United Elias
22-10-2003, 19:02
Two years ago the Elias Land Warfare Corporation and the Elias Weapons and Ordnance Corporation were awarded a contract to provide the Elias Army with various types of shoulder fired weapons for different purposes, the new subsidary of the above coporations the Elias Man Portable Weapons Coporation hasnow been given approval to export its products which will no doubt be of great interest to many nations:
Air Defence
The EMPW-10/Igla-SE is as an advanced Man portable surface to air missile system that is based on the already highly capable Igla-S missile:
In the opinion of many military experts, manportable SAM systems are now the most effective air defense assets intended to counter air raids because they are difficult to detect on the terrain by reconnaissance means, are employed surprisingly using the hit-and-run tactics, and feature high firing accuracy.
Military specialists and developers of air vehicles took measures to reduce the lethality of SAM systems. The most vulnerable units of modern aircraft are now reinforced, protected, spaced apart in the machine or duplicated. Several missiles or more powerful warheads are now required to attain high kill probability.
Exactly as its predecessors, the Igla-SE is a portable shoulder-launched weapon. But unlike previous systems, it is distinguished by a considerably increased explosive charge and a number of fragments. It is also fitted with a contact/proximity fuze whose functioning algorithm ensures the optimum moment of warhead explosion in the contact and non-contact modes of operation. Besides, the system features absolutely new principles of control system construction, compared to that of the Igla-S SAM system, which substantially improves the missile accuracy characteristics and crucially the height at which targetts can be reache at.
This manportable SAM system additionally mounts a removable night sight that enables the gunner to detect and identify targets, take aim and track them till the missile launch. As night raids have lately become commonplace during combat actions, the night sight significantly expands the system capabilities and allows its use at night.
The new manportable SAM system retains the procedures for launch preparation, firing and maintenance. So, an experienced gunner does not need retraining to operate the new system. Trainers developed for the Igla/Strela/Stinger system can be used to train Igla-SE gunners. .
State tests of the new system carried out by military experts have confirmed its high operational characteristics which are inherent for all Russian systems. The Igla-SE manportable SAM system reliably functions at extreme temperatures and in high humidity conditions, during sharp changes of ambient temperature and fall of condensed precipitants, after immersion into water and ascent in an unpressurized aircraft cabin to an altitude of up to 12 km, after prolonged shipment by any type of transport, including wheeled and tracked vehicles, on any roads and off-road. The system is not affected by rain, dust, sand or sun rays. If a packed weapon is dropped from a height of up to 10 m on a concrete surface, it is still fit for combat employment. The missile can be shoulder-launched by the gunner from any unorganized open site, trench, moving motor vehicle’s body, railway flatcar, and even from a body of water.
http://www.milparade.com/2002/50/02_01_02.jpg
http://www.zid.ru/images/products/military/igla.jpg
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/sa-7-DFST9207476.jpg
Specifications
Targets types fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles
Max range: 7.55km
Max Target hit altitude: 12,200ft
Average launch preparation time: 8 seconds
Weapon combat weight: 16.7kg
Missile tube length: 1.7m
Prices
EMPW-10/Igla-SE Launch Tube with one missile: $42,000
Additional Missiles: $1,600 each
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Light Anti-Armour/Assault
The EMPW-14 'Predator' is as an advanced Man portable
light anti-tank weapon designed to replace the LAW and RPG-7. It is the future answer for effectively defeating personnel in three different environments: behind masonry/brick walls, within earth and timber bunkers and in light armored vehicles. Ideally suited for Urban warfare operations environments.
The Predator is normally used in direct attack in direct attack mode for operation against vehiles, light armour and bunkers other fortified enclosures. In the direct attack mode the missile flies a line-of-sight trajectory to the target and the warhead detonates on impact.
The missile also incorporates a top attack mode, using a top attack trajectory and laser and magnetic proximity sensors to fire the warhead directly onto the vulnerable top of the tank where the armour is weakest. The warhead is designed penetrate explosive reactive armour (ERA).
The fire and forget capability allows the soldier to "shoot-and-scoot" i.e. to fire and immediately relocate to a new position while the missile is in flight.
Predator is quick, effective and simple to use. The gunner points and shoots the weapon in the same way as firing a rifle.
For urban operations a soft launch capability allows the gunner to take cover in buildings and structures while tracking a target. The soft launch motor expels the missile from the launch tube. When the missile has travelled about 5m from the launch tube, the flight motor is ignited and propels the missile towards the target at a speed of 260m/s.
To fire the missile the soldier mounts the weapon on his shoulder, tracks the centre-of-mass of the target through an optical sight and fires.
During the prelaunch, the system's autopilot quickly measures the target's position and movement. The missile is fitted with a low cost inertial guidance system, which provides high accuracy against both mobile and stationary targets. During the missile flight, the autopilot maintains the predicted trajectory with compensation for target motion and for trajectory disturbances such as crosswind.
In top attack mode the dual laser and magnetic sensor detects the target and triggers the detonation of the warhead. The laser sensor locates the positions of the leading and trailing edges of the tank, and the magnetic sensor provides confirmation of the position of the tank. The explosively formed penetrator (EFP) warhead is directed downwards through the armour on the top of the tank.
The dual mode target detection system is extremely robust against battlefield countermeasures deployed to jam a missile's guidance system and the launcher is highly durable and operable in all weather conditions.
The 'Predator' consists of a disposable launcher/ carry case equipped with a 2.5X telescopic sight compatible with current and future night vision devices. The shoulder-launched missile consists of a two- stage, soft- launch propulsion system with inertial guidance and explosively- formed penetrator with follow- through grenade warhead. The missile is capable of firing quickly from its carrying configuration and is safely fired from enclosures. The 35-inch, 20-pound disposable weapon has a range out to 600 meters. The warhead is extremely lethal due to the combination of an explosively formed penetrator with a follow through fragmentation grenade.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/mpimsraw-178.jpg
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/predator_kestrel/images/Predatorkestrel_1.jpg
http://homepage.tinet.ie/~steven/images/Predatorkestrel_2.jpg
Specifications
Warhead: EFP (explosively formed penetrator)
Range: 16 m to 600m
Length: 89cm
Weight: 9.4kg
Prices
EMPW-14 'Predator' disposable Launcher: $5,500
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Guided Anti-Armour
The EMPW-16 'Avenger'Anti-Tank guided missile is a heavier alternative to the'Predator' missile listed above and offers increased penetrating power, range and accuracy although at a higher cost and being larger and heavier.
The system consists of the Command Launch Unit (CLU) and the round. The CLU, with a carry weight of 6.4kg, incorporates a passive target acquisition and fire control unit with an integrated day sight and a thermal imaging sight. . The gunner's controls for the missile system are on the CLU. The day sight is equipped with x 4 magnification and the night sight with x 4 and x 9 magnification optics.
The round consists of the missile and Launch Tube Assembly. The range of the missile is pproximately 3,700m. Avenger is a fire-and-forget missile with lock-on before launch and automatic self-guidance. The missile is equipped with an imaging infrared seeker. The tandem warhead is fitted with two shaped charges: a precursor warhead to initiate explosive reactive armour and a main warhead to penetrate base armour. The propulsion system is a two-stage solid propellant design which provides a minimum smoke soft launch.
The system is deployed and ready to fire in less than 30s and the reload time is less than 20s. The missile is mounted on the Command Launch Unit and the gunner engages the target using the sight on the CLU, by placing a curser box over the image of the target. The gunner locks on the automatic target tracker in the missile by sending a lock-on-before-launch command to the missile. When the system is locked-on, the missile is ready to fire and the gunner does not carry out post launch tracking or missile guidance. Unlike conventional wire guided, fibre-optic cable guided, or laser beam riding missiles, Javelin is autonomously guided to the target after launch, leaving the gunner free to reposition or reload immediately after launch.
A soft launch ejects the missile from the launch tube to give a low-recoil shoulder launch. The soft launch enables firing from inside buildings or covered positions. Once the missile is clear, the larger propellant in the second stage is ignited and the missile is propelled towards the target. The weapon has two attack modes, direct or top attack. The gunner selects direct attack mode to engage covered targets, bunkers, buildings and helicopters. The top attack mode is selected against tanks, in which case the Javelin climbs above and strikes down on the target to penetrate the roof of the tank where there is the least armour protection. The missile is launched at an 18° elevation angle to reach a peak altitude of 150m in top attack mode and 50m in direct fire mode.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/javelin_01.jpg
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/javpic2.jpg
http://www.wired.com/news/images/full/mil_javelin_missile_army_f.jpg
Specifications
Total weight:22.3 kg
Missile
Weight: 11.8 kg
Length: 1.08 m
Diameter: 126 mm
Range: 3,700 m
Seeker: imaging infra-red, CMT
Guidance lock-on before launch, automatic self-guidance
Warhead: tandem shaped charge
Propulsion: 2-stage solid propellant
Penetration: 600+ mm
Prices
EMPW-16 'Avenger' Launch Tube with one missile: $17,000
Additional Missiles: $1,000 each
Air Defence
The EMPW-10/Igla-SE is as an advanced Man portable surface to air missile system that is based on the already highly capable Igla-S missile:
In the opinion of many military experts, manportable SAM systems are now the most effective air defense assets intended to counter air raids because they are difficult to detect on the terrain by reconnaissance means, are employed surprisingly using the hit-and-run tactics, and feature high firing accuracy.
Military specialists and developers of air vehicles took measures to reduce the lethality of SAM systems. The most vulnerable units of modern aircraft are now reinforced, protected, spaced apart in the machine or duplicated. Several missiles or more powerful warheads are now required to attain high kill probability.
Exactly as its predecessors, the Igla-SE is a portable shoulder-launched weapon. But unlike previous systems, it is distinguished by a considerably increased explosive charge and a number of fragments. It is also fitted with a contact/proximity fuze whose functioning algorithm ensures the optimum moment of warhead explosion in the contact and non-contact modes of operation. Besides, the system features absolutely new principles of control system construction, compared to that of the Igla-S SAM system, which substantially improves the missile accuracy characteristics and crucially the height at which targetts can be reache at.
This manportable SAM system additionally mounts a removable night sight that enables the gunner to detect and identify targets, take aim and track them till the missile launch. As night raids have lately become commonplace during combat actions, the night sight significantly expands the system capabilities and allows its use at night.
The new manportable SAM system retains the procedures for launch preparation, firing and maintenance. So, an experienced gunner does not need retraining to operate the new system. Trainers developed for the Igla/Strela/Stinger system can be used to train Igla-SE gunners. .
State tests of the new system carried out by military experts have confirmed its high operational characteristics which are inherent for all Russian systems. The Igla-SE manportable SAM system reliably functions at extreme temperatures and in high humidity conditions, during sharp changes of ambient temperature and fall of condensed precipitants, after immersion into water and ascent in an unpressurized aircraft cabin to an altitude of up to 12 km, after prolonged shipment by any type of transport, including wheeled and tracked vehicles, on any roads and off-road. The system is not affected by rain, dust, sand or sun rays. If a packed weapon is dropped from a height of up to 10 m on a concrete surface, it is still fit for combat employment. The missile can be shoulder-launched by the gunner from any unorganized open site, trench, moving motor vehicle’s body, railway flatcar, and even from a body of water.
http://www.milparade.com/2002/50/02_01_02.jpg
http://www.zid.ru/images/products/military/igla.jpg
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/sa-7-DFST9207476.jpg
Specifications
Targets types fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles
Max range: 7.55km
Max Target hit altitude: 12,200ft
Average launch preparation time: 8 seconds
Weapon combat weight: 16.7kg
Missile tube length: 1.7m
Prices
EMPW-10/Igla-SE Launch Tube with one missile: $42,000
Additional Missiles: $1,600 each
_____________________________________________________________
Light Anti-Armour/Assault
The EMPW-14 'Predator' is as an advanced Man portable
light anti-tank weapon designed to replace the LAW and RPG-7. It is the future answer for effectively defeating personnel in three different environments: behind masonry/brick walls, within earth and timber bunkers and in light armored vehicles. Ideally suited for Urban warfare operations environments.
The Predator is normally used in direct attack in direct attack mode for operation against vehiles, light armour and bunkers other fortified enclosures. In the direct attack mode the missile flies a line-of-sight trajectory to the target and the warhead detonates on impact.
The missile also incorporates a top attack mode, using a top attack trajectory and laser and magnetic proximity sensors to fire the warhead directly onto the vulnerable top of the tank where the armour is weakest. The warhead is designed penetrate explosive reactive armour (ERA).
The fire and forget capability allows the soldier to "shoot-and-scoot" i.e. to fire and immediately relocate to a new position while the missile is in flight.
Predator is quick, effective and simple to use. The gunner points and shoots the weapon in the same way as firing a rifle.
For urban operations a soft launch capability allows the gunner to take cover in buildings and structures while tracking a target. The soft launch motor expels the missile from the launch tube. When the missile has travelled about 5m from the launch tube, the flight motor is ignited and propels the missile towards the target at a speed of 260m/s.
To fire the missile the soldier mounts the weapon on his shoulder, tracks the centre-of-mass of the target through an optical sight and fires.
During the prelaunch, the system's autopilot quickly measures the target's position and movement. The missile is fitted with a low cost inertial guidance system, which provides high accuracy against both mobile and stationary targets. During the missile flight, the autopilot maintains the predicted trajectory with compensation for target motion and for trajectory disturbances such as crosswind.
In top attack mode the dual laser and magnetic sensor detects the target and triggers the detonation of the warhead. The laser sensor locates the positions of the leading and trailing edges of the tank, and the magnetic sensor provides confirmation of the position of the tank. The explosively formed penetrator (EFP) warhead is directed downwards through the armour on the top of the tank.
The dual mode target detection system is extremely robust against battlefield countermeasures deployed to jam a missile's guidance system and the launcher is highly durable and operable in all weather conditions.
The 'Predator' consists of a disposable launcher/ carry case equipped with a 2.5X telescopic sight compatible with current and future night vision devices. The shoulder-launched missile consists of a two- stage, soft- launch propulsion system with inertial guidance and explosively- formed penetrator with follow- through grenade warhead. The missile is capable of firing quickly from its carrying configuration and is safely fired from enclosures. The 35-inch, 20-pound disposable weapon has a range out to 600 meters. The warhead is extremely lethal due to the combination of an explosively formed penetrator with a follow through fragmentation grenade.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/mpimsraw-178.jpg
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/predator_kestrel/images/Predatorkestrel_1.jpg
http://homepage.tinet.ie/~steven/images/Predatorkestrel_2.jpg
Specifications
Warhead: EFP (explosively formed penetrator)
Range: 16 m to 600m
Length: 89cm
Weight: 9.4kg
Prices
EMPW-14 'Predator' disposable Launcher: $5,500
_____________________________________________________________
Guided Anti-Armour
The EMPW-16 'Avenger'Anti-Tank guided missile is a heavier alternative to the'Predator' missile listed above and offers increased penetrating power, range and accuracy although at a higher cost and being larger and heavier.
The system consists of the Command Launch Unit (CLU) and the round. The CLU, with a carry weight of 6.4kg, incorporates a passive target acquisition and fire control unit with an integrated day sight and a thermal imaging sight. . The gunner's controls for the missile system are on the CLU. The day sight is equipped with x 4 magnification and the night sight with x 4 and x 9 magnification optics.
The round consists of the missile and Launch Tube Assembly. The range of the missile is pproximately 3,700m. Avenger is a fire-and-forget missile with lock-on before launch and automatic self-guidance. The missile is equipped with an imaging infrared seeker. The tandem warhead is fitted with two shaped charges: a precursor warhead to initiate explosive reactive armour and a main warhead to penetrate base armour. The propulsion system is a two-stage solid propellant design which provides a minimum smoke soft launch.
The system is deployed and ready to fire in less than 30s and the reload time is less than 20s. The missile is mounted on the Command Launch Unit and the gunner engages the target using the sight on the CLU, by placing a curser box over the image of the target. The gunner locks on the automatic target tracker in the missile by sending a lock-on-before-launch command to the missile. When the system is locked-on, the missile is ready to fire and the gunner does not carry out post launch tracking or missile guidance. Unlike conventional wire guided, fibre-optic cable guided, or laser beam riding missiles, Javelin is autonomously guided to the target after launch, leaving the gunner free to reposition or reload immediately after launch.
A soft launch ejects the missile from the launch tube to give a low-recoil shoulder launch. The soft launch enables firing from inside buildings or covered positions. Once the missile is clear, the larger propellant in the second stage is ignited and the missile is propelled towards the target. The weapon has two attack modes, direct or top attack. The gunner selects direct attack mode to engage covered targets, bunkers, buildings and helicopters. The top attack mode is selected against tanks, in which case the Javelin climbs above and strikes down on the target to penetrate the roof of the tank where there is the least armour protection. The missile is launched at an 18° elevation angle to reach a peak altitude of 150m in top attack mode and 50m in direct fire mode.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/javelin_01.jpg
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/javpic2.jpg
http://www.wired.com/news/images/full/mil_javelin_missile_army_f.jpg
Specifications
Total weight:22.3 kg
Missile
Weight: 11.8 kg
Length: 1.08 m
Diameter: 126 mm
Range: 3,700 m
Seeker: imaging infra-red, CMT
Guidance lock-on before launch, automatic self-guidance
Warhead: tandem shaped charge
Propulsion: 2-stage solid propellant
Penetration: 600+ mm
Prices
EMPW-16 'Avenger' Launch Tube with one missile: $17,000
Additional Missiles: $1,000 each