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词条 M141 Bunker Defeat Munition
释义

  1. Service history

  2. Design

  3. Operators

     Current operators 

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

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The M141 Bunker Defeat Munition (BDM), or SMAW-D ("Disposable"), is a single-shot, shoulder-launched weapon designed to defeat hardened structures. The weapon was designed as a modification of the United States Marine Corps Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) to fill the void in the United States Army inventory of a "bunker buster" weapon.

Service history

Two candidates were evaluated for the US Army's BDM program. One candidate from McDonnell-Douglas (later Talley Defense Systems) which used the same warhead as the Marine Corps SMAW, but with a rocket motor with a shorter burn time, and another developed by Sweden's FFV for Alliant Techsystems (later Honeywell), which replaced the standard HEAT warhead of the AT4/M136 with the same warhead dual purpose warhead as used by the USMC SMAW. FFV designated the bunker buster version of the AT4 as the FFV AT8. In 1996 the McDonnell-Douglas candidate was chosen. In a unique move, the US Army ordered one batch of 1,500 then a second batch of 4,500 which were placed in contingency storage for expedited issue to units in combat.[1] The SMAW-D was delivered to the Army in 1999.[2]

The conferees of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 agreed that the Army's BDM and the Marine Corps' SRAW were too similar to justify separate long-term projects, and that the Army should pursue an interim BDM program. Congress limited BDM procurement to 6,000 units.

CNN news footage showed US Army Rangers firing M141s at various fortified caves during the Tora Bora operations against the Afghan Taliban and al Qaeda, being mistaken by the CNN reporters for AT4/M136 projectiles.[3]

Design

The SMAW-D operates on the principle of a recoilless rifle, in that the recoil created by launching the projectile is counteracted by a "backblast" of gases fired from the rear of the weapon. This makes the SMAW-D inherently dangerous, especially in confined, urban areas, as is with all weapons of this design.

The M141 has two configurations: A carry mode in which the launcher is {{convert|32|in|disp=flip|abbr=on|adj=on}} long, and a ready to fire mode in which the launcher is extended to its full length of {{convert|55|in|disp=flip|abbr=on}}.

The warhead is the same High Explosive, Dual Purpose (HEDP) as the USMC SMAW. It is effective against masonry and concrete bunkers as well as lightly armored vehicles. The projectile is capable of penetrating up to {{convert|8|in|disp=flip|abbr=on}} of concrete, {{convert|12|in|disp=flip|abbr=on}} of brick, or {{convert|6.9|ft|disp=flip|abbr=on}} of sandbags. The warhead is activated by a crush switch in its nose that is able to distinguish between hard and soft targets. On soft targets, such as sandbags, the detonation is delayed until the projectile is buried in the target, producing a devastating effect. The warhead detonates immediately on contact with hard targets.

Operators

Current operators

  • {{flag|Lebanon}}
    • Rangers of the Lebanese Army{{RS|date=September 2018}}{{deadlink|date=September 2018}}[4]
  • {{flag|United States}}

See also

{{portal|United States Army}}
  • SMAW
  • AT4

References

1. ^Jane's Infantry Weapon's 1995–96 page 221
2. ^designation-systems.net
3. ^After being fired, the projectile can be seen arching towards it target, by the exhaust nozzle in the rear which is still glowing from the heat of the burn-all-the-way in the launcher. Looks like the M141 projectile has a ruby tracer in the rear of the projectile.
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=50684&d=1212170616 |title=Lebanon: Foreign Arms Vital to Hizbollah Fight - Defense News}}

External links

  • SMAW-D - FAS
  • [https://www.forecastinternational.com/archive/disp_pdf.cfm?DACH_RECNO=1049 M141 Bunker Defeat Munition - Forecast International]
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