Along with what will be the
CHALLENGER 2 EXPORT the
AS-90 has not been delivered yet. However, the
2nd Group of AS-90 crews has just completed training in the UK from Ukraine.
What is other noteworthy here is the article gives us the accelerated training timeframe for those crews at
2 months. The ref is sourced from
UK Defence Ministry on Twitter.
"A group of
Ukrainian military personnel arrived in the United Kingdom for training with AS-90 self-propelled howitzers in
early February."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...70d67da&ei=363
A fair amount of the
AS-90 are going to the Ukraine, because of this they'll need to replace these quickly to maintain their defense posture but, with what? One of the
BEST in the world.
https://des.mod.uk/des-secures-arche...-british-army/
(These appear to be new build systems with FOC April 2024.)
On the "
face of it" I would've dismissed this system
BELOW out of hand, however, after reading it's
CEP and
Blast Radius data, I'm going to post it and see what happens. From the ref.
FOC/START MAR 2023.
"The
Grim-2 operational-tactical missile system is being developed to
target individual and group stationary targets at distances ranging from
50 to 280 km. The single-stage ballistic missiles warhead is
designed with a mass of 480 kg. The payload can be configured as a
unitary or cluster. The
unitary configuration uses a
fragmentation-high-explosive or
penetrating fragmentation-high-explosive payload. The
cluster payload is equipped with
fragmentation-high-explosive sub-munitions. The missile's
estimated impact area with a
fragmentation-high-explosive payload is over 10,000 m², while a
cluster charge covers 2-3 hectares. The missile, together with its 7.2-meter launch container, weighs 3.5 tons. The missile's onboard
control system is inertial and comes with
various navigation and guidance systems, such as radar-based and optoelectronic systems (Mine-In other words it's a precision guided weapon.) .
Multiple sources suggest that the
280 km range is a formal limitation for the export version of the missile. However, for
its own army's requirements, the system's
firing range could be increased to 450-500 km."
Someday soon say maybe they'll say "
Goodbye" to that bridge at that extended range (
Or without.).
https://www.armyrecognition.com/ukra...an_troops.html
http://www.military-today.com/missil...ic_missile.htm
(REPORTS, IT CARRIES 2 MISSILES.)
Regards,
Pat
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