The missiles Mgm-140 Army Tactical Missile Systembetter known by the acronym Atacmsare short-range tactical ballistic missiles with a maximum range of 300 km. They are weapons of not very recent conception: the first models in fact entered service during the “Desert Storm” operation in 1991, the air campaign of the Gulf War, launched by the United States to overthrow the Iraqi regime of Saddam Husseinwhile the design of this weapon began in the early 1980s.
They are missiles.”surface-surface”, then launched from the ground and destined for land targets. The propulsion system is solid fuel, and the guidance can be ballistic, and in this case the missile is directed towards the target simply by calculating inclination and range like a common cannon projectile, or by Gps, taking advantage of geostationary positioning satellites. The weapon is 4 meters long and has a variable weight from approximately 1300 kg to over 1660 depending on the versions. In the headboard it can carry both fragmentation bombscapable of hitting “soft” targets such as living beings in a relatively large area, is a single bomb capable of doing greater damage in a smaller area.
For throwing they are used Himars self-propelled missile launcher or Mlrs M270; each self-propelled vehicle can carry a single Atacms. The company that currently produces them is Lockeed Martin, while the cluster of companies that originally designed them is Ling-Temco-Vought. The cost per unit varies, depending on the type, from over $800,000 beyond 1.700.000 dollars. The Atacms are not supplied to the Italian Army, but other NATO States have them in their arsenals, as do the United Arab Emirates, South Korea and Australia. (f.s.)
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2024-04-27 21:45:45
