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From: urbanf@yj.data.nokia.fi (Urban Fredriksson)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: IR-guided artillery rounds
Message-ID: <1991Feb27.021559.22491@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 27 Feb 91 02:15:59 GMT
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From: urbanf@yj.data.nokia.fi  (Urban Fredriksson)


    There is a Swedish IR-guided anti-tank mortar round
    named Strix (Latin for Owl, isn't it?) which can be
    fired from any 12cm mortar. It has been in development
    for almost 10 years, but now it's for sale. Sounds
    easier to use than laser-designators.

    There has also been work in Sweden on an IR-guided
    anti-ship shell to be fired as a conventional round
    from coastal defence cannon/howitzers. It was to
    spin exacly like an ordinary round, having a fixed,
    slightly offset seeker, and so seeking in a decreasing
    spiral pattern. A small number of small charges would
    then adjust the trajectory. The aim wasn't to guarantee
    a hit every time, but to greatly reduce CEP at a small
    cost.

| Urban Fredriksson |"The best way to get rid of an  | I do NOT speak   |
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