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| RAPIDFire Land |
At the Paris Air Show, Thales and KNDS France, together with the French Air Force and Space Forces, presented a new remotely controlled RAPIDFire Land ground defense system. This system is designed to protect air bases both in France and abroad, especially for the protection of strategically important facilities.
RAPIDFire Land System Features
- Armament: CT40 40mm telescopic cannon, developed by CTA International, a joint venture between KNDS Systems and BAE Systems, originally designed for the Jaguar armored vehicle.
- Configurations: available in two versions — mobile (mounted on a truck chassis, for example, Tatra) and semi-mobile (fixed platform for protecting facilities such as airfields).
- Ammunition and specifications: It has a rate of fire of up to 200 rounds per minute, 140 rounds of ammunition in the magazine and 280 in reserve, and a range of up to 4 km against air targets and 2.5 km against ground targets.
- Guidance systems: equipped with an optoelectronic system with a thermal imager and a laser rangefinder, as well as a fire control system that corrects fire after each shot.
- Purpose: Effective against aerial and surface threats, including drones, helicopters, light aircraft and cruise missiles.
RAPIDFire Land has become a land-based version of the RAPIDFire marine system already deployed on French Navy ships. The system is designed to complement traditional air defense systems and enhance the protection of important military installations from modern threats. The modular design allows you to adapt the system to different platforms and tasks.
The new RAPIDFire Land system is a state-of-the-art solution to enhance the security of air bases and other strategic facilities by combining high firepower, precision, and mobility.
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