The Anti-Structures Munition is a developmental program for the
British Army
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to provide a man-portable shoulder-launched weapon capable of destroying hardened structures such as buildings or
bunker
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s. The system is planned to be in service by the end of 2009.
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Program status
* May 2004 - Systems from Dynamit Nobel and Saab Bofors Dynamics
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Its corporate heritage goes back to Bofors, a hammer mill, w ...
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* February 2006 - Contract (£40m) awarded to Dynamit Nobel Defence for production of the Anti-Structures Munition (ASM) version of the MATADOR
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July 2019 - The UK is in the process of awarding a new contract of the Anti-Structures Munition.
Specifications
* Range: 500 m
* Warhead: "Enhanced blast warhead
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Classification
Types of warheads include:
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See also
* MATADOR (weapon)
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* Panzerfaust 3
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References
External links
Dynamit Nobel Defence
Personal weapons
Rocket weapons
Surface-to-surface missiles
Anti-fortification weapons
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