TYPE: Wheeled Armoured Vehicle/Counter Unmanned Aircraft System
ARMAMENT
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1x Kongsberg RS4 remote controlled weapon station
-Technical Specifications: Weight excl. Weapon & Ammunition: 135-190kg
-Depenging on variant: Height excl. Weapon & Ammunition: 505-765 mm
-Cameras/Sensors: Flexibility to meet customers day, night and LRF requirements
Dynamic Capabilities:
-Azimuth 360º unlimited range, 90º /s
-Elevation -20º to + 60º,70º /s-
-Primary weapon: 1x H&K GMG 40 mm grenade launcher with airburst option
-Manual Programming Unit (MPU) For Nammo’s 40mm RF Airburst Ammunition
-Placement: intregated in the Kongsberg RS4 turret
-Ammunition: Heat and Airburst, see ammunitions folder!
-Ammunition stowage: uncertain
-Mass: 28.8 kg Gun
-Length: 1090 mm
-Barrel length: 415 mm
-Width: 226 mm (without ammunition box)
-Height: 208 mm
-Cartridge: 40x53 mm
-Action: API Blowback
-Rate of fire: 340 rounds/min
-Muzzle velocity: 241 m/s
-Effective firing range: 1500 m
-Maximum firing range: 2200 m
-Feed system: 32-round disintegrating, closed-link belt
-Sights: Reflex sight and back-up leaf sight -
-Radar: Hensoldt Radar System
-Placement: On roof over front windshield right side
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TECHNICAL DATA
Length: 5.37m
Width: 2.16m
Height: 2.0m
Crew: 1+4
Engine: Cummins 180 kW
Transmission: Allison 2500SP
Ground clearance: 0.4m
Operational range: 650 km
Maximum speed: 110 km/h
ARMOR
-STANAG 4569
-Ballistic level 2
-Mine level 2a
HISTORY
The Norwegian company Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace is one of three companies under the Kongsberg group and is a continuation of Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk. Kongsberg makes products for both defense and aerospace, and has over a number of years developed a number of very successful products such as the Naval Strike Missiles, Penguin ASW to mention a few and the market leading protector series, featuring multiple families of remote controlled weapon stations and turrets , which countries all over the world have already started integrating on their vehicles and vessels even.
As a result of constant development and new ideas and to get new customers, they regularly have demonstrations where they show potential. This wagon is one of many different! This is an Mowag Eagle, a 4x4 wheeled armored vehicle which is Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace’s own vehicle wgich they are driving around demonstrating and exhibits around the country, sometimes abroad. This vehicle has been seen in this configuration before, but then only without the radar and different paint on the weapon station. This specific variant got an 40x53mm Heckler & Koch grenade launcher integrated in an Kongsberg RS4 Weapon station, combined with an Hensoldt Radar System, and was first seen together with the Pandur RS6 on a live fire demonstration held by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace in Slovenia a couple years ago.
The Mowag Eagle is a series of wheeled armoured vehicles which comes in many shapes and forms, such as 4x4 and 6x6 with different engines and configurations and which are in use all over the world. It was designed by the Swiss company Mowag from around 1995-2000.
IN GAME
This would be an unique vehicle, with a different, potentially new kind of playstyle as this both has airburst and armour penetrating ammunition/HEAT that can penetrate over 65mm of RHA available, it can shoot down low flying aircraft and drones/scout drones which are the ones we have in-game currently, and it could be a way to counter these, as its quite hard to shoot them down with any of the machinery and weapons we have in-game today. It would serve well in the higher ranks of a Norwegian subtree or combined Norwegian/Danish tech tree.
AMMUNITION 40x53mm
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Mk314 40x53mm HEDP-AB
HEDP-AB: High Explosive Dual Purpose Air Burst ammunition
Projectile weight: 247 g
Muzzle velocity: 240 m/s
Maximum dispersion: 1.0 mils
Number of fragments: 1 200
Penetration: > 65 mm RHA
Tracer/self-destruction: NA/electronic SD
Airburst accuracy: 1 ms resolution
Service temperature: -32˚C to +63˚C
Safety temperature: -46˚C to +71˚C -
NM 264 40x53mm HEDP-RF
HEDP-RF: High Explosive Dual Purpose Airburst – Radio Frequency
NM 264: Norwegian Model 264
Projectile weight: 247 g
Muzzle velocity: 240 m/s
Maximum dispersion: 1.0 mils
Number of fragments: 1 200
Penetration: > 65 mm RHA
Airburst accuracy: 1 ms resolution
Service temperature: -32˚C to +63˚C
Safety temperature: -46˚C to +71˚C -
40x53mm HEDP
HEDP: High Explosive Dual Purpose
Projectile weight: 245 g
Muzzle velocity: 240 m/s
Maximum dispersion Typical H&V deviation: < 1 mils
Penetration: 50 mm (269–352 HB) at 65 m
Tracer/self-destruction: N/A / 14 s
Service temperature: -46°C to +63°C
Safety temperature: -54°C to +71°C -
40x53mm HEDP-SD
HEDP-SD: High Explosive Dual Purpose Self Destroying
Projectile weight: 245 g
Muzzle velocity: 240 m/s
Maximum dispersion Typical H&V deviation: < 1 mils
Penetration: 50 mm (269–352 HB) at 65 m
Tracer/self-destruction: N/A / 14 s
Service temperature: -46°C to +63°C
Safety temperature: -54°C to +71°C -
40 x53mm HE
HE: High Explosive
Projectile weight: 240 g
Muzzle velocity: 240 m/s
Maximum dispersion Typical H&V deviation: < 1 mils
Self-destruction: N/A/Yes
Service temperature: -46°C to +63°C
Safety temperature: -54°C to +71°C -
40 x53mm HE-SD
HE-SD: High Explosive Self Destroying
Projectile weight: 240 g
Muzzle velocity: 240 m/s
Maximum dispersion Typical H&V deviation: < 1 mils
Self-destruction: N/A/Yes
Service temperature: -46°C to +63°C
Safety temperature: -54°C to +71°C -
NAMMO (MPU) Unit
-Manual Programming Unit (MPU) For Nammo’s 40mm RF Airburst Ammunition
Battery life: 72 hours of normal use
Weight: 1 195 g including battery pack
Width: 202 mm
Height: 96 mm
Depth: 121 mm
Operational temperature: -40°C to +63°C
Storage temperature: -46°C to +71°C
VIDEOS
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This videos show both a variant of this vehicle shooting with his combination and the ammunition is demonstrated!
https://youtu.be/BPaC1LTrHy0?si=973CR1XAUVZKj0_i
SOURCES
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Combination described and shown
General Dynamics European Land Systems on LinkedIn: #gdels #pandur #eagle #puwg #protector #pandur #eagle #gdels
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace on LinkedIn: #rws #crows #protector #defenceindustry #technology
Kongsberg Remote Station 4 data sheet and article(pdf Might require download)
https://www.kongsberg.com/globalassets/kongsberg-defence--aerospace/2.1.-products/defence-and-security/remote-weapon-systems/protector-mct/protector-rs4.pdf
PROTECTOR RWS - Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace
Ammunition specs and information
https://www.nammo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/nammo-handbook-2023.pdf
As this vehicle has been used in a lot of configurations by Kongsberg, they recorded it shooting this a while back, but here as another variant without the radar! extremely informative video demonstrating literally everything, from ammunition to the cannon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPaC1LTrHy0
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