Alcotan-100 licence to shoot.The Instalaza Alcotan-100 dual-purpose warhead, shoulder-fired weapon system received its system type-classification stamp of approval a few days ago, following two months of qualifying tests at several Spanish Ministry of Defence firing ranges. Developed and built to Stanag and Mil-Std specifications, the Alcotan-100 is based on the Davies counter-mass principle with soft launch for firing from confined con·fine v. con·fined, con·fin·ing, con·fines v.tr. 1. To keep within bounds; restrict: Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand. See Synonyms at limit. areas. The tests, which involved a 100mm dual-purpose anti-armour/anti-personnel warhead, were aimed at validating val·i·date tr.v. val·i·dat·ed, val·i·dat·ing, val·i·dates 1. To declare or make legally valid. 2. To mark with an indication of official sanction. 3. the overall concept which involves the Vosel fire control unit with integrated dual-channel day/night vision capability and a laser rangefinder A device which uses laser energy for determining the distance from the device to a place or object. . A tri-axial sensor detects angular displacements angular displacement The distance an object moves when following a circular path. It is represented by the length of the arc of a circle drawn to represent the motion of the object about a fixed point. of the target which enables the fire control unit to present the gunner with a corrected aiming point that takes target motion into account, thus providing a very high single-shot hit probability. Two other warheads are also being developed--a tandem anti-tank type designed in co-operation with Ruag, and an anti-bunker type. Instalaza has also developed two training systems for the Alcotan-100, one being a computer-based simulator (1) Software that enables the execution of an application written for a different computer environment. Same as emulator. (2) Software that models the interactions of hypothetical or real-world objects or business processes. for indoor training whilst the other, for field training, involves a sub-calibre device. |
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