mexico and crossing the Panama Canal. She then began a tour of South America and arrived in Rio de Janeiro in June 2011. Chevalier Paul then re-crossed the Atlantic to reach Morocco and in mid-July, returned to the naval base of Toulon. Chevalier Paul was admitted to active service on 10 June 2011, when the ship was engaged three days later in Operation