Spike NLOS, ausgelagert aus dem Grossgeräte-Bilderthread Einstellungen

[Dave76]

Interessant ist auch diese Anhänger-Version der SPIKE NLOS

http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/bmpd/380249...1371231_900.jpg

Das ist Exactor Mk2, wird am Ende des Artikels, den ich oben verlinkt habe, ebenfalls beschrieben.

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Hier noch mal zur Verdeutlichung ein Bild eines Spike-NLOS Mk5 Flugkörpers aus obigem Artikel, wo sie so beschrieben wird: the latest Mk5 version, which has a dual-mode electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) camera seeker [...] its designers having switched to a straight-wing configuration to aid controllability

The Spike-NLOS Mk5 missile withits dual-mode EO/IR camera seeker on display at DSEI 2013. A semi-active laser seeker can be integrated with the guidance system.

Und hier noch mal die frühere Mk2 Variante, die so beschrieben wird: The Mk2 (daylight camera) missile (which has a short-span cruciform delta wing configuration with chines) in particular proved uncomfortably fast for operator-controlled engagements at the shorter battle ranges, from the point that post-launch control of the missile is passed to its operator from the automatic gathering system.

[Warhammer]

Wobei mich nicht wundern würde, wenn man am Anfang der Tammuz Entwicklung tatsächlich auch stark die Bekämpfung von Syrischen oder Ägyptischen Panzerkolonnen in der Tiefe im Kopf hatte.

[Dave76]

Wobei mich nicht wundern würde, wenn man am Anfang der Tammuz Entwicklung tatsächlich auch stark die Bekämpfung von Syrischen oder Ägyptischen Panzerkolonnen in der Tiefe im Kopf hatte.

Na sicher, wie schon erwähnt, Ursprung der Entwicklung sind die Erfahrungen des '73er Oktoberkrieges, insbesondere gegen die syrischen Panzerformationen sowjetischen Zuschnitts im Golan. Man wollte die aufmaschierenden rear echolon forces der syrischen Panzerverbände aus großer Entfernung punktgenau zerstören können.

[Dave76]

Wobei mich nicht wundern würde, wenn man am Anfang der Tammuz Entwicklung tatsächlich auch stark die Bekämpfung von Syrischen oder Ägyptischen Panzerkolonnen in der Tiefe im Kopf hatte.

Na sicher, wie schon erwähnt, Ursprung der Entwicklung sind die Erfahrungen des '73er Oktoberkrieges, insbesondere gegen die syrischen Panzerformationen sowjetischen Zuschnitts im Golan. Man wollte die aufmaschierenden rear echolon forces der syrischen Panzerverbände aus großer Entfernung punktgenau zerstören können.

Übrigens, in diesem Zusammenhang ist auch die ganze Geschichte um das Follow-On-Forces-Attack (FOFA)-Konzepts der NATO interessant. Hier ist zum Beispiel ein schöner Artikel dazu: The Cold War Offset Strategy: Assault Breaker and the Beginning of the RSTA Revolution - warontherocks.com

[Dave76]

Analysis: IDF breaks 33-year silence on M48 Tamuz missile launcher

Yaakov Lappin, Tel Aviv - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
06 August 2015


A Pere fires a Tamuz 2 missile in an undated photo released by the IDF Source: IDF

Key Points

• The IDF have finally revealed details of their missile-firing Peres
• Upgraded versions still remain in service

A senior source from the IDF Artillery Corps discussed the origins, development, and modern usage of the vehicle in early August, saying the concept was developed in the wake of the 1973 war, when Israeli military planners realised the IDF needed additional firepower to stop massive Syrian tank formations pouring across the Golan Heights.

To this end, the IDF contracted Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to convert three battalions (about 40) of its by-then obsolescent M48 tanks so they could fire the company's Tamuz ('Orange') missile. The first conversions were completed in 1982. This process involved the installation of a new turret with a launcher for 12 missiles, as well as an elevating antenna for communicating with the missiles during their flight.


A Pere fires a Tamuz missile in an undated photo released by the IDF. (IDF)

Known as the Pere ('Savage'), the resulting vehicle is comparatively well armoured and has the mobility to keep up with the IDF's armoured divisions. It still has a crew of four: a commander, two gunners, and a driver. Once ordered to fire on certain co-ordinates, the crew launches a Tamuz towards the location, uses the live feed from the camera carried in its nose to identify a target as it approaches and then manually guides the missile towards it.

The manual guidance system restricts each Pere to having only one missile in the air at any given time, although a battalion of vehicles working together could potentially fire volleys at an enemy tank formation.


Three Pere armoured missile launchers. (IDF)

Notably, the Peres were fitted with dummy barrels to mimic a 105 mm main gun and give the impression they are still tanks. Syrian intelligence would consequently not consider the vehicles an immediate threat if it spotted them behind the front line, when in fact the Peres would have been in a position to bombard an advancing armoured formation with long-range anti-tank missiles.

This also meant that the existence of the vehicles and the Tamuz missile had to remain closely guarded secrets. The IDF acknowledged the existence of the Tamuz in 2011, when some details were released of the missile and the Hafiz variant of the M113 armoured personnel carrier used to launch it. However, the Pere continued to remain in the shadows.

Israel's security environment has changed dramatically since the vehicle's conception. By 2005 the threat of conventional war had faded, only to be replaced by conflict against heavily armed, asymmetrical foes such as Hizbullah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Nevertheless, the Pere has continued to play an important role in providing a precision stand-off strike capability that the IDF use to deal with cross-border incidents or engage enemy targets during full-scale conflicts. "The enemy has changed. It is now a small, rapidly disappearing enemy," the Artillery Corps officer said.

The Pere fleet has been upgraded to keep it relevant to contemporary operational requirements. The vehicles are now linked to the IDF's Torch command-and-control system, allowing them to receive intelligence on the co-ordinates of targets from a range of sources.


Pere armoured missile launchers. (IDF)

Unlike the IDF's Merkava Mk 4 tanks, the Peres have not been fitted with Rafael's Trophy active protective system. "As long as there is no need to move in [to hostile territory], it will sit away [from the frontlines], as it did during Operation 'Protective Edge', when there was no need to move into Gaza, as all targets were in range from Israel," said the officer.

The officer added that the vehicles can now be used to fire either Tamuz 2 missiles with a 15 km range or Tamuz 4 missiles with a range of 30 km. Rafael told IHS Jane's that the Tamuz 4 is similar to the Tamuz 5, which is the IDF's name for the Spike NLOS missile that the company has marketed internationally since 2009. The main difference is that the Tamuz 5 has advanced day/night capabilities and can be used with a semi-active laser guidance system.

The officer revealed that anti-tank and anti-aircraft variants of Tamuz 2 and 4 missiles are available. He said they use the same electro-optics, suggesting the main difference is that the former carries an armour-piercing shaped charge, while the latter has a fragmentation warhead that could be used against a variety of ground targets, as well as slow-moving aircraft.


Profile shot of a Pere armoured missile launcher. (IDF)

The Pere's first operational use was not until 2005, when it returned fire on Palestinian attackers in the Gaza Strip. It then participated in the July-August 2006 war with Hizbullah, during which Pere units fired 527 missiles. In the 2008-09 Operation 'Cast Lead' against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Peres fired 26 Tamuz missiles.

Since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2012, Peres deployed to the Golan Heights have carried out numerous strikes on Syrian positions in retaliation for cross-border fire. Most recently, the vehicles fired 433 missiles during the 50-day Operation 'Protective Edge' against Hamas.

While the IDF has not explained why it decided to lift the veil of secrecy around the Pere a year after 'Protective Edge', the move could contribute to deterrence, while also advertising the vehicle's existence to potential export clients.

Yaakov Lappin is a JDW correspondent, based in Tel Aviv

http://www.janes.com/article/53506/analysi...issile-launcher

[Dave76]

Ergänzend zum obigen Janes-Artikel noch etwas Hintergrund zum Pere mit Tamuz:

The “Pere” Tank is Exposed

After the Yom-Kippur War, the IDF sought a response to Russian armor. One of the solutions was the “Pere” tank – a modified M-60 Patton platform fitted with a multiple-tube antitank missile launcher, and one of the most closely-guarded secrets of the IDF

Ami Rojkes Dombe | 14/09/2015

The Yom-Kippur War left the IDF with a limited capacity of coping with the Russian armor of Egypt and Syria. The IDF sought a way to extend the range at which enemy tanks may be engaged and destroyed. The solution was provided by Rafael that developed the Tamuz (Spike) missile in the early 1980s. Back then, the Spike had a range of 8 kilometers, could be employed during the daytime and proved highly effective against the Russian armor.

The question was what should be done with that missile. One of the most creative ideas was conceived by Col. (res.) Benny Beit-Or, who wanted to build a Tamuz launching platform that would look like a tank. The idea was for such a platform to blend into a column of standard tanks, so as to take the enemy by surprise just before the actual engagement. For this purpose, the platform was developed by Rafael and manufacturing was assigned to IMI, and in 1982 the new weapon system was delivered to the Moran unit of the IDF.

Moran was an Artillery Corps unit established around the “Pere” (Savage) platform, which operated in southern Israel. Its objective was to prepare for the crucial day when Egyptian armor columns once again march toward Israel. Beit-Or was the unit’s first commander. Later on, the Artillery Corps established the Meitar Unit, which operated the “Pere” platform in northern Israel, and eventually the Moran Unit was absorbed by the Meitar Unit.

Until 2005, the battalion was not involved in any operational activity and its entire function was to prepare secretly for a future armor-versus-armor war. With the exception of a handful of people who were familiar with the “Pere” system within the IDF, the platform remained strictly confidential. Eventually, the IDF acquired Merkava tanks, and the M-60 platform, on which the “Pere” platform was based, could no longer blend into the tank units without arousing suspicions on the enemy’s side. This may have been one of the reasons why the censors granted the request by the Israeli “Fresh” website to publicize this weapon system last July.

In 2005 a decision was made to employ the “Pere” platform for the first time in Lebanon. Subsequently, it was employed operationally in the Second Lebanon War of 2006 (during which “Pere” platforms launched 527 missiles), in Operation Cast Lead (27 missiles) and in Operation Protective Edge (433 missiles) as well as in specific incidents where the IDF responded to “leakages” from Syria.

The “Pere” platform is based on an M-60 Patton tank fitted with an expanded turret which houses a Tamuz (Spike NLOS) missile launcher with 12 launching tubes. The crew consists of four specialists: commander, driver and two missile aimers/operators. The “Pere” platform is fitted with Rafael’s “Raz Pra’ee” system that supports the launching of the Tamuz missiles. From the moment of the actual launch, the missile takes 40 to 60 seconds to reach any target up to a maximum range of 30 kilometers. The aimer’s job is to identify the target and steer the missile, which is fitted with a camera, all the way to the target.

The accuracy of the Tamuz missile makes it possible to engage “disappearing” targets that pop out of a window or operate on foot. Among other things, the “Pere” crews can handle enemy detachments that operate rocket launchers, motorcycle riders and enemy surveillance teams, including teams deployed inside buildings. The effectiveness of this weapon system enables it to close the sensor-to-shooter cycle within a very short time. To prevent collateral damage, if a decision is made to abort the mission while the missile is already airborne, the aimer can steer the missile into the ground and crash it in order to avoid hitting uninvolved parties.

The recent media exposure and the low probability of a future armor-versus-armor confrontation notwithstanding, the “Pere” platform is expected to remain in IDF service in the coming years, as part of the precision weapon systems of the Artillery Corps that are being employed alongside the statistical fire resources. In the recent confrontations, the “Pere” platform proved that an equation that includes prompt response and the accuracy of the Tamuz missiles constitutes a deterrence element even in an asymmetrical warfare environment.

http://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/content/...9D-tank-exposed