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Danny Schirding
Chief Systems Engineer & Sr. PM Tank Ammunition Directorate
National Defense Industrial Association 42 Annual Armament Systems: G&M Systems Charlotte, NC April 23-26, 2007
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Israel Military Industries Ltd. (IMI) P.O. Box 1044 Ramat Hasharon 47100, ISRAEL dschirding@imi-israel.com Commercial In Confidence April 2007
Proprietary of IMI
APAM 120mm
Date: 2007
Commercial in Confidence
APAM 120mm
Date: 2007
Commercial in Confidence
Cartridge length Cartridge weight Projectile weight Projectile Length Muzzle velocity Chamber pressure Accuracy (SD)
Propelling System
6 Warheads Electronic Base Fuze (*) Tail Data Link Tracer Combustible Cartridge Case Electric Primer Propellant (M26) Stub Case
Projectile
Date: 2006
Commercial in Confidence
APAM 120 Modes of Operation 1) Ejection of 6 warheads at the set range Anti - Personnel [AP] Anti Helicopter [AH]
2) Impact W/Delay [Delay = f (range)] 3) Impact - Super Quick [S.Q.] 4) Air-burst at the set range [unitary warhead] Extra features
Air-Burst functioning as Back-up to Ejection Mode Grazing functioning Impact as default set
APAM 120mm
Date: 2007
Commercial in Confidence
Junction Box
Junction Box
Trigger
FCS (Bi-Directional Date Link) Round ID Type, Muzzle Velocity, Temp. Talk forward (Data Link to Round in Gun) Mode of operation, Range, Power, Continuous Programming up date
1000 100 10 1
APAM 120mm
Date: 2007
Commercial in Confidence
Operational Trials
APAM 120mm
Date: 2007
Commercial in Confidence
PRODUCTION
Warhead
Projectile
ARO
FSD
Data Link
Integration
CDR
Qualification Certification
Primer
Serial Production
Fuze System
9 APAM 120mm Date: 2007
Commercial in Confidence
10
Date: 2006
Commercial in Confidence
11
APAM 120mm
Date: 2007
Commercial in Confidence
12
APAM 120mm
Date: 2007
Commercial in Confidence
AM MODE (IMPACT)
Projectile will Penetrate LAVs Penetrate bunkers Breach walls High density of lethal fragments inside
13 APAM 105 / 120mm Date: 2006 Commercial in Confidence
Base Fuze
APAM 120 Special Firing Box & Data Setting Used During FSD
15
APAM 120mm
Date: 2007
Commercial in Confidence
12 0
105mm
mm
16
APAM 120mm
Date: 2007
Commercial in Confidence