Oerlikon Ammunition for
New Defense Environment
NDIA 40th Annual Armament Systems Presented by:
New Orleans, LA - April 25-28, 2005 Allan Buckley
Director Product Management
RWM Schweiz AG
CH-8050 Zurich / Switzerland
www.rheinmetall-wm.com
allan.buckley@ocag.ch
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Lessons Learned & Implemented
AMMUNITION
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System Issue Solution
Aircraft Safety FAP
Gun Ship Diffused Ground Target ABM
ABM, FAPDS;
Vehicle Multiple Threat
APFSDS
Naval Asymmetric Threat ABM, FAPDS
GB Air Defense Missile-, RAM-Threat ABM, FAPDS
FAP: Frangible Armor Piercing (Frap Technology)
FAPDS: Frangible Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot (Frap Technology)
APFSDS: Long Rod
ABM: Air Burst Munition (Ahead Technology)
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Threat Spectrum
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F2 15834 BC
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Evolution of Medium Caliber Ammo Types
Paradigm-Shift (Quantum Leap)
70’s 80’s 90’s 2000’s
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NEW
Long Rod (APFSDS) ▲
Frap (incl. FAPDS, FAP) ▲
Air Burst Munition (incl. Ahead) ▲
AP
▲
PAST
APDS
HEI (PD-Fuze)
SAPHEI, APHEI
HEI (Base Fuze) ▲
HE (with Prox. Fuze)▲
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Frap (Fragmenting Payload) Definition
Frap is a generic term defining a KE ammunition with an inert payload
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designed to fragment and release its energy after target penetration,
thereby creating devastating in-depth and lateral secondary effects
(fragments, blast, incendiary).
Heavy Metal
Fragment
Cloud
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Safety Issue
with High Explosive Aircraft Ammunition
Swiss F/A-18 “Early Burst” USAF F-16 In-Bore Explosion
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USNavy F/A-18
Gun Barrel
Rupture
Ref.: www.google.com:
Search: PGU-28/B
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Solution: FAP Ammunition
Lethality of 20mm x 102 FAP & HEI
20mm x 102 FAP TARVAC Vulnerability Assessment
Code run by TNO/NL
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Attrition Kill Mission Abort
Vulnerable Areas in Red
HEI
FAP
Range: 900 (m), Side & Head-on attack
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Urban Targets
Solution: FAPDS Ammunition (e.g. 25mm x 137)
No
Perforation Target: 20 cm (2 x 10 cm) Concrete
Wall with double steel-structure
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reinforcement at a range of 1500 m
HEI-T FAPDS-T
Full Perforation
No
Perforation
SAPHEI-T
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‚Soft‘ Targets
Solution: FAPDS Ammunition
DW516
15
SAPHEI-T
2.5 s
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10
Vertical Range [m]
30mm x 173 Ammo
3.0 s
FAPDS-T
5 1.0 s
1.5 s
ToF 0.5 s
2.17 s ToF 3.55 s
0
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000
25mm FAPDS
-5
Horizontal Range [m]
FAPDS Main Characteristics:
• Higher Hit Probability (shorter ToF)
• Higher Lethality
• Lower Vulnerability (no HE-Filling)
35mm FAPDS
• Lower Life Cycle Costs
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‚Hard‘ Targets
Solution: FAPDS Ammunition (e.g. 25mm x 137)
Target: BMP-2
Range 1.2 km
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Results:
HEI-T:
no penetration
of main armour FAPDS-T
FAPDS-T:
full penetration HEI-T
of main armour
FAPDS-T
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Armoured Targets
Solution: APFSDS-T (Long Rod) Ammunition
(e.g. 30mm x 173)
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PY0405-016AA-Tank
M60
PY0405-017AA_Tank M60_Effect
• 2 hits with full penetration
through the turret side, in the area
of the ammo storage, angle of
impact 45° and 60°NATO
Target: M60-Tank • 1 hit on engine cover with angle
Range 1500m of impact >70°NATO
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Vehicle & Naval Craft
Solution: ABM Ahead System - Principle
Examples:
Ground Vehicles
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Puma / DE (30mm)
CV9035 / NL
Skyranger / OCAG Programmer
Payload
Ejection
Naval Crafts:
35mm: GDM-A07 & Millennium ABM Projectile
30mm: MK44; DS30B KETF
Vo
Measuring
ABM
Fuze
Fire
FireCS ABM
CS Electronics
Electronics Programming
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ABM-Ahead Ammunition 30 & 35mm
for Modern Vehicle Armament (Examples)
ABM Fire Power against incl.
MBT (neutralise), Mi-24 Hind-D,
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Personnel (covered in Foxhole
Puma
& dispersed Infantry Soldiers),
30mm Urban Targets. CV9035
35mm
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ABM-Ahead Ammunition 35mm
for Navy Applications (Examples)
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HSV-2 with
GDM-A07 Millennium
Turkish Frigate
Surface Threat: incl. Fast Intruder Attack Craft (e.g. Boghammar, Jet Ski),
Submarine-Periscope.
Air Threat: incl. ASM, AGM
Boghammar Firing AGM (Maverick)
(EZO, 2003) Firing (EZO, 2003)
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Infantry
Solution: ABM 40mm x 53 Calibre (AGL)
AGL: Automatic Grenade Launcher
Air Burst Munition (Ahead-HETF)
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Any AGL System
incl. LWAGL, MK19
Light Weight AGL of
ST Kinetics with
ABM System Upgrade
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Trends in Air Threat
Difficult to
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?
Detect, Track, Engage,
Hit, Kill
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Solution: GB Air Defense Skyshield 35mm Ahead
Detection/Tracking
Subprojectiles
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Ejection
Data Transmission
Muzzle Velocity Measuring
Muzzle Base with
Programmer
Gun Fuze Programming
Computer
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UAV’s & Missiles
Solution: Skyshield 35mm Ahead
UAV-Target Destroyed
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IR-Camera Picture
U.S. Army Test,
NAWS China Lake, July 2004
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New Threat: Rockets, Artillery, Mortars (RAM)
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Solution: Counter RAM (Rocket Artillary & Mortar)
for Military Camp Protection
Skyshield 35mm Ahead:
Tests in Todendorf (Germany, Dec. 04)
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FCS
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35 mm ABM Ahead Technology:
C-RAM Defense Potential demonstrated
Target: 120mm Mortar destroyed
Detonation
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caused by
Ahead
(Bursts of
18 to 36 Rds)
IR-Camera
Picture
Skyshield Tests in Todendorf (Germany, Dec. 04)
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ABM-Ahead Technology:
Versatile Solution to Defense Problems
The Space-Time Programmable Ammunition:
For ANY Defence Role & TARGET Engagement
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• Armies TARGET Engagement
• Navies • Hard to Soft
• Air Forces • Dispersed to Concentrated
• Peace Keeping & • Open to Hidden
Enforcement Forces
• Lethal to Less-Than-Lethal
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Example of a Modern Med. Cal. Ammo Family:
30mm x 173 New Oerlikon Ammunition
Air-Burst Vo
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ABM 1100 m/s
Long-Rod
1405 m/s
APFSDS-T
Frangible
1405 m/s
FAPDS-T 42F9608-3 Phs.Ret
Training
1465 m/s
TPFDS-T 40D0003-
2A
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