In accordance with data revealed by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Försvarets materielverk, FMV) of Sweden on December 21, 2021, the FMV has signed a contract with the Swedish firm SAAB for the acquisition of RBS 56 BILL anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system developed by AB Bofors for an quantity of round €20 million. It was re-introduced whereas awaiting the acquisition of a brand new medium-range anti-tank missile. France and Sweden agreed to co-develop a brand new anti-tank missile based mostly on MBDA’s Missile Moyenne Portée (Medium-Vary Missile/MMP) missile. The French Route générale de l’armement (DGA) signed a letter of intent with Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Försvarets materielverk or FMV) to construct these new missiles. Saab would be the Swedish associate within the contract.
The RBS 56B BILL 2 Anti-Tank Guided Weapon (ATGM) is a man-portable or vehicle-mounted guided anti-tank missile utilizing the overfly high assault technique to assault the weaker components of an armoured car. The RBS 56B BILL 2 was designed upon the unique BILL 1 Anti-tank guided weapon that has been within the service of the Swedish Military since 1988. The BILL 2 is at present produced by Saab Bofors Dynamics, who’re positioned in Karlskoga, Sweden. The RBS 56B BILL 2 makes use of OTA or Overfly High Assault to assault its goal. The missile flies in direction of the goal on a typical horizontal trajectory, however fairly than straight hitting the goal head on, it overflies it, detonating its warhead on high of an armored car, the place the armour is often lighter. It additionally makes use of extra steerage accuracy by way of the put in charge gyro, which screens the monitoring motion of the launcher.
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The BILL 2 Missile makes use of a SACLOS or semi-automatic command to line-of-sight steerage system, and is managed by way of a communications wire that trails behind the missile from the launch tube. The BILL 2 warhead has an optical and magnetic sensor. The optical sensor serves to seek out the goal’s vary, whereas the magnetic sensor detects metallic targets to find out the perfect level for the missile to detonate. The BILL 2 incorporates each a proximity fuse and an inertial impression fuse. The BILL 2 is armed with a pair of vertically hanging Explosively shaped penetrator warheads, which every direct a self-forging slug of steel downwards at excessive velocities utilizing a excessive explosive blast. The 40mm frontal “precursor” warhead destroys any reactive armour defending the goal and leaves the 110mm rear warhead to penetrate the armour. Complete penetration capabilities are labeled, however are identified to be a minimum of 550mm in rolled homogeneous armor.
Missile Moyenne Portée (Medium-Vary Missile/MMP) is a French man-portable anti-tank guided missile. It was developed by MBDA Missile Methods and is meant as a alternative for his or her MILAN, which has been bought worldwide. Explicit developments over present missiles had been for it to be protected for operators inside a confined area, i.e. lowered backblast on launch, and for improved steerage that would goal non-IR chilly targets in addition to AFVs with a lowered danger of collateral injury. In comparison with its predecessors it incorporates a substantial amount of trendy and COTS electronics, fairly than the beforehand slow-moving growth of army procurement. The missile and its steerage system supply three totally different working modes: Hearth-and-Overlook, Man In The Loop with fibre optic data-link Lock-on after launch (LOAL) for non-line-of-sight (NLOS) and utilizing third celebration goal designation.
