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Army Guide Monthly • Issue #9 (36) • September 2007 Army G uide monthly # 9 (36) September 2007 Leader of the Ukrainian armoured construction – SOE KMDB – is 80 years old MoD Signs GBP30 M Contract With DML Bazooka New technology significantly improves the precision and range of artillery rockets Unique Solid Terrain Modeling technology adds a new dimension to strategic, tactical and operational planning RUSSIAN TECHNOLOGIES AT DSEi'2007 Greek fire High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems for Singapore Flower Wars PLASAN SASA Introduces Its Latest Ballistic Armour Solutions At DSEI 2007 Phalanx Lightweight Chemical Agent Detector To Protect German Armed Forces Patria and IBD reveal a survivability concept at DSEi Harris Corporation Introduces RF-7800M Multiband Manpack Tactical Radio for International Markets Hoplite Acro Announces Technology Agreement with LSRI www.army-guide.com Army Guide Monthly • #9 (36) • September 2007 Defence Industry The Ministry of Defence today signed a GBP30 million contract with Plymouth-based DML for 130 Leader of the Ukrainian armoured weapon mounted patrol vehicles which will be used construction – SOE KMDB – is 80 years by troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. old The MWMIK vehicles (Mobility Weapon Mounted Installation Kit) will be built at the Devonport site and will be a considerable asset to troops on operations. With a top speed of 80 mph, they will offer increased mobility and protection. The vehicle can be fitted with a range of firepower, including a .50 calibre machine gun or an automatic grenade launcher and a general purpose machine gun. The MWMIK can carry up to four soldiers with their individual weapons, and can operate on a variety of On 6 September 2007, SOE Kharkov Morozov terrains, including off road. Machine Building Design Bureau (SOE KMDB) celebrated its 80th jubilee. Lord Drayson, Minister of State for Defence Equipment and Support, said: Created on the basis of Kharkov steam-engine plant in "These vehicles are well armed, swift, and agile. They 1927, the design group on tank development was will boost our capability with some serious firepower. gradually transformed into a separate high-capacity MoD and the Treasury have worked hard to get these design-manufacturing enterprise creating armoured powerful vehicles to our troops in quick time, and they equipment. It has taken a key place in its field in the will start going out to theatre early next year." former USSR, and now in Ukraine. Among the developments of SOE KMDB a special place is occupied by such vehicles as the best tank of the Second World Term of the day war – T-34, and a forefather of all the post Soviet main Bazooka battle tanks – T-64. At present the SOE KMDB is actively extending the range of its products, among which is heavy armoured equipment (tanks Oplot, Yatagan, BREM), light armoured equipment (armoured personnel carrier 4x4 – Dozor-B, armoured personnel carriers 8x8 – BTR-3, BTR-4), modernisation packages of tanks and armoured personnel carriers of the former USSR (T-55, T-62, T-64, T-72, BTR-50/60/70/80 and others), weapon systems, training facilities (dynamic simulators, training programs, stands, etc.) as well as a number of products of civil purpose. The detailed history and products of SOE KMDB can be found at The bazooka is a man-portable anti-tank rocket www.morozov.com.ua.Morozov,Dozor-B,Oplot launcher, made famous during World War II where it was one of the primary infantry anti-tank weapons used by the United States Armed Forces. Contracts It was one of the first weapons based on the High explosive anti-tank (HEAT) shell to enter service. It was MoD Signs GBP30 M Contract With DML nicknamed "bazooka" from a vague resemblance to the musical instrument of the same name invented and used by Bob Burns. It saw widespread use throughout WWII. The German armed forces copied the design increasing the caliber to 88 mm, as well as other changes, and issued it as the Raketenpanzerbüchse "Panzerschreck". In addition to the actual weapon, the word "bazooka" is often incorrectly used to refer to any shoulder-launched missile weapon. The original 60mm bazooka (2.36-inch) in its various models served in all theatres of the Second World War and later in the Korean War. After it proved inadequate against the Soviet T-34 tank during the latter war (as it had against German Tigers and Panthers in the former), it was replaced with the M20 Super Bazooka of 89 mm www.army-guide.com 1 Army Guide Monthly • #9 (36) • September 2007 (3.5-inch ) model. The M20 was in turn supplanted by calculates the way the rocket is banking. Based on this the LAW (Light anti-tank weapon) in the opening stages data, the onboard processor calculates the rocket's of the Vietnam War. Bazookas were replaced in some deviation from its intended flight path. It then initiates roles by 57 mm M18 and 75 mm M20 recoilless rifles in precisely timed impulses for correcting the rocket's the last battles of WWII (1945). lateral and elevation direction by activating the rocket's radially operating micro jets. During the live fire trial, every component of the Defence Industry Corect guidance module functioned perfectly. The GPS New technology significantly improves kept accurate track of the rocket's position, while the the precision and range of artillery onboard processor calculated all deviation from the rockets intended trajectory; the correction impulses proved highly effective, resulting in complete mission success. All data collected on board the rocket and transmitted back by telemetry, as well as flight data externally gathered by radar, are now available for precise evaluation. "Corect is a pioneering system for satellite-supported trajectory correction that's unequalled worldwide", declares Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Kreuzer, head of development in Stockach and project manager for the Live fire test of Rheinmetall Defence's Corect demonstrator programme. "It boosts the precision and guidance module has confirmed its effectiveness in impressive fashion. range of rocket artillery, and saves costs by reducing the amount of ammunition needed to accomplish the The new satellite-supported flight path guidance mission. And now we've proved that it can be used for modules successfully guided two Corect-MLRS test modernizing legacy rocket systems, too, large numbers rockets to a target 20 km away with compelling of which were stockpiled years ago", adds Dr. Kreuzer, precision, compensating for a lateral error of noting that Corect can also be integrated into new approximately 300 m. This proves the technical and weapon systems. operational effectiveness of the Corect guidance module in conjunction with the Multiple Launch Rocket System, or MLRS. The live fire test successfully concludes the second stage of the demonstrator programme, carried out by Rheinmetall Defence on behalf of Germany's Federal Office for Defence Technology and Procurement Very large numbers of MLRS rockets are still to be (BWB). The company will now submit a budget proposal found in the inventories of some European NATO for final development, pre-production preparations and armies, including the Bundeswehr. They are in good serial manufacture. condition, and many of them could be upgraded to With Corect, Rheinmetall engineers at the company's maintain and enhance their combat effectiveness. Stockach and Unterluess plants have developed an Rheinmetall's Corect guidance module thus constitutes a advanced satellite-supported guidance system that cost-efficient means of modernizing existing stocks of significantly enhances the accuracy of ballistic artillery ammunition to meet the latest requirements of the systems. The new system reduces deviation from the military. intended target to less than 50 m, a clear improvement over currently fielded artillery systems, which sometimes miss their targets by several hundred metres. Future Technologies This increase in accuracy enables reduced warhead Unique Solid Terrain Modeling weight without sacrificing effectiveness. Compared to the original MLRS rocket, the Corect-MLRS has a technology adds a new dimension to considerably greater maximum effective range – without strategic, tactical and operational having to modify the rocket engine. planning As can be seen in this sequence of thermographs, A unique technology, which utilises digital when the sensors detect that the rocket is deviating from photographic and surveillance data to produce its planned trajectory, micro-jets are ignited to ensure highly accurate and realistic solid, three that it still hits its intended target. dimensional geographic models, is being shown at The Corect guidance module makes this possible. DSEi for the first time. Throughout the flight, an integrated GPS receiver Solid Terrain Modeling Inc., the California-based firm determines the current position of the projectile. A behind the development, is making its DSEi debut to magnetic field sensor mounted on the rocket measures launch its entry into the global defence market. the earth's magnetic field, while an onboard processor Already fully established and successful in the US, 2 www.army-guide.com Army Guide Monthly • #9 (36) • September 2007 where its products and technology are in use with study and plan for potential scenarios such as flooding defence, government, public service, educational and and fire. A number of specialist models and exhibits are geographic organisations, STM now plans to develop its in use in museums and visitor centres. operations in the UK, the EU - and other key regions and world markets. Exhibitions RUSSIAN TECHNOLOGIES AT DSEi'2007 The 5th Defense Systems & Equipment International Exhibition and Conference, DSEi'2007, will be held at the ExCeL Trade and Exhibition Center in London, Great Britain from September 11 to 14, 2007. Organized by GB's Defense Ministry, this Europe's largest show will host more than 1,300 companies and Its technology can replicate actual landscapes, terrain organizations from 30 countries. The exhibition is and defined geographical areas to assist and support gathering momentum.
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