Patria launches a new mortar system Patria Nemo

[Lazarou]

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Patria launches a new mortar system Patria Nemo

Patria has today unveiled a new, in-house designed efficient single-barrel 120 mm mortar Patria Nemo at the Eurosatory Exhibition in Paris. Patria Nemo is an unmanned mortar turret suitable for a large variety of platforms available at the market today featuring superior accuracy and agility in all types of manoeuvres. Nemo is a brilliant example of Patria’s extensive product development work simultaneously as it is yet another proof of Patria’s innovativeness and specialist know-how within weapon systems.

Patria Nemo is a mortar turret with excellent signature management and ballistic protection. As a modern and compact system, Patria Nemo can easily be mounted onto various tracked and wheeled chassis. Due to its low weight, only 1500 kg, Patria Nemo is also adaptable to lightweight, high-speed vessels.

Featuring exceptional accuracy and agility in all types of manoeuvres, Nemo is ready to fire in less than 30 seconds and enables immediate exit from firing position – true performance for an array of shoot & scoot tactics.

Patria Nemo provides both direct and indirect fire support for among others rapid deployment forces. It offers also excellent possibilities for harbour patrol and protection, coast guarding and infantry landing operations.


Patria Nemo is the newest member of Patria’s 120 mm mortar system family filling the gap between traditional towed mortars and the twin-barrelled AMOS. The Nemo mortar turret is developed and designed by Patria. It can fire indirect MRSI fire with 6 grenades hitting the target simultaneously. Nemo can also use direct fire in addition to conventional mortar trajectories. Efficient firing is provided by a semi-automatic loading system and a fully automatic laying system. Nemo can use any type of ammunition intended for 120 mm smoothbore mortars. It can also use guided PGMM ammunition currently under development.


Patria is a Defence and Aerospace Group with international operations. Its key business areas are armoured wheeled vehicles, mortar systems, helicopters and aircraft, and their life cycle support, as well as defence electronics systems. Patria delivers internationally competitive solutions to global markets based on own specialist know-how and partnerships. Patria is owned by the State of Finland and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V

NEMO New Efficient Mortar System

Patria Nemo is an unmanned turreted mortar weapon system with excellent signature management. Nemo is a modern and compact system which can be easily mounted onto various tracked and wheeled chassis (6x6, 8x8). Due to its low weight Nemo is also adaptable to light high speed vessels. In addition to indirect fire support Nemo has a capability of direct and MRSI (Multiple Rounds Simultaneous Impact) fire. The turreted construction offers excellent ballistic and NBC protection for the crew. Thanks to its modular construction Patria Nemo is easy to equip with various options according to customer requirements and combat situations.
Versatile System in the Navy

Patria Nemo can be effectively used for harbour patrolling and protection, coastal guarding and infantry landing operations.
Nemo

* Compact, unmanned turret
* High rate of fire
* Direct fire capability
* Fire-on-the-move capability (naval version)
* Rapid deployment
* Modular ballistic protection against infantry weapons and splinters
* NBC and muzzle blast protection
* Low carrier loads
* Large on-board ammunition supply
* Compatible with all standard 120 smoothbore mortar ammunition as well as smart guided ammunition
* Full 360° traverse without limitations

Nemo Characteristics
Turret
Weight

1500 kg
Traverse range

n x 360°
Elevation range

-3° - +85°
Laying system

electrical / manual back-up automatic aiming
Crew

unmanned turret 2-3 in chassis compartment
Ammunition (total on-board)

carrier dependent typically 50-60 rds
Armament

Mortar

120 mm smoothbore
Barrel length

3000 mm
Loading system

electrical, semi-autom
Recoiling system

hydro-pneumatic
Secondary armament

machine gun smoke launchers
Performance

Time to open fire

< 30 sec
Time to scoot

< 10 sec
Max. rate of fire

10 rds / min
Sustained rate of fire

7 rds / min
First 3 rounds

12 sec
Range

+10 km
Multiple Rounds Simultaneous Impact (MRSI)

up to 6 rds
Ammunition

All smoothbore mortar ammunition, e.g. ammunition family supplied by Patria

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[CouchCommando]

Here it is fitted on an AMV:


Hot delivery from NEMO


After less than two years of development, Finnish company Patria Weapon Systems (Stand H18/20) has revealed its new private venture 120mm smooth bore turreted mortar system, NEMO (NEw MOrtar).

The system weighs only 1,500kg, which allows it to be integrated onto a wide range of chassis, tracked and wheeled, as well as having a number of naval applications. At Eurosatory, NEMO is shown integrated onto a Patria Vehicles Armoured Modular Vehicle (8x8) (AMV) armoured personnel carrier (APC) chassis, which is currently in production for Finland and Poland.
According to Patria, NEMO has been developed to fill a gap in the market between its conventional towed mortars and the heavier twin 120mm AMOS (Advanced MOrtar System) developed by Patria Weapon Systems and BAE Systems Hägglunds of Sweden.

NEMO was successfully fired for the first time in May and firing trials will continue after Eurosatory. The remote-controlled turret incorporates stealth characteristics into its design and a modular ballistic armour package provides protection against small arms fire and shell splinters. Turret traverse is 360° with weapon elevation from -3° to +85°.
Although the primary role of NEMO is indirect fire out to a range of about 10km (depending on the nature of the projectile and charge combination), it also has a veryuseful direct fire capability.

Its 120mm smooth bore ordnance is identical to that of the twin AMOS system and is fitted with a hydro-pneumatic recoil system. It uses the same natures of ammunition as AMOS with a typical onboard ammunition supply consisting of 50 to 60 mortar bombs.

The semi-automatic loading system enables a maximum rate of fire of 10 rounds a minute to be obtained, with a sustained rate of fire being seven rounds a minute. A burst of three rounds can be fired in 12 seconds, according to Patria Weapon Systems. It also has a Multiple Rounds Simultaneous Impact fire capability.

NEMO is of modular design with the baseline system being fitted with the same computerised fire control system as installed in AMOS. Once the vehicle comes to a halt first rounds can be fired within 30 seconds and it takes less than 20 seconds to come out of action.A typical NEMO system would have a crew of four, driver, commander and two loaders who would prepare/load the ammunition trays located below the turret ring.

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[FDF_Hemppis]

Hehe. Amos light.

If it's cheap enough, it could be a hit. Would be great if the FDF would get a few (or a lot ) to replace the towed stuff

[joshfox0]

the new designs coming out past few days are mgihty impressive!

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Go EUROPA !!!

[Lazarou]

A few pics from Deagel.com:


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Can someone come up with scenarios when Nemo would be interesting as a product ? I mean, if you're going to dedicate a vehicle for it why not just get the AMOS ? My guess is the price can't be that much different.

from what I've seen of AMOS internally (admittedly not too much) the mechanism doesn't take up too much space either. They mention less weight but still it will need a fairly large vehicle.

Not trying to diss it, just asking... It looks good tho

[Lazarou]

from what I've seen of AMOS internally (admittedly not too much) the mechanism doesn't take up too much space either. They mention less weight but still it will need a fairly large vehicle.

AFAIK weight was one of the main issues with smaller platforms, for example with the Sisu/Patria XA-180/XA-200 series APCs and even with the AMV. The Nemo can be installed on smaller and lighter armoured vehicles and boats. And I bet the price is considerably lower.

The 6x6 version of the AMV could be an interesting platform for the Nemo.

[signatory]

AFAIK weight was one of the main issues with smaller platforms, for example with the Sisu/Patria XA-180/XA-200 series APCs and even with the AMV. The Nemo can be installed on smaller and lighter armoured vehicles and boats. And I bet the price is considerably lower.

The 6x6 version of the AMV could be an interesting platform for the Nemo.

I suppose. And having half as many moving parts should be attractive.

Where in the system do you see significant price reductions?

[FDF_Hemppis]

Where in the system do you see significant price reductions?

Dunno about "significant", but these from the top of my head:

1) R&D has already been done (AMOS)
2) Only one barrell and loading mechanism (less parts)
3) Fits to smaller&lighter vehicles, which costs less
4) And I suppose a single barrell is easier to stabilize (smaller servomotors, takes less space & material)