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CMI
Defence LCTS90 Weapon System (90 mm) Turret gun 90 mm |
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The
CMI Defence Cockerill LCTS90 Weapon System is two man turret produced
by the Belgian Company, CMI Defence. This electrical power-operated
turret is armed with the 90 mm Mk 8 gun and a coaxial machine gun. As
the world leader in 90 mm guns and turrets, CMI Defence has accumulated
incomparable expertise in the field of Assault Guns and has especially
designed the LCTS90 Weapon System to optimize the firepower of 10 to
20 ton class vehicles. |
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| Description |
The LCTS90
Weapon System is equipped with the Mk8 90 mm Cockerill gun.
The COCKERILL Mk8 is a medium pressure 48.5 cal 90mm gun designed
for vehicles of the 10 to 20 ton class. Firing high efficiency
ammunition, it offers performances very close to the 105mm
guns fitted on heavier vehicles. The LCTS90 Weapon System
is a light and compact turret, with low recoil. This turret
fits most light armored vehicles available on the market,
tracked or wheeled. Thanks to the powerful Cockerill Mk8 90
mm gun, it gives them similar anti-tank capabilities as heavier
tanks using 105 mm weapons without penalizing their mobility
or transportability.
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| Production
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The
LCTS90 turret system has been produced for four countries. Late
in 1996, the Kuwait National Guard ordered 70 Pandur (6 ×
6) vehicles from AV Technology International of the United States
in six versions, including one armed with the LCTS90 turret
system.  Qatar
ordered 36 Piranha (8 × 8) vehicles, with final deliveries
made in late 1998. Production was undertaken by the now BAE
Systems Land Systems of the UK which manufactures the Piranha
under license from MOWAG. The third country is Saudi Arabia,
with a contract placed in late 1999 for 130 Light Armoured Vehicle-Assault
Guns (LAV-AG) being placed with the now General Dynamics Land
Systems - Canada on behalf of the Saudi Arabian National Guard
(SANG). In January 2006 Belgium selected the MOWAG Piranha IIIC
8 × 8 to meet its Armoured Infantry Vehicle (AIV requirement).
The direct fire variant of the AIV program was fulfilled by
the MOWAG Piranha IIIC 8 × 8 mounted with a LCTS90 turret.
An initial order of 18 turrets has been placed with options
on two supplementary orders of 15 and 7 turrets. |
| Accessories |
The
turret LCTS90 is equipped with a stabilised day/thermal imaging
sight and ballistic computer with a video display for the gunner.
The commander has a gyro-stabilized panoramic sight with target
designation capability (allowing various uses such as armament
firing, 360° observation, and automatic realignment to line
of fire and target designation to gunner). The LCTS90 turret
can carried a total of 37 rounds of 90 mm, 20 x 90 mm rounds
stowed in the turret among which 17 are stowed in the turret
bustle for an easy and fast gun loading. For his self-protection,
smoke grenades launchers of 66 mm, 76 mm or 80 mm can be fitted
to each side of the turret to create smoke screen or close defense.
In option, the LCTS90 can be equipped with laser warning device
who inform the crew in case the vehicle is targeted by a laser.
The device may be connected to the grenade launchers in order
to automatically launch a smoke screen in the direction of the
incoming laser beam. |
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| Specifications
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Main
Components |
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Two man turret
- Cockerill Mk8 90 mm gun
- Ballistic protection: 7.62 mm NATO ball
rounds all around; can be improved by use
of supplementary add-on armour
- Electro-mechanical power control system
- Fully stabilised day/night gunner sight
with laser range finder
- Laser range finder
- Ballistic computer for firing on the move
and at moving targets
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Characteristics |
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Calibre: 90 mm
- Barrel length: 4,365 mm (48.5 cal)
- Nominal pressure: 310 MPa
- Single stage muzzle brake
- Rugged concentric recoil mechanism
- Bore evacuator for gas evacuation
- Progressive rifling (6° to 9°)
- Indirect firing capability: 7,8 km range at
20° elevation
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Laser warning device
- Coaxial machine gun
- Pintle-mounted machine gun 7.62 or 12.7
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APFSDS-T
- TPFSDS-T
- HESH-T
- HESH-TP-T
- SMK-WP-T
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| About
CMI Defence |
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CMI
Group, headquartered near Liège in Belgium,
is knowned for its combinaison of experience in Engineering
and Maintenance in Defence, Energy and Industry sectors.
CMI’s expertise lays mainly in energy, metal,
transportation and defence. Since the seventies, CMI-Defence
has specialized in weapon systems for Armoured Vehicles.
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