WAS SHINGTON – U.S. Army mobile 155 mm. Participants are standing for the Howitzer shoot-off, which is set to begin in early 2021 at the Yuma Providence Ground in Arizona.
Albit Systems of America announced on December 17 that it had chosen to bring its on tonomus truck mounted ordnance system (ATMOS) iron suede for evaluation.
And BAE Systems and Serbia’s Yugomiport announced that they too have been selected to bring in ing fur on shoot-to-f.
French defense company Nexter and A.M. The general has also expressed interest in participating in a public shoot-in. Other potential offers could come from the South Korean defense company Hanawa and Japan’s Mitsubishi. Other contenders could be a South African 6×6 rhinoceros or a Slovakian 8×8 DNA.
The Army is looking for a production-ready system that now improves range, fire-fire and maneuverability on artillery systems used in striker brigade combat teams. In July the service announced an advertisement for more mobile, lethal and live replacements for its current towed howisers and outlined its plans for a three-month shoot-for.
Participants must provide 18 evaluation systems for the program, upon request. The Army wants the selected company to start delivering the systems in the first quarter of FY2023.
Albit said in a statement that he was confident his system would perform well in the shoot-in because it was “ready now.” The ATMOS Iron Saber is a “proven field system of the Howitzer family that has supported international customers for over 30 years.”
The ATMOS Iron Saber is a 155mm / 52 caliber semi-automatic tomatic system capable of firing six to seven rounds a minute with a crew of four, said Dave Reich, senior director of ground combat and precision targeting at America’s Elbit Systems’ precision weapon systems. During media availability.
The Elbit system is C-17-transportable and can pass through a battlefield at speeds of up to 50 miles per hour and has a “shoot-and-scoot” capability of about 30 seconds, which means it’s halfway to shutting down, setting and shooting. Takes minutes. And the same time to stop shooting, pack up and go off the road. This ability is crucial against high-profile opponents such as Russia, which has demonstrated its ability to quickly locate and respond to firing sites – especially in the fight with Ukraine.
When the ATMOS reaches evaluation with its own fire control system used by Israeli forces, the system can be customized and integrate different fire control systems as customers see fit, reports said. As part of the demonstration the military will focus on the capabilities of the fire control system.
U.S. Elbit should be selected for the Army to build its system and field, according to Richards. Is considering plans to facilitate production capacity. Today it is settled, ATMOS systems are mostly made in Israel and at least initially in the US. Will be the final product in.
“COVID has highlighted the importance of local supply chain security. “We take it very seriously,” Richards said. “We are in a multi-year process of facilitating the production of vehicle systems in the United States and obviously this will be contingent on delivery time, but we actually have extensive plans to build most systems and subsystems in the United States.”
BAE Systems announced earlier this year that it had offered Archer Howitzer to Archer for the shoot arf.
The company confirmed to Defense News that it has been selected to participate in the shoot-in.
“We are confident that Archer, a very mature and serving in the Swedish military, will demonstrate his excellence in providing fast, highly effective and continuous fire support for soldiers in combat,” the company said in a statement. “Archer’s automatic design, armored cabin, quick shoot and scoot time and wide range sustain its existence on the battlefield. Soldiers can drive perfectly from inside the cabin, under armor, around the vehicle, while striking enemy targets over long distances. “
The archer is usually operated by a crew of three to four soldiers, but according to the BAE, only one can be operated. Archer can also fire within 30 seconds and scoot within 30 seconds after receiving an order to shoot. The magazine does 21 rounds and can land them all in less than three minutes, BAE said. The Archer Bonus can fire an anti-armor weapon in conventional warfare of up to 35 kilometers, m0 kilometers, and currently launches precision-guided weapons such as the Excalibur at more than 0 kilometers, the company said.
Global Military Products also announced on December 17 that the U.S. Army had also selected its Serbian partner Yugomiport’s Nora B-52 155mm wheeled howitzer for a shoot-for.
The statement said Nora has a fully automatic aut tolo ladder and a “move-shoot-move when under armor”. The statement added that Nora has modernized and upgraded over the past few years. “The U.S. Army is sure to draw attention.”
AM General has announced its Brutus 155mm and Hockey 105mm mobile howitzers and is expected to participate in the shoot-shoot. The company has not confirmed the partnership through press time.
And Next, which did not confirm the partnership by press time, closed its 155mm self-propelled Howitzer CASAR – which has been in service since 2008 and has been war-tested in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Mali and Iraq – as a strong candidate for the shoot. .
The company has sold more than 300 CASAR systems to the French, Southeast Asian and Middle Eastern armies.
According to Nexter the CASAR can fire 6 shots in less than 1 minute 40 seconds, and the 8×8 version of the system can take 30 rounds. It can take 6×6 variant 18. The gun has an acceptable automatic tom .tick loading system.
Correction: An earlier version of this story misdiagnosed Elbit’s senior director of ground combat and precision targeting solutions of precision weapon systems.
