THE NEXT GENERATION OF 40 MM


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• “Squads lack the ability to conduct bal- listic breach at ranges up to 50 meters and conduct rapid (single-shot) breach without pause between actual breach and entry of initial force.” (Small Arms CBA, April 2008.)


• “Platoons lack the ability to achieve desired accuracy and incapacitating effects with volume fire up to 2,400 meters.” (Small Arms CBA, April 2008.)


• “Te BETTER TRAINING FOR LESS


In addition to developing ammunition that’s fielded to troops in theater, PM MAS and PD MCA developed solutions to improve ammunition used in training while complying with requirements for unexploded ordnance (UXO). Over a five-year production time frame, the HV TP-DNT training round would save approximately $98 million over costs associated with the current M918 round, left, and the LV TP-DNT would save about $3 million when compared with costs for the M781 round. (SOURCE: PM MAS)


solution set with the highest


potential was the development of an integrated airburst weapon system … consisting of an integrated weapon, target acquisition/fire control and ammunition. An integrated airburst weapon system provides a significant capability for engaging targets in defi- lade, one of the more challenging tasks identified in the [Small Arms] CBA.” (Counter Defilade Target Engagement ICD, August 2008.)


primary 40 mm LV training round is the M781 TP cartridge, which provides a signature for daytime training only.


NEW CAPABILITIES From 2008 to the present, PD MCA has worked with the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence to generate and coordinate multiple 40 mm Family of Ammunition


capability development


documents (CDDs) and capability pro- duction documents (CPDs) to bring new capabilities to the warfighter. Tese doc- uments identified a number of capability gaps:


• “Provide the Soldier the ability to fully train on the capabilities of


the


40 mm GMG and develop the skills necessary to conduct military opera- tions. Non-dud producing: Greater maneuverability for Soldiers and plat- forms. Engage targets under limited


40 Army AL&T Magazine


visibility – Takes full advantage of night vision devices.” (From several initial capability documents (ICDs), joint capability documents and related CDDs and CPDs.)


• “Warfighters lack the ability to achieve desired accuracy and incapacitating effects against personnel targets in defilade [protected from hostile ground observation and flat projecting fire by an obstacle, such as a wall or hill], at ranges out to 500 meters.” (Small Arms Capabilities-Based Assessment (CBA), April 2008.)


• "Precisely and quickly defeat, out to 500 meters, enemy combatants, their personal equipment, and thin-skinned targets in defilade positions while lim- iting


collateral


Defilade Target Engagement CDD, January 2011.)


Te 40 mm Family of Ammunition CDDs and CPDs have established the Army’s requirements for the HV and LV 40 mm grenade families to be revamped to increase training readiness and lethal- ity, and have enabled the start of multiple research and development programs. Sev- eral programs are currently in a range of development stages:


• 40 mm HV/LV TP – Day Night Ter- mal (TP-DNT) M918E1/M781E1: Provides an impact signature that can be seen day or night, by the unaided eye and through current and future thermal and night vision sights. It achieved milestone C in May 2017.


damage.” (Counter


• 40 mm High Explosive Air Burst (HEAB), LV, XM1166: Provides enhanced accuracy, lethality and range against infantry in the open and in


October-December 2017


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