Digest.The Norwegian Army Material Command has recently acquired 30 x 137 mm ammunition for its new CV9030s. The new ammunition, to be used with the 30 mm Bushmaster bushmaster, large venomous snake, Lachesis muta, of Central America and N South America. It is a member of the pit viper family, which also includes the rattlesnake. The largest New World snake, it reaches a length of 8 to 12 ft (2.5–5.5 m). cannon, was developed in co-operation with the authority from the Norwegian Defence Forces (NDF See Nondeliverable Forward Contracts. ). The NDF has now placed a firm order with Nammo to outfit its Bushmasters with Multipurpose (MP-T/SD) and Arrow (APFSDS-T APFSDS-T Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot with Tracer ) ammunition. Nammo's 30 mm ammunition is of current interest in several export markets, including America. The German frigate Sachsen, built by Blohm + Voss Blohm + Voss is a German shipbuilding and engineering works. It was founded on April 5, 1877, by Hermann Blohm and Ernst Voss as a general partnership named Blohm & Voss. A shipyard was built on the island of Kuhwerder, near the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, covering 15,000 , was recently undocked and towed to its outfitting pier for the mounting of its newly-developed radar units. The Sachsen is the first of a series of three F 124 class frigates, displacing about 5500 tonnes and carrying ultra-modern weapons and radar equipment for long-range air defence. The Sachsen will be the largest combat vessel of the German Navy and is to undergo sea trials in 2001. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion