Shoulder-launched guided: while shoulder launched, bazooka-like weapons have been in use for over half a century, the novelty is to make these guided, as indeed tanks and now even wheeled armoured vehicles have the ability to move crosscountry at quite high speeds. (Complete Guide).Eryx The first of the third-generation of shoulder-launched anti-armour missiles, suitable for very short-range urban warfare, was probably the saclos wire-guided MBDA MBDA Minority Business Development Agency (US Department of Commerce) MBDA Michigan Broadband Development Authority MBDA Minnesota Band Directors Association MBDA Matra BAE Dynamics Alenia MBDA Magnolia Ballroom Dancers' Association Eryx, of which over 50,000 have now been sold. Customers include Brazil, Canada, France, Malaysia and Norway. The Eryx has a 136 mm diameter and tandem shaped charges, with the main warhead located in the rear of the body, hence the rocket motor is centrally placed, exhausting through angled nozzles with jet deflectors for control. For night operations the Mirabel sight is clipped to the launcher; for longer-range engagements (30.0 to 600 metres) the use of a tripod is mandatory. Another feature of the Eryx is that it can be fired from confined spaces through a soft launch. MBT Law The Saab Bofors Dynamics Saab Bofors Dynamics, located in Karlskoga, Sweden, is a subsidiary of Saab AB that specializes in defense materiel such as missile systems and anti-tank systems. Its corporate heritage goes back to Bofors, which was founded in 1873. MBT Law is a slightly lighter fire-and-forget system, in which the operator tracks the target for two or three seconds prior to firing, the measured sightline sight·line also sight line n. A line of sight, especially one between a spectator and the spectacle in a theater or stadium. spin-rate telling the missile where to go to overfly o·ver·fly tr.v. o·ver·flew , o·ver·flown , o·ver·fly·ing, o·ver·flies 1. To fly over (a particular area or territory) in an aircraft or spacecraft. 2. the target. It thus may not be regarded as a guided missile in the conventional sense. The MBT Law can also be used in a direct attack mode, using an impact fuze fuze n. & v. Variant of fuse1. Noun 1. fuze - any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant fuse, primer, priming, fuzee, fusee . Warhead calibre is 115 mm, and maximum range is 600 metres. The system has been selected for acquisition by the British and Swedish armies. For use by the British Army, final assembly will be performed by Thales Air Defence Thales Air Defence Limited, formerly Shorts Missile Systems, is a defence contractor based in Belfast, Northern Ireland producing short-range or close air defence missiles. The company has a turnover of approximately £70m and pre-tax profits of £7m. in Belfast. The principal competitor to MBT Law in Britain was a derivative of the Lockheed Martin Predator, an inertially guided, top attack, fire-and-forget missile with an EFP warhead and jet reaction controls. The British-tailored version known as the Kestrel with a direct attack mode was proposed by MBDA. Rafael is now developing a short-range version of the Spike series (Spike-SR) to compete with missiles such as the Eryx and the Predator. |
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