Zukünftige Entwicklungen und Konzeptionen von Panzerfahrzeugen

[Quintus Fabius]

Think Defence hat hier im folgenden eine hervorragende Zusammenfassung des

40mm Cased Telescoped Armament System (CTAS)

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Futures

Although work has recently concentrated on bringing the system into service CTAI have also carried out a number of studies on larger calibre (105mm), guided submunitions and a 12.7mm version.

Testing has also confirmed the suitability of the 40mm CTAS for use in remote and unmanned mounts, including dual/triple feed and non-penetrating options

CTAI have also proposed a number of naval applications for the CTAS but the most recent development is the Thales RAPID Fire system, designed to destroy helicopters, unmanned vehicles and combat aircraft.

The RAPIDFire vehicle can be integrated with a number of air defence systems and uses the specialised air defence ammunition that contained 200 tungsten pellets. Rather than using a very high rate of fire, RAPIDFire is designed to fire fewer but more effective air bursting rounds at the target. It can carry 140 rounds in the turret, ready to fire. Effective range is claimed to be 4,000m and up to 6 vehicles can be integrated with a single control module for wide area coverage, including fire control for Starstreak/HVM missiles. An independent EO/IR sensor can also be used with detection ranges in excess of 18km.

This comes at a cost however, the CTAS is expensive (regardless of arguments about cost per stored kill) and unless others purchase it, only in service in relatively small numbers.

A stronger case would be for the RAIDFire, or some other system based on the CTAS. We have observed the devastatingly effective combination of rocket delivered sub-munitions and multiple UAV’s in Ukraine.

Obviously, the Russians didn’t get the memo about cluster munitions being evil.