Nimrod Missile

[The Dane]

I believe that our(Denmark) armys specialforce(JGK) has added this missile to its inventory...

http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo145/heinebilleder/Nimrod_ATGM_fired.jpg

Nimrod is an anti-tank and anti-personnel laser homing missile of 26 km range and pinpoint accuracy. It is easily installed on a variety of ground platforms and helicopters.

On land, it provides standoff strike capability against ground point targets such as tanks, APCs, bunkers, personnel concentrations and guerrillas. A forward scouting team uses a laser designator to direct missiles that are fired from a base up to 26 km behind.

Mounted on light vehicles, the system is inherently mobile, and is a natural candidate for rapid-deployment forces. In mobile or fixed shore installations, Nimrod is an excellent coastal defense weapon.

Nimrod is capable of day/night operation. Its flight trajectory can be set below clouds.



Length - 265 cm

Span - 40 cm


Body - 18 cm


Weight - 100 kg


Guidance Type - Laser-guided


Range - 26 km


Speed - 0.8 Mach

http://www.iai.co.il/Default.aspx?docID=16160&FolderID=16172&lang=en&res=0&pos=0


Seems very capable but i have a question thou..
How is it guided to the "targetbasket" where the laserseeker is activated?

[Snoshi]

Never heard of Denmark getting it.. I know that Colombia got them mounted on Hummers

[The Dane]

Never heard of Denmark getting it.. I know that Colombia got them mounted on Hummers

No.. proberly because its for our SF's.
I know they got a new SSM with a range of 20-30 kilometers..
Don't know which one it could be else ?

[santana]

Never heard of Denmark getting it.. I know that Colombia got them mounted on Hummers

Colombia have it but it is not mounted on a Hummer
here a picture
http://www.fuerzasmilitares.org/multimedia/fotos_ejc/ejc_nimrod/CSyD_Nimrod3.jpg

[Bro Jangles]

Nimrod is an anti-tank and anti-personnel laser homing missile
So does it use cluster munitions for anti personal?

[GazB]

How is it guided to the "targetbasket" where the laserseeker is activated?

The fact that it can be set to operate below the cloud base suggests that it flys to the target area with some sort of programmable autopilot. Would expect before launch its max flight height, direction and range to target area are entered before launch.

[gosciu555]

So does it use cluster munitions for anti personal?

I doubt it, prolly just has a shaped/frag warhead, possibly thermobaric like some Hellfires.

[GazB]

It wouldn't be too hard to combine anti personel and anti tank performance together.
Conceptually a standard HEAT charge with a fragmentation liner around the sides should do the job. The cone front will still penetrate armour but the sidewalls will deliver fragments as well as the usual blast to up the anti personel performance. A missile that size should have large enough warhead to have an effective anti personel effect in addition to anti armour performance. With a range of 26km and a launch weight of 100kgs I would expect a warhead weight in the range of 15-20kgs which would enable it to deal with a wide range of battlefield targets.
The fact that it can be programmed to fly below the clouds suggests it probably also can be programmed to a specific terminal attack course... ie diving top attack for a trench or tank for example or near horizontal terminal flight path to enter the window of a building that is being targetted. (ie sniper or MG position).