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Anti-Structures Munition

British program to develop shoulder-launched weapon to destroy structures From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Anti-Structures Munition is a developmental program for the British Army to provide a man-portable shoulder-launched weapon capable of destroying hardened structures such as buildings or bunkers.

Program status

  • May 2004 - Systems from Dynamit Nobel and Saab Bofors Dynamics selected for competition.[1]
  • February 2006 - Contract (£40m) awarded to Dynamit Nobel Defence for production of the Anti-Structures Munition (ASM) version of the MATADOR.

July 2019 - The UK is in the process of awarding a new contract of the Anti-Structures Munition.[2]

Specifications

  • Range: 500 m
  • Warhead: "Enhanced blast warhead technology"

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