Dragon Fire II 120mm Mortar

Suhiir · #1 May 2nd, 2007, 03:46 PM

Looks like the USMC is getting a new toy.

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SGTGunn · #2 May 2nd, 2007, 06:35 PM

This thing is wild. I watched a segment about it on the Military Channel's Future Weapons show(the clip is on Youtube I think). It can sustain an ROF of 10rds per minute, and can start firing a mission within 16 seconds of receiving it digitally. Talk about rapid response for supporting fires!

Hopefully we'll get in the Army as well! =)

Adrian

Pats · #3 May 2nd, 2007, 07:04 PM

10 rnds/min -> see here that would be 8/min (4/20sec) with semi automatic...

Bighorn

PlasmaKrab · #4 May 3rd, 2007, 08:50 AM

I heard of the first Dragon Fire back in 1998 or so already, shame the program didn't move any faster... The LAV-based version is slated for 2008, dunno if that's IOC, opeval or development start.
Now fire-on-the-move mortar LAV, that sounds yummy!

pdoktar · #5 May 3rd, 2007, 09:00 AM

Ever you guys heard of AMOS..

http://www.amos.fi/main.html

Multiple rounds simultaneous impact up to 10km..

Performance
Time to fire < 30 sec
Time to scoot < 10 sec
Max. rate of fire 26 rds / min
First 4 rounds < 8 sec
Range > 10 km
Multiple rounds
simultaneous impact
(MRSI) up to 14 rds

Pats · #6 May 3rd, 2007, 09:15 AM

Quote:

pdoktar said:
Ever you guys heard of AMOS..

http://www.amos.fi/main.html

Multiple rounds simultaneous impact up to 10km..

Performance
Time to fire < 30 sec
Time to scoot < 10 sec
Max. rate of fire 26 rds / min
First 4 rounds < 8 sec
Range > 10 km
Multiple rounds
simultaneous impact
(MRSI) up to 14 rds

that looks like the winner