This month a new edition of the Dsei (Defense and Security Equipment International), a defense fair in which it highlighted what can be considered a new class of tactical vehicle equipped with an enormous attack capacity. He Fuchs Jagm (Joint Air-to-Ground Missile or Missile Air-Fetier) is born from the collaboration between the German Rheinmetall and the American Lockheed Martin And it is based on a veteran model of armored personnel transport vehicle (APCfor its acronym in English) 6 × 6 to which they have added the ability to shoot, without recharging, up to 24 jagm or hellfire missiles. Designed to make precision impacts Against both terrestrial and aerial threatsthis hybrid solution It contributes for the first time multidominium attack capabilities to a tactical platform on wheels.
The base of the fuchs jagm is the Fuchs Evolutionthe latest version of armored transport on Rheinmetall wheels that went into service in 1979 and that since then has been deployed in about 60 variants in more than a dozen countries.
In this version, the interior of the 6 × 6 has been expanded and improvements have been added such as a new motopropulsor group with a brake anti -lock system (ABS) and a centralized tire inflation system. Fuchs JAGM can circulate 100 km/h per road and has a reach of around 800 km.
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The vehicle meets the Generic architecture of NATO vehicles (NGVA)an open standard that facilitates the integration of multiple electronic subsystems, all operable from a multifunction control and crew screen. It also has additional protection against ballistic and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats (CBRN), according to the Army Recognition media.
Tactical platform on wheels with multidominium capacity
But the really striking thing about this APC converted in IFV (acronym in English of Infantry Fighting Vehicle or infantry combat vehicle) is its ability to counteract a wide variety of both terrestrial and air and even maritime threats. Despite presenting itself as a hunter, Fuchs Jagm can also attack infantry combat vehicles, low altitude rotary aircraft, drones, radar stations, mobile artillery, slightly armored naval bunkers and assetsall from a mobile and network platform.
Fuchs JAGM is prepared to house until 24 missiles in 6 quadruple pitchers They make fire vertically. These use a compressed gas generator that expels the missile of its container before the engine is turned on.
AGM-179 JAGM and AGM-114R HELLFIRE
The missiles that the armored can shoot are, mainly, the AGM-179 JAGM or the AGM-114R HELLFIREalthough the JAGM-MRof medium reach.
Both JAGM and Hellfire are short and medium range missiles, Around 8 kilometers eachbut with variants that extend the scope. The JAGM-MR reaches 16 kilometers and a version of the Hellfire that reaches 24 km has also been tested.
Both missiles use A 9 -kilograms eye that carries two loads. The first, smaller, is designed to disable reactive tank protection systems; The second, which is the main one, triggers and drills the armor. In addition, the eyelet includes shrapnel fragments that damage the crew and equipment exposed around the impact.
They do differ in their guide methods. The AGM-114R USA Laser semiactive guidewhich requires an operator to designate the target with a laser so that the missile reaches it. The jagm, on the other hand, uses a multimodious search engine that Combine a laser semi -active search engine for precision attacks with a millimeter wave radar (Mmw) that allows it to ‘shoot and forget’ against mobile targets in adverse weather conditions.
You can also use both modes simultaneously: find the objective by laser designation and then be guided by radar. This also allows launch a missile wave that impacts the objectives simultaneously, since it is not necessary to designate each white individually with a laser.
Fuchs JAGM detects objectives through a package electro-optical sensors installed in a telescopic mast that rises to about 4.3 meters high, thus improving the line of vision.
According to Rheinmetall, sensors can Acquire objectives at about 8 kmequivalent to the maximum reach of the JAGM and the AGM-114R. However, whites can also be acquired through third -party sensors, including droneswhich could be necessary to make the most of the performance of the highest scope. The sensors are designed to detect multiple objectives simultaneously, allowing Attack ‘up to 24 main combat cars or other whites in rapid succession without recharge’.