Missile Moyenne Portée
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| General Information | |
| Type | Anti-tank guided missile |
| Local name | MMP, Missile Moyenne Portée |
| Country of origin |
 France
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| Manufacturer | MBDA |
| development | 2009 |
| Commissioning | 2017 |
| Unit price | ~ 60,000 euros |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 1.3 m |
| diameter | 140 mm |
| Combat weight | Rocket 15 kg (rocket in launch tube), 11 kg (launch unit) |
| drive | Solid rocket engine |
| speed | 230 m / s |
| Range | 5000 m |
| Furnishing | |
| steering | INS & fiber optic cable |
| Target location | Imaging infrared seeker head |
| Warhead | Tandem shaped charge & fragmentation warhead |
| Detonator | Impact fuse |
| Lists on the subject | |
The Missile Moyenne Portée (MMP) is an anti-tank guided missile which is produced by the French division of the European armaments company MBDA .
development
In mid-2009, the French Ministry of Defense ordered 260 FGM-148 Javelins as part of an Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) to replace the MILAN anti-tank guided missiles that have been in use for over 40 years . Because of this, MBDA started developing the MMP on its own initiative that same year. The first test with an MMP took place in April 2014. In the same year, the MMP was presented to the public at the Eurosatory armaments fair . A first order was placed by the French Ministry of Defense in 2013. The first weapons were delivered to France in November 2017. MMP is also offered on the export market .
MBDA is also working on the MLP version . Thanks to an enlarged rocket motor and larger wings, this should have a range of over 8 km. MLP is to be used by vehicles and the Eurocopter Tiger .
concept
The development of the MMP is a reaction to the changed threat situation after the Cold War . As part of asymmetrical warfare , MMP can be used not only to combat battle tanks but also against lightly armored vehicles, field fortifications and building structures. MMP was designed for combat in urban areas and is also designed for networked operations management . The MMP also has the necessary interfaces for the connection to the French future soldier program FÉLIN . Used as a fire-and-forget or a no-line-of-sight guided missile (NLOS), the deployment concept of the FGM-148 Javelin and the Spike anti - tank missile is similar .
In contrast to the previous model MILAN, MMP achieves an increased range and allows a much wider range of applications. The new start procedure also made it possible to start from buildings and coverings. There is a possibility of exaggerated attack against the weakly armored top of armored vehicles. With MPP, moving vehicles can be fought at speeds of up to 70 km / h. MMP can be transported by one or two infantrymen and can also be mounted on the turrets of armored vehicles or ships.
technology
Starting unit
The starting unit weighs 11 kg and consists roughly of a tripod mount and a combined infrared and daylight target camera. The cameras allow target acquisition and target identification at the maximum operating distance of the guided weapon. The starter unit can also be used as separate binoculars or infrared vision devices for observation. A GPS receiver, a magnetic compass for determining the location and a laser for measuring distance are also built into the starter unit . The starter unit also has the necessary interfaces for connecting to military command systems (C²). The batteries for power supply are also located in the starter unit . The power supply can also be provided externally with a cable. A transport and launch container for the guided weapon can be placed on the starter unit.
Guided missile
The MMP guided missiles are delivered from the factory in sealed GRP transport and launch containers. The loaded transport and start container weighs 15 kg. The guided weapon can be roughly divided into four sections. The seeker head and the control electronics are housed in the front part of the missile hull. The seeker head contains the imaging infrared system and the ignition contacts for the warhead. In addition to the control electronics, the pre-hollow charge , which is arranged asymmetrically in the fuselage, is criticized. The solid rocket engine and the four tail surfaces are located in the middle section of the missile fuselage. Immediately behind this is the main charge of the warhead, which consists of a shaped charge with a fragmentation jacket. The actuators , the steering unit, the fiber optic cable , the four control surfaces and the start booster are housed in the rear fuselage section .
The seeker head of the MMP is a combination of an infrared camera and an optical CCD sensor . In contrast to other infrared search heads, the search head of the MMP does not need to be cooled before take-off, which reduces the time for take-off preparation. The image data can be transmitted to the starter unit via a 2-way data link via a fiber optic cable. The warhead consists of a tandem shaped charge with a fragmentation jacket. The aim of the smaller pre-hollow charge is to detonate any reactive armor that may be present, thereby enabling the main charge to have the full effect on the target's passive main armor. If there is no reactive armor, the pre-shaped charge already causes corresponding effects on the main armor. The MMP warhead is produced by Saab Bofors Dynamics Switzerland and has a penetration capacity of around 1000 mm armor steel or 2 m reinforced concrete . A splinter jacket is attached to the shaped charge and contains 1500 splinters made of tungsten . The tungsten splinters have an effective radius of around 15 m.
Attack profiles
Before starting, the shooter can choose between two attack profiles: DA (Direct Attack) or NLOS (Non-line-of-sight) . The attack profile DA is used when there is a direct line of sight between the shooter and the target. In this attack profile, MMP is generally used in fire-and-forget mode . With this attack profile, MMP can also hit targets if they move out of the gunner's field of vision after launching the missile. The NLOS attack profile is used when there is no direct line of sight to the target. In this case, the camera image from the missile is transmitted to the starter unit via the fiber optic cable. The shooter can thus steer the missile into the target ( man-in-the-loop ). This attack profile can be used to fight targets that are behind buildings, vegetation and hills. A target of an upstream observer can also be assigned to the shooter. In this case the missile flies on a preprogrammed flight path into the target area, and there the shooter can steer the missile towards the target ( lock-on after launch ).
The starter unit and the transport and starter containers for the missile are transported separately. Before starting, the two components must be plugged together. Once the shooter has identified and sighted the target, he actuates the trigger and thus ignites the "start booster", which ejects the guided weapon from the barrel at around 160 m / s. At a safe distance, the solid-fuel march engine ignites and accelerates the guided weapon to around 230 m / s. Immediately after the missile has left the transport container, the tail and control surfaces fold out to the rear and create a stable flight attitude. Regardless of the attack profile selected, the MMP missile takes a trajectory in the form of a semi-ballistic curve. The seeker head of the missile thus has an optimal field of vision and a large firing distance is achieved. When it hits the target, the shaped charge warhead is triggered by the impact fuse. Due to the fragmentation jacket attached to the main charge, the warhead also acts against soft targets .
Users
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Nicholas Fiorenza: Eurosatory 2018: MMP missile fired over 5,000 m. In: Janes.com. IHS Jane's Defense Weekly, June 13, 2018, accessed June 14, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c d e Christopher F. Foss : MBDA arrows in on Missile Moyenne Portée qualification. (No longer available online.) In: IHS Jane's 360. janes.com, May 4, 2016, formerly in the original ; accessed on July 7, 2016 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b James Dunnigan: France Does What It Must To Compete. In: Strategy Page. strategypage.com, September 30, 2015, accessed July 7, 2016 .
- ^ Victor Barreira: France receives first MMP missile systems. (No longer available online.) In: Janes.com. IHS Jane's Defense Weekly, December 4, 2017, archived from the original on December 4, 2017 ; accessed on December 5, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ MMP: France's New Portable Anti-Armor Missile. In: defenseindustrydaily.com. Defense Industry Daily, accessed November 6, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c MBDA unveil MMP 5th generation land combat missile. In: Combat + Survival. combatandsurvival.com, June 12, 2014, accessed July 7, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Missile systems, defense systems MBDA missiles. In: MBDA. youtube.com, February 13, 2015, accessed July 7, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d e MMP. In: MBDA. youtube.com, May 26, 2015, accessed July 7, 2016 .
- ↑ MBDA MMP missile for Infantry and Turrets at Eurosatory 2014. In: Army Recognition. youtube.com, June 30, 2014, accessed July 7, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d MMP (Missile Moyenne Portée- Medium Range Missile). In: Army Technology. army-technology.com, accessed July 7, 2016 .
- ↑ MBDA France orders MMP missile warheads. (No longer available online.) In: United Press International. missilethreat.com, July 7, 2015; archived from the original on July 7, 2016 ; accessed on July 7, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jen Judson: MBDA pitches new country combat missile system to Middle East customers. In: defensenews.com. Defense News, May 10, 2018, accessed October 1, 2019 .
- ^ Laurent Lagneau: La production en série du Missile moyenne portée est lancée. In: Zone Militaire. opex360.com, June 14, 2015, accessed July 7, 2016 (French).
- ^ Ian Bostock: First export order for MMP. (No longer available online.) In: IHS Jane's Missiles & Rockets. janes.com, March 8, 2018, archived from the original on March 8, 2018 ; accessed on March 8, 2018 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
