Brittilaivasto kokeilee DS 30M tykkiä ja Thales Martlet LMM ohjuskomboa alusten lähisuojaksi. Testilaivana toimi Type 23 fregatti viime vuonna.
July 16, 2019
Royal Navy test-fires ship-mounted Martlet Lightweight Multi-role Missile
Offering an important new defensive capability for the fleet against small boats, the Martlet LMM has been successfully test-fired from the DS30M Mark II cannon mount on a Type 23 frigate.
The Thales LMM (to be called Martlet in RN service) has always been intended to arm the RN’s Wildcat helicopters and is expected to enter service next year. The cannon-mounted LMM concept has been around for some time and was first exhibited by MIS Defence Systems in 2011. It would appear the RN only decided to procure a similar ship-mounted system as recently as February 2019 and the first tests were conducted on HMS Sutherland in the Irish Sea in late June.
Firstly 120 rounds were fired from the 30mm mount which proved it was still accurate with the weight of the attached missiles. Then four LMMs were fired at remote-controlled boat targets. The laser-based guidance of the LMM can track targets at up to 5km, although the missile can reach as far as 8km. The missile accelerates rapidly to mach 1.5 and carries a small 3kg warhead. It is intended to be an inexpensive way to deal with multiple small and hard-manoeuvring targets such as speed boats, suicide craft, jet skis, USVs and UAVs.
https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/ro...unted-martlet-lightweight-multi-role-missile/