VULCANO

Long Range Land and Naval Ammunition

VULCANO is a family of unguided (BER) and guided (GLR) ammunition for the 76mm, 127mm, and 155mm land artillery systems.

The VULCANO 76mm gun system is a leap ahead of the competition, dramatically increasing its already outstanding artillery performance in the roles of Naval Gunfire Support (NGS) and Anti-Surface Warfare.

The VULCANO 155mm ammunition enables the 155/52-caliber and 155/39-caliber Howitzers to extend their operational range and precision beyond their current capability, minimizing engagement costs and collateral damage.

The VULCANO 127mm rounds capitalize on new and emerging technology, featuring a fin-stabilized airframe with canard control for terminal guidance; the mechanical interfaces are the same as those of standard 127mm ammunition.  

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VULCANO 76

BER

  • Compatible with any of the company’s in-service 76 mm guns including Strales Configuration, needs only new range tables provided

 

GLR
  • Compatible with any of the company’s in service 76 mm gun including Strales Configuration, needs adaptation kits
    • Digital Control Console or adaptation kit (mandatory)
    • GPS receiver
    • Multi-ammo selection system (recommended)

 

Growth potential

  • Semi Active Laser (SAL) terminal guidance for land mobile target engagement

VULCANO 127
  • Higher range, extending the conventional 127 mm naval 
    guns operative ranges more than three times
  • Higher precision at any range
  • Less collateral damages
  • Minimization of engagement cost
  • Capability to nullify Target Location Error (TLE) for stationary and moving targets (with IR and SAL Seeker)
  • State of the art Insensitive Munition (IM) design

 

VULCANO 155
  • Higher range, extending the conventional artillery operative ranges up to three times
  • Higher precision at any range
  • Less collateral damages
  • Minimization of engagement cost
  • Capability to nullify Target Location Error (TLE) for stationary and moving targets (with SAL Seeker)
  • State of the art Insensitive Munition (IM) design

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Ammunition Configurations

VULCANO 76

BER (Ballistic Extended Range)

  • Unguided multipurpose (AAW, ASuW and NGS)
  • Over 30 km range
  • Multifunctional Fuze
    • altimetric
    • proximity
    • time and air burst
    • impact and delayed impact

 

GLR (Guided Long Range)
  • Guided for NGS missions
  • Over 40 Km range
  • Multifunctional Fuze
  • GPS & IMU Guided

 

GLR/IR (Guided Long Range Infra Red)
  • Guided for ASuW missions
  • Up to 40 Km range
  • IR Sensor for terminal guidance

 

VULCANO 127

BER (Ballistic Extended Range)
Unguided multipurpose ammunition

  • Up to 60 Km range
  • Multifunctional Fuze
    • Altimetric
    • Proximity
    • Time
    • Impact/delayed impact
  • Notched HE warhead
  • Ballistic accuracy

 

GLR (Guided Long Range/IR)
  • Up to 80 Km range
  • Autonomous IMU+GPS guidance
  • IR Terminal guidance
  • Precise anti-ship firing
  • Notched HE warhead

 

GLR (Guided Long Range) Guided ammunition for NFS
  • Up to 100 Km range
  • Autonomous IMU+GPS guidance
  • Precise shore bombardment firing
  • Notched HE warhead
  • SAL terminal guidance(optional)

 

Ship integration
Any equipment to operate Vulcano ammunition is integrated into gun control cabinet including:
  • Guidance Control Unit
  • Programming device for ammo initialization
  • Digital interface with ship data transfer system

 

VULCANO 155

Ballistic Extended Range (BER)

  • 155/52 cal range up to 50 km
  • 155/39 cal range up to 36 km
  • Multifunctional Fuze
  • Altimetry
  • Impact/Delayed impact
  • Time
  • Notched HE warhead
  • Ballistic accuracy

 

Guided Long Range (GLR)

  • 155/52 cal range up to 70 km
  • 155/39 cal range up to 55 km
  • Autonomous IMU + GPS guidance
  • CEP ≤ 5m on coordinate at any operative range
  • SAL terminal homing with CEP ≤3m on target at any operative range
  • Precise bombardment firing
  • Notched HE warhead

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