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Phalanx CIWS - Land based version | | Phalanx CIWS - Land based version: Encyclopedia II - Phalanx CIWS - Land based version | | The U.S. Army's version of the Navy's CIWS Phalanx anti-missile system is called the "Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System" (LPWS). It is a type of "C-RAM" (counter-rockets, artillery and mortars) defensive weapon.
Whereas naval Phalanx systems fire depleted uranium or (more recently) tungsten armor-piercing rounds, the LPWS uses the HEIT-SD (High-Explosive Incendiary Tracer, Self-Destruct) ammunition originally developed for the M163 Vulcan air-defense system. These rounds explode in mid-air, raining shrapnel at the incoming rounds in or ...
See also:Phalanx CIWS, Phalanx CIWS - Overview, Phalanx CIWS - How the CIWS Works, Phalanx CIWS - Radar Subsystems, Phalanx CIWS - Gun and Ammunition Handling System, Phalanx CIWS - CIWS Contact Target Identification, Phalanx CIWS - Phalanx in combat at sea, Phalanx CIWS - Land based version, Phalanx CIWS - Phalanx in fiction | | | Phalanx CIWS, Phalanx CIWS - CIWS Contact Target Identification, Phalanx CIWS - Gun and Ammunition Handling System, Phalanx CIWS - How the CIWS Works, Phalanx CIWS - Land based version, Phalanx CIWS - Overview, Phalanx CIWS - Phalanx in combat at sea, Phalanx CIWS - Phalanx in fiction, Phalanx CIWS - Radar Subsystems, CIWS | | |
| | | Phalanx CIWS: Encyclopedia II - Phalanx CIWS - Land based version
Phalanx CIWS - Land based version
The U.S. Army's version of the Navy's CIWS Phalanx anti-missile system is called the "Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System" (LPWS). It is a type of "C-RAM" (counter-rockets, artillery and mortars) defensive weapon.
Whereas naval Phalanx systems fire depleted uranium or (more recently) tungsten armor-piercing rounds, the LPWS uses the HEIT-SD (High-Explosive Incendiary Tracer, Self-Destruct) ammunition originally developed for the M163 Vulcan air-defense system. These rounds explode in mid-air, raining shrapnel at the incoming rounds in order to destroy or deflect them. This difference is due to the risk that falling spent ammunition would pose to friendly forces on the ground. [2]
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