Future Artillery 2015 Taking Firepower Forward

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The world's most popular and influential joint fires conference
Last year, Future Artillery 2014 returned to London (24th-26th March) to answer burning questions and showcase the renaissance of this great institution, setting it as the leading element of future joint fires.

We welcomed back the leaders of the world artillery community, bringing together an incendiary mix of military and industry expertise. With over 20 speakers and the heads of artillery and training schools from around the world. Future Artillery 2014 brought together our most diverse international speaker faculty, with representatives from South Korea, Italy and the United States delivering unparalleled insight into some of the kinetic and complex battlespaces of the moment.


Highlights from 2014

Future Artillery 2014 brought you unique insight from a truly international panel, including:

A key note address from the Commander of the Fires Center of Excellence & Fort Sill, US Army
The latest developments from South Korea's artillery research and development teams
Exploring France's recent operations in Afghanistan and Mali
The future of simulation and training from the heads of department at DE&S

Future Artillery 2015

 

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The Roll Corrected Guided Mortar

 

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It would be interesting to learn how this is achieved.

Can anyone summarize from the main article, if it is explained?

 

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It would be interesting to learn how this is achieved.

Can anyone summarize from the main article, if it is explained?

The Roll Corrected Guided Mortar - Think Defence

 

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The Roll Corrected Guided Mortar - Think Defence

Thanks. So it is a radar guided mortar round.

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At the height of the Cold War there were a number of attempts at millimetric radar guided mortar rounds for the anti tank role, the Royal Ordnance Merlin for example. This was launched from the in service L16 81mm mortar to a range of 4km and it would seek its own targets within a 300m metre square.

 

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Thanks. So it is a radar guided mortar round.

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they have up graded it with GPS and laser guidance technology has taken over from the anti armour terminal IR and millimetric radar so based on the article it is upgraded existing design to meet future requirements good video on the development same tech was used in both 81mm and 120mm

 

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This will also require carrying less number of munitions to ensure that the target is hit. A first time hit guarantee means a medium truck carrying a few soldiers, the mortar, and a few rounds, can quickly deploy, observe, fire, and scoot.

 

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PUNE : Electronic artillery fuse manufacturing facility launched at BEL


A STATE-OF-THE-ART electronic artillery fuse manufacturing facility was launched at the Pune unit of Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) on October 27.

The development comes after a ‘compliance report’ from the Comptroller and auditor general (CAG) of India, which was tabled before the Parliament in July this year, revealed 83 per cent shortage of artillery fuses with the Army.

Artillery fuses, known as the brain of the munition, are the devices that initiate explosion. They also determine how the explosion would be initiated — on contact with the target or some time after the launch.

Meanwhile, officials from the BEL said the newly-inaugurated facility can produce at least 50,000 fuses per month and the capacity can be increased as per requirement. The facility, located on the BEL campus, on Pashan NDA Road in Pune, was inaugurated by Lt General Shamsher Singh, director general of quality assurance, along with MV Gowtama, chairman and managing director, BEL, and Nataraj Krishnappa, director, Maj Gen Sanjay Chauhan, controller (ammunition) and Dinesh Batra, general manager, BEL, Pune. Capt Raju Kothari, deputy general manager, compered the inaugural ceremony.

Senior scientists from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratories and representatives of various defence establishments, involved in the process of manufacturing fuse were also present at the function.

A senior BEL official said, “Pune unit of the BEL, headquartered in Defence Public Sector Undertaking in Bengaluru, which has a multi-product facility that manufactures laser-based range finding equipment, power packs for wireless radio sets, infantry combat vehicle-based Nuclear Biological Chemical and reconnaissance systems, along with X Ray baggage scanners. The facility has diversified into the field of electronic artillery fuses. BEL has nine manufacturing units spread all over the country.”

“The newly-inaugurated facility has a capacity to make more than 50,000 electronic fuses per month, and can augment this capacity as per the requirement of the Army. BEL, Pune, also plans to expand the fuse manufacturing capability in the near future. With this facility going online, BEL is confident of fulfilling all the needs of electronic fuses for our artillery, today and in times to come,” he added.4.


http://indianexpress.com/article/ci...nufacturing-facility-launched-at-bel-4913016/