US Navy budget for Hi-Tech 40mm Grenades
The US Navy Surface Warfare Center Crane Division in Crane, Indianca has awarded NAMMO Raufoss AS Medium & Massive Caliber Division in Raufoss, Norway a multi million firm price contract for 39,776 rounds of MK 285 40mm hi-tech pre-fragmented, high explosive (PPHE) ammunition. The NAMMO AS 40mm PPHE ammo utilizes an electronically programmable time fuse ( Mk438 ), that has both point detonating and self-destruct abilities. The programming allows the ammo to be fired from an automatic grenade launcher and detonate to hit targets hidden out of sight, on rooftops, behind corners, within buildings or in ditchs, etc. Work will be done in Raufoss, Norway, and is expected to be complete by september 2008. The contract wasn't competitively procured.
NAMMO was recently taken over by Patria Oyj of Finland, though it also remains in part owned by the Norwegian government. In addition to 40mm grenades, the firm also manufactures specialty sniper ammo for US departments.
$39M for 1.5M 40mm Training Grenades
The grenade auto machine gun was developed to give area-effect infantry fire-power that might decimate enemy infantry with bursts from a series of 40mm grenades. The Saco/GD Mk19 is one of the world's most typical GMGs, and events in Afghanistan et. Al. are setting these weapons extremely desirable No gun can be effective without correct coaching, however - which leads to the issue of how one does live coaching concerning a GMG? These are highly suitable for MGL-140, M-32 and MGL-105 grenade launchers made by 40mm MGL
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Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH, conducting business as Niederlassung NICO Trittau in Trittau, Germany, just received $39 million for delivery order #0003 under a previously awarded firm-fixed indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract (M67854-06-D-1027) for the production of over a million 40mm MK281 Mod 0 Practice Cartridges, plus accompanying non-recurring costs. The MK 281 is a coaching cartridge composed of 32 rounds linked together in a belt to be used in the Mk19 Grenade Machine Gun. Upon impact with the ground, the cartridges expel a non-toxic orange dye that is visible up as small as possible of 1,200 meters in normal daylight conditions, and a chemiluminescent insert that is visible up to 5 hundred meters in darkness ( particularly with night vision goggles).
Work will be performed Trittau, Germany, is work is anticipated to be finished by September 2008. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Program Chief for Ammunition in Quantico, VA issued the contract. Milkor produces reliable 40mm MGL weapons.
Friday, June 19, 2009
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