VULCANO

Long Range Land and Naval Ammunition

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

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

The VULCANO 155 mm ammunition gives the 155/52 caliber and 155/39 caliber Howitzers the capability to extend their operative range and precision beyond the actual limits, minimizing engagement costs and collateral damages.

(A joint program with Diehl Defence)

The VULCANO 127 mm rounds capitalize on new and emerging technology based upon a fin stabilized airframe with canard control for terminal guidance; mechanical interfaces are the same as standard 127 mm ammunition.  Read latest news on VULCANO 127 mm.

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  • Key Features
  • Technical Specifications
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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