Tag: Ammunition
IMI Improves 5.56mm Ammunition Performance
Israel Military Industries (IMI) has announced the release of a new 5.56mm cartridge dubbed 'Razor Core', optimized for higher performance. According Israel to Shmilovitz,...
South African Rippel to Qualify Diehl’s 40mm Ammo for its Grenade...
Diehl Defence signed an agreement with the South African company Rippel Effect Systems (PTY) Ltd. covering joint marketing of grenade launcher systems. The agreement...
Metal Storm Reports 3GL, MAUL Testing Milestones
Metal Storm completed an endurance firing test launching 200 of its 40mm STORM40 ammunitions using its 3GL grenade launcher. Following the successful test, the...
BAE Systems, MoD Enter Long Term £2bn ammunition partnership
BAE Systems and the U.K. Ministry of Defense have signed a £2 billion partnering agreement to manage ammunition production for the British land forces...
Advanced Capabilities for the Artillery Reduce Land Forces Dependence on Close...
Among the artillery systems shown at the exhibition were the Atmos self propelled, truck based howitzer gun displayed here mounted on an armored Tatra truck. Atmos...
SMArt Sensor-Fuzed Amunition for 155mm guns
SMArt 155 (DM702) is produced by GIWS – a subsidiary of Diehl and Rheinmetall. SMArt is an intelligent, autonomous fire and forget artillery projectile...
Guided Naval Gun Projectiles
Finmeccanica is developing two types of precision guided projectiles for naval guns, the DAVIDE, designed as a high velocity anti-aircraft munition for the Oto-Melara 76mm...
PzH 2000 Autonomous Self Propelled Artillery
The PzH2000 was tested recently firing the Denel V-LAP extended range ammunition over a distance of 56 km, a range traditionally covered by rocket...
XM242 Fuze
ATK and IMI teamed to produce the XM242 fuses replacing the M223 fuses in existing M42/M46 grenades forming current DPICM ammunition. This fuse utilizes...
120mm Tank Gun KE Ammunition
KEW-A1 (General Dynamics / Rheinmetal)
The 120mm KEW-A1 cartridge is a tungsten based Armor-Piercing, Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot-Tracer (APFSDS-T). This projectile provides a high performance alternative...
Artillery Ammunition at the 2006 Eurosatory Exhibition
New ammunition currently under development could extend the current effective range of artillery beyond 40 km, which was the realistic limit of conventional 39...
Improved Ammunition for the 120mm Tank Gun – 2006 Eurosatory Exhibition
To better prepare the Leclerc tanks to cope with asymmetric and urban warfare, the French Army is buying 1,000 new 120mm HE-T Mk II...
Excalibur XM982
Excalibur XM982 is a smart 155mm ammunition, developed by Raytheon BAE Systems and Bofors Defense. Excalibur is fired for high elevation and then glides from...
Case Telescopic Automatic Canon
The electrically powered Case Telescopic Automatic Canon operates in a unique fashion packing maximum energy in a small space. With a length of 3.428...
