Anti-Structures Munition
Encyclopedia
The Anti-Structures Munition is a developmental program for the British Army
to provide a man-portable shoulder-launched weapon capable of destroying hardened structures such as buildings or bunker
s. The system is planned to be in service by the end of 2010.
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
to provide a man-portable shoulder-launched weapon capable of destroying hardened structures such as buildings or bunker
Bunker
A military bunker is a hardened shelter, often buried partly or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks...
s. The system is planned to be in service by the end of 2010.
Program status
- May 2004 - Systems from Dynamit Nobel and Saab Bofors DynamicsSaab Bofors DynamicsSaab Bofors Dynamics, located in Karlskoga and Linköping, Sweden, is a subsidiary of Saab AB that specializes in military materiel such as missile systems and anti-tank systems....
selected for competition. - February 2006 - Contract (£40m) awarded to Dynamit Nobel Defence for production of the Anti-Structures Munition (ASM) version of the MATADORMATADOR (weapon)MATADOR is a man-portable, disposable anti-armor weapon system developed in a collaboration between Singapore and Israel. It is an updated version of the German Armbrust design, and operates on the same principles...
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