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AN/PAS-13B(2) MTWS

IOC: 1998
Origin: United States of America

Contractor/s: Raytheon

Description: The AN/APS-13 Thermal Weapon Sight is a second generation FLIR for use on rifles, surveillance missions and shoulder-launched missiles. The PAS-13 can be used to see in total darkness, in adverse weather conditions, and through battlefield smoke and dust. The TWS provides interchangeable telescopes for quick adaptation to any mission. It has video output and has been selected as the sight for the US Army's Land Warrior program.

The combat-proven PAS-13 thermal sight is electronically programmable, requires no visible light to operate and will not shut down when hit by direct light. It is lightest enough to be hand-held operated. There are 3 PAS-13 variants the Light, Medium and Heavy, the LTWS, MTWS and HTWS respectively.

The AN/PAS-13B(V)2 MTWS can be installed on the M4, M16, M60, M240 and M249 weapons.

Deliveries to the US Army began in 1998 with the Thermal Omnibus contract, with more than 12,500 units already delivered to the US Army, US Marine Corps and Special Operations Forces. In 2004, the US Army placed four orders (3+1) worth $201 million ($165 million + $36 million) covering deliveries of 11,812 (9,956 + 1,856) in support of US military troops deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq. With the current contracts, Raytheon will have delivered more than 27,000 light, medium and heavy TWS.

Parent system is the AN/PAS-13 TWS
Total Production: 40,400
Production Cost: USD$563 million
Other Family Members: AN/PAS-13 LTWS and AN/PAS-13B(3) HTWS

Transactions: There are 1 transactions involving 5,000 items for AN/PAS-13 TWS from 2007 to 2012 and 1 transactions involving 1,667 items for the AN/PAS-13B(2) MTWS view report

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:: Specifications ::

Dimensions
Height: 160 millimeter
Length: 400 millimeter
Width: 160 millimeter

Performance
Max Detection Range: 4,200 meter

Time
Battery Life: 7 hour

Weight
Weight: 2.30 kilogram

:: News ::

There are 4 news between
2 Jul 2007
and
21 Oct 2012

US Army Chooses Raytheon to Provide Thermal Weapon Sights Raytheon Receives Best Value Thermal Weapon Sight Delivery Order Raytheon Awarded New AN/PAS-13 Thermal Weapon Sight Procurement Contract US Army Awards Thermal Weapon Sight Contracts

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:: Notes & Resources ::

Last Updated:
Saturday, February 2, 2013

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