Anti-Structures Munition
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
External links
- Dynamit Nobel Defence
- v
- t
- e
This article related to weaponry is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e