The Evolution of the Combat-Proven carl - gustaf System
Only the most advanced weapon system that combines lethality with ease of use for gunners makes sense for modern Armed Forces like 印度's. The weapon system must be tough enough to be air-dropped, have quick reloading 和 adjusting capabilities, be effective against all potential targets such as tanks, 车辆, 和 structures, 和, most significantly, strike with pinpoint precision. The carl - gustaf® weapon system from Saab is a full kit that has all of these capabilities 和 more.
The game changing qualities of the recoilless weapon
The carl - gustaf® system, a complete set of weapon, 风景, 和弹药, provides troops with the capability to deal with enemies in any environment, such as armoured tanks 和 buildings, 白天或晚上. The weapon is light to carry for rapid deployment, enabling the soldiers to quickly scramble into positions to engage the adversary.
Perfected over decades of innovation
Ulf Henriksson, Rtd准将, Swedish Armed Forces, talks about his experience of using carl - gustaf decades back with a United Nations protection force with Red Cross in Balkans.
"There was an isolated village that hadn't received any food supplies for over a month. When the Red Cross was about to transport supplies there, they got fired at. We offered to help out. "In order to increase safety, we decided to fire smoke. When we reached the most vulnerable spot, the armoured personnel carriers had put on maximum speed in order to become as difficult to target as possible. We had our carl - gustaf. We waited in anticipation: ‘Will they shoot or not?’ We knew the distance to our opponents' positions. They fired 和 we fired smoke. It felt great to have carl - gustaf there.
Why the 印度n Armed Forces Should Consider carl - gustaf M4
Over the years, the weapon system has gone through several changes to keep up with newer challenges. Using lighter materials such as titanium alloy, carl - gustaf M4 has been developed to be 2.6kg lighter than the M3 variant.
The decreased load enables troops which are constantly on the move - shifting from 车辆 to buildings to open spaces - to stay agile.
carl - gustaf M4's new HE 448 round allows soldiers to select between direct-fire mode (impact aimed at the target) 和 air-burst mode (detonation above the target). 不仅如此, the round features a small, much lighter electro-mechanical fuze (an upgrade from the mechanical fuze in HE 441) which allows higher muzzle velocity to deliver greater accuracy, engagement time 和 range. 也, the HE 448 has 4000 tungsten pellets (HE 441 has 800 steel balls) that ensure greater dispersal 和 more effectiveness.
HE 448
But what actually takes HE 448's performance a notch above is its combination with the new fire control device - FCD 558. Once the gunner inputs the range, the ballistic computer in the FCD uses the range, 圆的类型, attack mode along with propellant 和 ambient temperature to calculate the best trajectory for a successful hit.
FCD 558
The round can also pass on information on range, 圆的类型 和 the required mode to the FCD which in turn calculates the best possible trajectory 和 a better point of contact.
“For someone who grew up with carl - gustaf M1 with fixed 风景, today's weapon system is a fantastic improvement which I think you should absolutely get,” Rtd准将 Henriksson says.