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Israel Military Industries (IMI) 105 mm APAM
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United States
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Боєприпаси, ракети та високоточне озброєння
Armament All 105 mm L7, Rh 105, M68 and CN105F1 series tank guns and South African GT7 tank gun. Development The Israel Military Industries ( IMI ) 105 mm APAM is an Anti-Personnel/Anti-Matériel round (hence APAM) intended to provide tank crews with the means to neutralise infantry tank killer squads armed with anti-tank missiles and rockets. The intention is to provide tank crews with a weapon that will be effective over a general area by providing air bursts created by six submunitions ejected from the base of
the projectile as its travels over an area of terrain. The tank gunner aims towards the area to be engaged and elevates the gun muzzle before firing. An electronic time fuze on the nose functions after the pre-set time to eject the submunitions to detonate in rapid sequence and cover the terrain beneath with lethal fragments and blast effects. The submunitions are effective against troops in the open or behind natural or artificial cover, including trenches and foxholes. It is also claimed that the APAM round is as effective as a HE round against various matériel targets or bunkers. The APAM is in production and has been fielded by Israeli Army armoured units. In July 2000 it was announced that an agreement had been reached between Israel Military Industries ( IMI ) and the then PRIMEX Technologies (now General Dynamics, Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS)) to offer the APAM round to the US Army's Brigade Combat Team. Under the terms of the agreement IMI will transfer all of the relevant technology and production know-how to GD-OTS. Both companies will manufacture portions of the round in their respective counties, with GD-OTS serving as the prime contractor for final systems integration and sales to the US military. The submunitions used with APAM are also utilised by the anti-personnel warhead under development for the shoulder-launched Shipon multipurpose personal assault weapon system. A 120 mm version of APAM is understood to be under consideration. Description The Israel Military Industries ( IMI ) 105 mm APAM is a fixed round with the steel projectile body rigidly crimped to the brass cartridge case by a series of crimping indentations. The steel-bodied streamlined projectile contains six submunitions, each filled with an unspecified amount of high explosive containing a high percentage of RDX. The submunitions are ejected from the projectile base under the control of an electronic time fuze threaded into a well in the projectile nose. As the projectile fuze functions it ignites a small ejection charge to create pressure against a plate which, in turn, forces the submunitions downwards until the baseplate separates from the rest of the projectile and the submunitions are ejected to air burst at what are termed specific intervals. The `proprietary' cylindrical submunitions are prefragmented in a controlled fashion to create a 20 m wide and 50 m long lethal area on the ground below. This pattern is long enough to cover and compensate for range measurement errors. Each fragment is designed to be capable of penetrating conventional body armour. The projectile baseplate also includes a protruding housing containing a tracer. The drawn brass M50 pattern cartridge case contains 3.5 kg of loose packed M6 propellant ignited via an M45112 electric primer. Maximum chamber pressure is 3,400 kg/cm 2 . Muzzle velocity is 800 m/s with an average velocity drop of 70 m/s per 1,000 m. Range is given as 3,000 m. Authorised fuzes ET Equivalent Rounds UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ET UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Manufacturer General Dynamics, Ordnance & Tactical Systems Description: standard specifications