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The BSFM is the first component of the £1.5 billion Category A Indirect Fire Precision Attack (IFPA) procurement programme. The IFPA programme envisages a mix of five munitions, acquired incrementally, which will provide the British Army with a new capability to attack and destroy high value targets, such as enemy armoured vehicles, including tanks, and fortifications, at ranges up to 300km, around the clock and in all weather conditions. It will consist of munitions for both gun and rocket launcher platforms and will build to full capability by 2017. Wargaming has concluded that IFPA will be a key battle winner in any future conflict.
Originally posted by Now_Then
Would a well placed round from a standard issue rifle put one of those floating bad boys out of action? (before it acquires it's target of course)
Its almost a twenty year old concept, I'm quite frankly surprised that its taken this long. When I first read about this type of system it was being studied in two forms, one was as a sub-munition from an from an airborne canister, just like a cluster bomb.
If no suitible target is located before it hit the ground then it lands and becomes an pop-up anti-vehicle mine.
Originally posted by ShatteredSkies
Seems like the Excalibur munition would be more efficient than this.
But interesting design.
Shattered OUT...
Originally posted by deckard83
Most armoured Vehicles can withstand 155mm shell fragments so you would need a direct hit and Excalibur only gets you within 10 meters of the GPS co-ord given 50% of the time.
"Precision is defined within 10 meters of the target," said the general. "Both the guided MLRS and the Excalibur have been hitting as close as 2-3 meters from the target. If you take all of the tests that we have done with Excalibur, the average from the center of impact is about 2.7 meters."
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Two of the test projectiles were fired to a target range of 40.8 kilometers (25.4 miles), impacting approximately 6.7 meters (22 feet) and 2.2 meters (7.2 feet) from the target center.
Three shots were fired to 35 kilometers (21.8 miles) - one of which was fired at 5 degrees off axis - that impacted between 2.8 meters (9.2 feet) and 6.1 meters (20 feet) from the target center. The demonstrated range and accuracy exceed the Excalibur Block I objective requirements.
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Originally posted by PaddyInf
This would have implications regarding the laying of minefields under the Ottowa Convention regarding landmines. Mines are not a great choice of weapon considering the various PR wars we're fighting at the minute.
Originally posted by MisterVoid
Originally posted by PaddyInf
This would have implications regarding the laying of minefields under the Ottowa Convention regarding landmines. Mines are not a great choice of weapon considering the various PR wars we're fighting at the minute.
Not really, as it wouldn't really be a mine, it would really just be an unexploded peice of ordinance with an active target seeker, frankly that alone should scare the hell out of people as I really don't think they'll be sticking friend or foe identifiers in these things