Engineering:Anti-Structures Munition
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Short description: British program to develop shoulder-launched weapon to destroy structures
The Anti-Structures Munition is a developmental program for the British Army to provide a man-portable shoulder-launched weapon capable of destroying hardened structures such as buildings or bunkers. The system is planned to be in service by the end of 2009.[1]
Program status
- May 2004 - Systems from Dynamit Nobel and Saab Bofors Dynamics selected for competition.[2]
- February 2006 - Contract (£40m) awarded to Dynamit Nobel Defence for production of the Anti-Structures Munition (ASM) version of the MATADOR.
July 2019 - The UK is in the process of awarding a new contract of the Anti-Structures Munition.[3]
Specifications
- Range: 500 m
- Warhead: "Enhanced blast warhead technology"
See also
- MATADOR (weapon)
- Panzerfaust 3
References
- ↑ Hansard
- ↑ Hansard
- ↑ "Freedom of Information Request cost of maintaining the Anti-Structures Munition b". Whatdotheyknow.com. 24 July 2019. https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/585791/response/1403493/attach/2/20190724%20FOI2019%2007514%20Lai%20Anti%20Structure%20Munitions%20response%20O.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1.
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