According to the company, the improved accuracy and speed of hitting targets will dramatically increase each soldier’s confidence in any combat scenario and maximize operational effectiveness. The live fire testing was conducted September 14-24 at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, an Army installation in Maryland, by the Product Manager.
Army last month under a Defense Department program for determining whether foreign technologies can fill U.S.
#Smash 2000 smart shooter plus
Smart Shooter confirmed the deal in a statement on 1 December, saying it was awarded a contract by India’s Defense Ministry for the supply of SMASH 2000 Plus systems that will be installed mainly on AK-47/103 rifles. Israel's Smart Shooter company announced late last week that its SMASH 2000 rifle sight was tested by the U.S. The sight significantly increases operational shooting accuracy and significantly improves the hit rate for a variety of targets, both stationary and mobile. The SMASH 2000 is a smart electro-optical rifle sight that includes a fire control computer. The Admiral also confirmed that Heron UAVs, which are manufactured by Israel’s IAI, were deployed on India’s northern border with China amid continuing tensions between the countries in the region of Eastern Ladakh. A bullet-ridden box used as a target during a Smart Shooter sighting device familiarization range near. No details were provided regarding the quantity, cost or timing of delivery. SMASH 2000 takes auto tracker tech and places it on the top rail of a carbine or rifle. Smart Shooter has various systems, including the SMASH 2000 that gives troops a precision anti-drone system on their weapon with built-in targeting algorithms that can track and hit drones flying at high speed at ranges of up to 120 meters with the first shot. This acquisition, according to the Admiral, is one of the steps taken by the Indian Navy against possible naval threats on the part of China. SMASH HOPPER Remote Controlled Weapon Station (RCWS) using SMASH Fire Control. “The SMASH 2000 changes the way a soldier functions in the battlefield,” he said.India’s Navy Chief, Admiral Karambir Singh, said at a press conference on 3 December that the Navy is procuring SMASH 2000 rifle sights, manufactured by Israeli company Smart Shooter, as protection against drone attacks. Mazor said, worldwide, a lot of research and development has gone into making weapons accurate, but there has not been much movement on assault rifles, which continue to be fired in bursts to get a good hit. “The system tells the user when to shoot,” Aloni said, adding that the company first went in for ground targets and moved on to aerial targets like drones. Mazor noted that the modern battlefield is becoming more complex, but, with the SMASH system, a soldier has to simply decide whom or what he wants to shoot at.Īloni said the system can be fixed on to any assault rifle without any need of modifications in most cases, adding that the system focuses on “one shot, one hit”, or the first-round hit. “It all depends on quantity, and quantity should justify the investment we are going to make,” he said. SMASH 2000 is a combat-proven Fire Control System which was designed to ensure each round finds its target, in both day and night conditions, as. Mazor stressed that Smart Shooter owns the entire intellectual property and technological knowhow of the system, and so, there will be no issue in transferring it to India. The company, in a statement to ThePrint, said it is committed to complying with all Indian requirements and regulations as part of the ‘Make in India’ programme. Sharone Aloni, vice-president (research and development), added that while Smart Shooter currently does all research, marketing and production from its facility in Israel, the firm is looking at the possibility of making the system in other locations, and India is one of the options. “We have got the permission from our defence ministry, and we are willing to cooperate with India,” Smart Shooter’s vice-president (business development) Abraham Mazor told ThePrint. The system features a built-in targeting algorithm that can track and hit multiple targets at first shot, including drones. The Army and the Border Security Force are evaluating it for anti-drone operations. The Navy had last month gone in for an unspecified number of ‘SMASH 2000 Plus’ systems, which are already in use by Israeli and American special forces, apart from some other countries. New Delhi: Israeli defence firm Smart Shooter, whose new-age fire-control system turns assault rifles into smart weapons, is looking to set up a manufacturing plant in India, eyeing more contracts besides the one it has already bagged from the Indian Navy.
(This Post is originally Posted on The Print by SNEHESH ALEX PHILIP)
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