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Press release ( 06 February 2011) |
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Nexter
at Aero India 2011 |
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Nexter
is an European leader in defense systems. Nexter is a
major supplier of the air forces and army light aviations
for high performances weaponery and protection systems.
It provides also the French forces and many forces around
the world with advanced combat systems, AFV, munitions
and logistic services. Those assets are widely deployed
in overseas theaters, Afghanistan beeing the most demanding.
At Aero India 2011, Nexter will exhibit its successful
lightweight THL20 turret which is in production for the
Indian Advanced Light Helicopter. Twelve THL20 turrets
have been delivered to HAL so far. THL20 is also promoted
as main gunnery solution for the future Indian Light Combat
Helicopter. THL20 combines very lightweight, high precision
and easy integration aboard light helicopters. Its open
design eases system integration issues with any kind of
combat systems. The destruction power of the 20 mm projectiles
is far more devastating than a 12.7 machine gun. |
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Lightweight
THL20 turret 20 mm gun
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has developed the SH20 door mounted system. SH20 uses the
same gun as THL20. It is suitable for assault helicopter
used by the Special Forces. It is in service with the French
army special operation squadron. |
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SH
20 helicopter door mounted turret 20mm gun |
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India, Nexter is also promoting its advanced artillery
system CAESAR. Caesar® artillery system which is successfully
deployed in Afghanistan by French Army and has already
been sold to three customers (183 systems effectively
ordered), will be presented with a Mercedes Soframe chassis.
A new armoured cabin has been designed. It is capable
of withstanding ballistic level-2 and 3A/2B mine aggressions
(as per Stanag 4569). With this cabin the Nexter artillery
system is called Caesar® Mk2. Caesar® Mk2 offers
all the strong characteristics that have made Caesar®
a success (long range, accuracy, fully-automatic aiming,
and setting-up/salvo firing/exit time lower than three
minutes. A crew from the French Army recently managed
to fire eight munitions in less than one minute, during
a demonstration. |
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