Military Weapons

TORPEDOES (Military Weapons)

NT-37 The NT-37 medium-weight torpedo is an extensively reworked Mk 37 torpedo that is in service with several navies. It can be launched from surface ships or submarines. Alliant has offered several versions of the NT-37, including the digital NT-37E and the analog NT-37F. The NT-37E proved to be too expensive for most prospective retrofit […]

LAND-ATTACK MISSILES (Military Weapons)

AGM-130 The AGM-130 is a powered version of the US GBU-15 precision-guided modular glide bomb, which in turn evolved from the Mk 84 2,000-lb (907-kg) bomb. Commonality between the two weapons includes the TV seeker, body, and short-chord wings. Warheads for the GBU-15 are the Mk 84, a submunitions dispenser (SUU-54), or the more powerful […]

ANTITANK MISSILES (Military Weapons)

Copperhead (M712) The M712 Copperhead Cannon-Launched Guided Projectile (CLGP) is a highly accurate, laser-guided projectile fired from standard 155-mm howitzers. The projectile’s semiactive laser seeker searches for a target illuminated by a forward ground- or aircraft-based observer using a coded laser. Copperhead aerody-namically adjusts its flight path to hit the target. The impact “footprint” is […]

ANTISHIP MISSILES (Military Weapons)

Harpoon (AGM-84/RGM-84/ UGM-84) The series of AGM/RGM/UGM-84 Harpoons are long-range sea-skimming, anti-ship missiles that are the mostwidely used antiship missiles in the West. The ship-launched version of the Harpoon was originally conceived as an air-to-surface missile to attack surfaced Soviet Echo-class cruise missile submarines. The missile is deployed in surface ships and submarines, in land-based […]

ANTIRADAR MISSILES (Military Weapons)

HARM(AGM-88) The AGM-88 HARM missile was developed as a replacement for the AGM-45 Shrike and AGM-78 Standard Antiradia-tion Radar Missiles (ARM). It is an expensive missile, but one with a broad capability against ground- and ship-based radars. The HARM can be fired in several modes: As a long-range standoff missile against preselected targets, HARM can […]

MISSILES/ROCKETS/BOMBS (Military Weapons)

ANTIAIR AMRAAM (AIM- 120) The AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile) was developed jointly by the US Air Force and Navy as a follow-on to the AIM-7 Sparrow III AAM. The core of AMRAAM’s performance specification is a high kill probability at short and long range under all weather conditions while subjected to heavy Electronic […]

LIGHT AND MAIN BATTLE TANKS (Military Weapons)

M1A1Abrams The Ml Abrams is the principal Main Battle Tank (MET) of the US Army and Marine Corps. Originally developed as a stopgap until a more advanced tank could be fielded, the Ml struggled for acceptance from its first trials in 1976. It was criticized for high cost, high fuel consumption, and, especially, maintainability problems. […]

COMBAT SUPPORT AND SERVICE VEHICLES (Military Weapons)

M9 Armored Combat Earthmover (ACE) The M9 ACE is a full-tracked, relatively fast armored earthmover capable of constructing weapons positions, building or clearing obstacles, and recovering other vehicles in combat areas. The ACE is a combination of a bulldozer and a front-end loader, with the blade forming the front of a large “bowl” that holds […]

ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (Military Weapons)

AAV7A1 (formerly LVTP-7A1) The US Marine Corps AAV7A1 is a full-tracked, amphibian vehicle, providing an over-the-beach capability for landing troops and material through surf up to 10 feet high. The Marine Corps has often employed the AAV7A1 as an armored personnel carrier, although the vehicle has a high silhouette for this role and was not […]

ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLES (Military Weapons)

VI50 (M706) Commando Series The Commando series of light armored vehicles has been produced in a variety of configurations and is in widespread service. The basic Commando is a 4 X 4-wheeled vehicle with no vertical surfaces and a low superstructure or turret ring. Weapons fitted to the vehicle range from 7.62-mm machine guns to […]

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