Avenger air defense missile system

The Avenger Air Defense System is an American military weapon system used by both the Army and the Marine Corps that provides mobile, short-range air defense protection for ground units against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, low-flying fixed-wing aircraft, and helicopters. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. Anti-aircraft warfare, or air defense, is any method of engaging hostile military Aircraft in defence of ground objectives, ground or naval forces A cruise missile is a guided Missile that carries an explosive payload and uses a lifting wing and a propulsion system usually a Jet engine, to allow An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV is an unpiloted Aircraft. UAVs can be remote controlled or fly autonomously based on pre-programmed flight plans or more complex dynamic Overview Fixed-wing aircraft range from small training and recreational aircraft to Wide-body aircraft and military cargo aircraft. History Since 400 AD Chinese children have played with bamboo flying toys.

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Description and specifications

A Stinger missile being launched from the Avenger platform.

The system consists of a gyro-stabilized air defense turret mounted on a modified heavy High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). This article refers to the Military HMMWV not the civilian Hummer sold by General Motors The M998 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled The turret has two Stinger missile launcher pods, each capable of firing up to 4 fire-and-forget infrared/ultraviolet guided missiles in rapid succession. The FIM-92 Stinger is a personal portable Infrared homing Surface-to-air missile developed in the United States and used by all the U Fire-and-forget is a third-generation method of Missile guidance Infrared ( IR) radiation is Electromagnetic radiation whose Wavelength is longer than that of Visible light, but shorter than that of Ultraviolet ( UV) light is Electromagnetic radiation with a Wavelength shorter than that of Visible light, but longer than X-rays Guided Missile is a London based Independent record label set up by Paul Kearney in 1994. Avenger can be linked to the Forward Area Air Defense Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (FAAD C3I) system, which permits external radar tracks and messages to be passed to the fire unit to alert and cue the gunner. Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic waves to identify the range altitude direction or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as Aircraft, ships Using the newly developed Slew-to-Cue (STC) subsystem, the commander or gunner can select a FAAD C3I reported target for engagement from a display on their HTU, then, by a single push-button, initiate an automatic cab movement to azimuth. The Slew-to-Cue system is not wide-spread, however. The M1097, M1097A1, M1097A2 use a troop seat kit for troop transport operations, a 200 ampere umbilical power cable to power shelter equipment, and stowage racks for ammunition and equipment. To accommodate the higher payload capacity, the vehicles are equipped with a reinforced frame, crossmembers, lifting shackles, heavy duty rear springs, shock absorbers, reinforced control arms, heavy duty tires and rims, and a transfer case and differential with modified gear ratio.

The M1097, M1097A1, and M1097A2 and M1123 are specifically designed to accommodate a higher payload capacity. The M1097A2 models have new bumpers, which make the vehicles slightly longer. A 9,000 lb winch is also available for the M1097A2 models as an option.

Sensors

• Forward Looking Infrared Receiver (FLIR)
• Laser rangefinder
• Optical sight

Weapons

• 4/8 ready-to-fire FIM-92 Stinger missiles
• 1 M3P machine gun, which is a modified M2. A forward looking infrared (FLIR is an imaging device that senses infrared radiation The FIM-92 Stinger is a personal portable Infrared homing Surface-to-air missile developed in the United States and used by all the U This article is about the.50 caliber M2 machine gun For the.30-06 M2 machine gun see M1919 Browning machine gun. It is a . 50 cal with an electronic trigger that can be fired from both the RCU located in the drivers cab, and from the handstation located in the Avenger cockpit. Loads 1 box of 200–250 rounds at a time.

Upgrades

Due to the lack of airborne threat in Iraq, and the pressing need for ground assets for combat roles such as convoy protection, the Avenger has been pressed into this role. ^[1] The FLIR/laser rangefinder combined with the . 50 cal machine gun has proven very effective, but is limited by no-fire zones, particularly to the front of the vehicle. ^[2] A program was instituted to remove one of the missile pods and move the machine gun to that position to enable a 360° field of fire. ^[3] This upgrade also increased the ammunition capacity to 650 rounds.

A possible future variant allows for a 600 round ammunition can, only one Stinger missile pod (4 missiles), and 2 FGM-148 Javelin missiles. The FGM-148 Javelin is an American -made man-portable Anti-tank guided missile. This variant is largely hoped for by the soldiers, but due to the re-organisation of the U. S. Army air-defense structure into combined air and missile defense, it is somewhat unlikely this variant will make it into large scale production.

Operators

•  United States
•  Republic of China
•  Egypt

Dimensions

• Length - 16 ft 3 in (4. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. 95 m)
• Weight - 8,600 lb (4300 kg)
• Crew - 2
• Roadspeed - 55 mph (89 km/h)
• Range - 275 miles (443 km)
• Primary weapon - 4/8 FIM-92 Stinger missiles
• Secondary weapon - . The FIM-92 Stinger is a personal portable Infrared homing Surface-to-air missile developed in the United States and used by all the U 50 M3P machine gun
• Engine power output - 150 hp (112 kW)

Notes

See also

• FIM-92 Stinger
• U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command
• Anti-aircraft warfare

External links

• Army Fact File
• Avenger (Pedestal Mounted Stinger) - Global Security