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FNSS Infantry Battalion protection significantly improves
need for survey and bedding
Historically, the
in rounds. This ability to rapidly
organic indirect fire support has “shoot & scoot” with the armoured
been 81-mm mortar systems. How-
introduces ever, the 81mm mortar even though the lethality and survivability of the
is a very capable weapon systems it system.
Armoured Vehicle does not have the stretch potential The ACV chassis has proved to pro-
to fire future improved munitions
capability for with greater accuracy, increased vide a very stable platform for the
range and highly lethality. This has 120mm mortar system thus improv-
modern Self led to a number of armies to replace ing mortar firing accuracy and rapid
or complement the 81mm mortar firing times. Also, there is sufficient
Propelled Mortars with modern effective 120mm mor- stowage for a considerable number
tars.
of ready-use bombs if required.
mounted tracked The FNSS ACV Self Propelled The ACV SPM and M113A4 up-
and wheeled 120mm mortar tracked vehicle al- graded vehicle has undergone trials
lows short into-action times, rapid and evaluation by a number of cus-
chassis departures (shoot and scoot) re- tomers in a number of Middle East-
duced crew manning typically from ern and SE Asia countries. These
8-10 men down to 3-4 men and trials and evaluations have been
when fitted with a navigation and conducted under extreme high am-
pointing system eliminated the bient temperatures in desert envi-
ronments and in ambient and high
humidly are SE Asia countries.

The ACV/M113A4 Self Propelled
mortar vehicle meet today’s mod-
NATIONAL 120mm mortar system that is rap-
ern requirements for an accurate

idly deployable, and provides the
ability to fire a wide range of ammu-
nitions including smart rounds and
future precision guided munitions
out to long ranges.

For Malaysia AV project Deftech
64 and FNSS are developing a 120mm
mortar variant based on AV8 8x8
chassis.