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 Troops engaged in modern asymmetric warfare
are often exposed to high-risk threats, including surprise attacks by well planned and
camouflaged ambushes involving well orchestrated use of
IEDs, automatic fire
and sniping. Such ambushes are difficult to detect as the enemy utilizes stealth, deception and concealment to hide the
sources of fire.
To cope with these lethal traps, military forces must be equipped with
the necessary tools for locating hostile fire sources and responding
effectively and rapidly while minimizing exposure to snipers. New
systems introduced at Eurosatory 2006 address these needs with
acoustic gunshot detection, electro-optical sniper location, remotely
controlled IED engagement capabilities and effective RF countermeasures
that can denying
the enemy the use of radio-frequency remote control systems.
The requirement for gunshot detection and counter-sniper systems
has developed as a result of experience gained during recent
counter-insurgency combat situations in South-West Asia. Several
systems utilizing either acoustic or optronic methods of detection,
were demonstrated at Eurosatory 2006. Among the acoustic systems was the
Pilar, which was displayed in
both a
mobile configuration and a newly developed man portable version.
 RAFAEL displayed its SADS
system as part of a "Sniper Hunter" vehicle equipped with
the Mini-Samson Remotely controlled weapon station, which can be
coupled with an acoustic gunshot detector to provide instant response
to gunshot threats. Other systems can deliver a warning as early as
when a
sniper is aiming his weapon.–These include the new
Spotlite II from
RAFAEL, SLD-500 from
CILAS and
 SLS from
Rheinmetall defense. When a threat is
located, laser countermeasures can be employed to defeat it. Among the
systems displayed at Eurosatory, only a few addressed this potential, including the Russian
PAPV system, which was developed and
is produced by the Russian Nudelman Precision Engineering design bureau
and the
DHY322 laser countermeasure system from CILAS, with. |
