Tag: ammunition
EXACTO – Effective Sniper Fire at 2500 m’
New Guided Projectiles To Enhance The Sniper's Effective Range 'Exacto' for ' Extreme Accuracy Tactical Ordnance ' is a guided 12.7mm (0.5") projectile under development...
Hightech Road Warriors
AUSA, Washington DC, October 2009: The Army’s newest acquisition - M-ATV , was displayed in a shining new example at prime contractor’s Oshkosh booth at...
Raytheon, IMI Turn Dumb Mortar Bombs into Precision Weapons
Raytheon and IMI are testing a new type of 120 mm precision-guided mortar round for use with conventional 120mm mortar tubes. The new 120GM...
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...
Marine Corps Contracts Nammo-Talley to Develop an Improved SMAW
Nammo Talley, Inc., of Mesa Arizona will develop a new version of the Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW II), capable of being Fired From...
BAE Systems, MoD Enter Long Term ÂŁ2bn ammunition partnership
BAE Systems and the U.K. Ministry of Defense have signed a ÂŁ2 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...
ATK, ADG team to Modernize Stocks of Aging Tank Ammo
Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) and Allied Defense Group, Inc. (AMEX:ADG are teaming to modernize tank ammunition introducing Insensitive Munition (IM) based propellants and explosives....
Lightweight Machine-Gun – LSAT
Lightweight Small Arms Technology (LSAT) rifle is under development by AAI, as an Army Technology Development initiative since 2004.The new weapon is designed to...
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...
FLY-K – Lightweight Indirect Fire Weapon System
FLY-K weapon system is a lightweight 52mm indirect fire weapon system designed to fire 52mm mortar bombs from a quiet, low-signature launcher, at distances...
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...