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
3

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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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