Less Than Lethal Weapons Requirements for Military Forces

Less Than Lethal Weapons Requirements for Military Forces Slide 1 Millennium Gun 11112002

OVERVIEW • The Situation • The Requirement • Terms of Reference • Technology - Guns - Ammo • Target Vulnerability • Tactical Application Slide 2 Millennium Gun 11112002

The Situation The Fluid Battle Environment • Organized Military Opposition • Unconventional Warfare • Civil Unrest • Non Combatant Screens Dynamic Rules of Engagement Currently Limited Response Options • Water Cannons • Sponge Balls • “Rubber” Bullets • Etc. Slide 3 Millennium Gun 11112002

The Requirement A Multi Purpose Weapon with Scaleable Lethality – Near instant Scalability from Lethal to Non Lethal and Back – Readily Deployed –Minimum Logistical Tail –Potential for various ammo types: ABM, HE, APDS Slide 4 Millennium Gun 11112002

NATO Policy Less Than Lethal Weapons (LTLW) • Incapacitate or repel personnel, with a low probability of fatality • Expand the range of options available to NATO Military Authorities. • LTLW shall not be required to have zero probability of causing fatalities or permanent injuries. Slide 5 Millennium Gun 11112002

Design Elements of a Scaleable Kinetic Energy Weapon Predictable delivery of subprojectiles requires: • MV Correction - Minimize error in range • Accurate Fuzing - Precise distance from the target • Uniformity of the payload - Subprojectiles same size • Uniformity of payload distribution - area coverage Slide 6 Millennium Gun 11112002

35 mm Technology Suite Payload: Subprojectiles Slide 7 Millennium Gun 11112002

35 mm revolver cannon Slide 8 Millennium Gun 11112002

35 mm Air Burst Munition Kinetic Energy Time Fuze (ABM-KETF) – Layout: Note: The payload (500 g) is composed of cylindrical W-Subprojectiles (here 3. 3 g). For engagements other than AA (e. g. G-to-G) the mass of the subprojectiles can be reduced accordingly (e. g. 1 to 1. 5 g)� Slide 9 Millennium Gun 11112002

35 mm ABM (Ahead) Subprojectile Dynamic Parameters Subprojectile Density Valid for 3. 3 g Subprojectiles Slide 10 Millennium Gun 11112002

35 mm Air Burst Munition Various Payload Arrangements, e. g: Air Defense Version (Ahead) 35 mm Caliber IFV Version Slide 11 Subprojectile, SP-diameter: 5. 85 mm SP-diameter: 4. 65 mm 8 Layers @ 19 SP (152) of 3. 3 g each 11 Layers @ 31 SP (341) of 1. 5 g each Millennium Gun 11112002 F 2 15201 BB

Payload Foot-Print 35 mm ABM (Ahead): 152 subprojectiles of 3. 3 g Slide 12 Millennium Gun 11112002 35 mm ABM: 341 subprojectiles of 1. 5 g

On-line Compensation of Muzzle Velocity Variation Fixed Time Programming On-Line∆Vo - Compensation Firing Range approx. 1600 m Slide 13 Millennium Gun 11112002 20 m 400% Improvement 5 m

Muzzle Velocity Correction Slide 14 Millennium Gun 11112002

Mission Roles-Targets • Mission Roles – Dissuasion (from Non-Lethal/Less-Than-Lethal) – Destruction (Lethal Mission Kill/Hard Kill) • Targets (Anti Material/Anti Personnel) – Armored Vehicles – Other Military Vehicles – MOUTS – Troops in bunkers – Troops in open – Civilian Shields Slide 15 Millennium Gun 11112002

Scaleable ABM Lethality Level 100% Lethality Level Lethal Less-Than-Lethal 0% Fragment Penetration & Hit Density Dissuasion Slide 16 Millennium Gun 11112002 Incapacitation F 2 15085 CC

Mission Kill Demonstration with the 35 mm Ahead against MBT (Swiss P-68 Upgraded) Details 1 F 9707 -93 Total: 2 Shots Slide 17 Millennium Gun 11112002 F 2 15223 BB

Subprojectile Penetration Capability Slide 18 Millennium Gun 11112002

Target Vulnerability Criteria (>90%) In a Ground-to-Ground Defense Role (Subprojectile size 3. 3 gr) Slide 19 Millennium Gun 11112002

35 mm Ahead Payload Ejection at 2 km Range: Performance Case: 3. 3 g Subprojectiles Slide 20 Millennium Gun 11112002

Tactical Scenarios Using ABM Point Target (incl. ATGW-Bunker, Prone & Covered Troops, MBT, Helicopter): Area Target (Diffused Targets): Gun Linear Target (e. g. road with vehicles): Slide 21 Millennium Gun 11112002 Road Pre-Determined Air Space (e. g. swarm of helicopters): F 2 15081 FF

Air Burst Coverage Effectiveness Eg: 35 mm Ahead with 3. 3 g Subprojectiles Slide 22 Millennium Gun 11112002

Ahead Payload Growth Potential • Traditional Payload Effects: –Mechanical effects based on KE (Frags / Subprojectiles) –Flash & Bang • Emerging Payload Effects: –Disabling passive effects (against target sensors): Chaff, Phosphor, . . . –EM waves effects (against target electronic system): NNEMP: Non. Nuclear EMP, HPM: Hyper Power Microwave, UWB: Ultra Wide Band, . . . in directional radiation pattern Slide 23 Millennium Gun 11112002 F 2 16337 BD

Summary • Military gun systems can extend their mission capabilities from lethal through near lethal to less-than-lethal. • Demonstrated technology exists that can be applied in the development of direct fire weapons systems. • The vulnerability of a broad range of targets can be accommodated within the mission profile. Slide 24 Millennium Gun 11112002

Questions? Contact information: Andrew A. Bradick 6858 Old Dominion Dr, Suite 210 Mc. Lean Va 22101 Tel 703 448 1947 Fax – 1961 email abconsult@yahoo. com Slide 25 Millennium Gun 11112002