Arquus Presents Its Fortress Mk2 Anti-tank Warfare Version At IDEX 2023 

Latest conflicts have confirmed as soon as extra that anti-tank warfare is essential in high-intensity fight environments the place tanks or extremely armored IFVs and APCs are as soon as once more used massively on the frontlines. Anti-tank missiles are thus a must have for all fight items, each for self-defense in opposition to sudden encounters, in addition to for added aggression capabilities, each embarked and on-foot. The ubiquity of drones and different intelligence options additionally permits for an incredible versatility for missile use on the battlefield. At IDEX 2023, Arquus is proud to current its Fortress Mk2 in its anti-tank configuration, with a crew of 5, 5 AKERON missiles by MBDA, 2 firing posts and 1 UAV. On this configuration, one launcher is fitted on the Fortress Mk2’s Hornet RCWS, prepared to fireplace. The opposite one is saved contained in the car, able to disembark for dismounted anti-tank fight. The crew includes one ATGM squad chief, one driver, one Hornet AKERON gunner devoted to surveillance and fight from the car, one gunner manning the AKERON firing submit and one UAV operator devoted to gathering intelligence and coordinating BLOS (Past Line of Sight) strikes. Optionally, the Fortress Mk2 may also load as much as 3 additional crew members or 4 additional missiles, relying on the mission or the crew loadout.

That mission-ready configuration could be very related on the Fortress Mk2, which is an especially agile car on all terrains. Designed as an APC, the Fortress Mk2 presents giant inside quantity, ideally suited for the transport of a number of missiles and firing posts, whereas retaining house for the crew and their private gear. Due to its unbiased suspensions and confirmed chassis, it might probably attain very simply any favorable tactical place for a missile launch and interact enemy armor from factors the place it’s not anticipated. Its mobility additionally permits it to swiftly attain cowl after partaking its goal, even by chopping by means of demanding grounds, slopes and relieves. To attain this superior tactical mobility the Fortress Mk2 has been geared up with a 6-cylinder 340HP engine which ensures a wonderful 23HP/ton energy/weight ratio, on the prime of the market. It may possibly attain speeds of 120 km/h with a variety of 1,200km. These distinctive efficiency in all terrain and impediment crossing make it a car of alternative for essentially the most demanding missions on essentially the most demanding environments. The Fortress Mk2 is a car relaxed in all circumstances, off-roads in addition to for impediment crossing.

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Its distinctive mobility and inside configuration permit for the secure transport of a full preventing group and their gear, on all terrains, and with a excessive stage of consolation, guaranteeing that they’re effectively rested each bodily and mentally earlier than the motion. Designed for lengthy missions in full autonomy, the Fortress Mk2 presents a really giant inside house. As an APC thought for a fight group of 10 and their gear, it might probably load as much as 2 tons of payload with a completely customizable and modular loadout. Due to that payload capability and modularity, the Fortress Mk2 can load a full complement of ammunition. It may possibly additionally combine all the hearth configurations of the AKERON missile by missile world main firm MBDA, by combining the Hornet AKERON RCWS and the AKERON dismounted firing station. Such capabilities embrace:
Dismounted anti-tank fight with a man-portable missile launcher;
Embarked anti-tank fight with the Hornet AKERON;
Past Line of Sight (BLOS) fight with a drone acquisition or collaborative fight

Designed to reply the intensification of the threats encountered on the battlefield, the Fortress Mk2 APC natively combines very excessive mobility, safety and firepower. Aggressive and really effectively protected, the Fortress Mk2 is a contemporary, high-performance car, very effectively tailored to present and future operational commitments. Designed to move a fight group of 10 troopers over all terrains, the Fortress Mk2 combines optimum safety in opposition to all ballistic threats and mines encountered on the battlefield, and unprecedented off-road mobility capabilities due to its unbiased suspensions and really highly effective engine. Due to its mobility and firepower, the Fortress Mk2 can carry and accompany the infantry on the battlefield, whereas offering operational hearth help. In an anti-tank warfare configuration, the Fortress Mk2 thus combines a 5-operator crew, missiles each on prime and contained in the car, in addition to the car’s personal weapon system such because the Hornet RCWS. Such weaponry contains 7.62mm, 12.7mm or 14.5mm handbook ring-mounted or remote-controlled weapon stations, with as much as 30mm cannons or 40mm grenade launchers, enabling a big spectrum of fireside help capabilities. The Fortress has been chosen by the Particular Forces of a NATO nation and is already fight confirmed. It has just lately been deployed in international operations and has absolutely met its purchasers’ expectations. Its mobility and safety notably have already been examined in operational conditions.

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