Friday, November 21, 2008

Pelican

Pelican VLR

Origin
France

Contractor/s
NEXTER

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Pelican LR

Description: Pelican is a long range, modular, high precision 155mm projectile for both land and naval artillery. It is being designed to achieve targets with a 10 meters CEP accuracy. The Pelican projectile has been designed to be fired by all NATO standard 155mm guns. Its payload will comprise 4 BONUS anti-tank sensor-fuzed munitions, 77 double effects grenades, and unitary warhead according to the mission profile. The high accuracy of this weapon is achieved through the use of a GPS/INS guidance system and canards for flight control.

Pelican VLR (Very Long Range) is being designed to engage targets at maximum range of 85 km and will be available for future 155mm howitzers. Pelican LR will use a rocket motor and horizontal flight to achieve its impressive range.

The Pelican projectile will be available for naval artillery supporting littoral warfare as well as field artillery.

Specifications
Dimensions: Diameter 155 mm, Length 1,400 mm

Weights: Max Weight 61 kg (134 lb)

Performance: CEP 10 m (33 ft), Max Range 85,000 m (278,871 ft)

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

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