Sunday, November 23, 2008

Roland

Also Known As
LFK 2

Origin
France

Applications
Roland 2

Description: Roland is a short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) developed to fit into French Roland air defense system. It can engine aircraft flying at Mach 1.5 and helicopters. Its guidance system is based on radiofrequency Semi-Active Command-to-Line-Of-Sight (SACLOS) or Command-to-Line-Of-Sight (CLOS). Roland missile can be fired from armored vehicles equipped with Roland air defense system which includes a wide range of platforms such as AMX-13, Marder and AMX-30.

Roland-equipped vehicles primary role is to provide air defense for armored units deployed in the battlefield. Roland missile was sold to the Armed Forces of France, Germany and Spain.

Specifications
Dimensions: Length 2.5 m

Weights: Max Weight 65 kg (143 lb)

Performance: Max Range 6,000 m (19,685 ft), Top Speed 500 mps (Mach 1.51)

Roland - Contracts, Orders & Sales

see transactions report

Roland; items: 3; transferred from Germany to Slovenia in 2005
Items: 3

Operators

see operators map

Argentina

France

Germany

Spain

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)

Last Updated: Saturday, November 22, 2008

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