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Subject: 2nd NLOS-C almost complete
reefdiver    10/3/2006 11:40:01 AM
http://www.gizmag.com/go/6254/ / Caught this article at gizmag where it states: "The platform, made of a combination of high-strength steel and aluminum, incorporates a cannon assembly that is 1,200 pounds lighter than the M777 cannon used on the NLOS Cannon Concept Technology Demonstrator previously developed and tested by BAE Systems." Take a look at the pictures. The tube walls at the muzzle seem incredibly thin.
 
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Herald1234    Recuperator casing.   10/3/2006 2:54:18 PM
If you are referring to the picture in the article which shows the crane lowering the cannon assembly into the chassis shell, that chrome piece tube is the most likely the outside sleeve of the cylinder for the recuperator I believe. The cannon barrel from the previous picture is not shown in the second picture. I have no idea from either how thick the gun barrel sleeve wall is from either picture.

Herald.
 
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reefdiver       10/3/2006 3:56:30 PM
Whoops - how right you are...
 
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EW3       10/4/2006 10:49:57 PM
I'm a bit confused about the NLOS.
What little I knew was based on the PAM/LAM artillery rockets which used to be called NetFires.  (Now they seem to be called NLOS.)  Certainly they are two different critters. 
What I'm wondering is for the cannon version of NLOS, is it a guided munition?  The rocket version certainly is.
 
 
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reefdiver       10/5/2006 5:25:23 PM

I'm a bit confused about the NLOS.

What little I knew was based on the PAM/LAM artillery rockets which used to be called NetFires.  (Now they seem to be called NLOS.)  Certainly they are two different critters. 

What I'm wondering is for the cannon version of NLOS, is it a guided munition?  The rocket version certainly is.

 


NLOS-C (NLOS-Cannon?) does not have to use guided munition, but can.  The Excalibur or munitions using the new course correcting fuze (making existing rounds "smarter"), will undoubtly be popular. It appears they'll fire most 155mm rounds..  Don't know if they'll fire the Navy's rocket powered extended range munitions or others such as South Africa's ram jet munition under development.  The mentioned NetFires PAM & LAM have their own launchers.

 
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