Bofors/Nexter Bonus
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The BONUS (Bofors Nutating Shell)[2] or ACED (Anti-Char à Effet Dirigé)[3][4][5] is a 155 mm artillery cluster round co-developed and manufactured by Bofors of Sweden and Nexter of France. It was designed to fulfill a long range, indirect fire, top attack requirement against armoured fighting vehicles.
Quick Facts 155 mm BONUS, Type ...
155 mm BONUS | |
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Type | Smart artillery round Sensor‐fuzed submunition |
Place of origin | Sweden / France |
Service history | |
In service | 2000–present |
Used by | See operators |
Production history | |
Designer | Bofors AB Nexter Systems |
Designed | 1985–1997 |
Manufacturer | BAE Systems Platforms & Services Nexter Systems |
Produced | 1998–present |
Specifications | |
Mass | 44.6 kg (98 lb) unfused |
Length | 898 mm (35.4 in) unfused |
Diameter | 155 mm (6.1 in) |
Muzzle velocity | 830 m/s (2,723 ft/s) from 39‐caliber barrels |
Maximum firing range |
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Filling | 2 x autonomous anti‐armour and anti‐artillery submunitions |
References | Janes[1] |
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The BONUS base bleed carrier shell contains two submunitions, which descend over the battlefield on winglets and attack targets with explosively formed penetrator warheads.