Shoulder-Launched Munitions

Abstract

The Individual Assault Munition (IAM) will be a lightweight Shoulder Launched Munition (SLM) capability for combat units at the individual Soldier level. As an improvement over existing Shoulder Launched Munitions, the solution will fit within the Soldier Lethality Modernization Priority, by reducing Soldier load, while providing tactical innovation capable of extending overmatch against near-peer adversaries in a joint, multi-domain, high-intensity conflict. The IAM will allow Soldiers to conduct Urban Operations with an ability to defeat targets in an open space or in defilade at extended ranges. It will also allow Soldiers to defeat adversaries protected by field expedient structures and light armored vehicles. This solution will be effective day or night with the ability to safely engage targets from within enclosures using single hearing protection, increasing Soldier survivability. This solution will combine the capabilities of the existing Bunker Defeat Munition (BDM) and the AT4 Confined Space - Reduced Sensitivity (AT4CS-RS), which will allow for reduced Soldier load and training complexity, as well as reducing the logistics burden for Light Infantry, Combat Engineers, and Special Operations Forces. Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 funding will provide the Army the opportunity to evaluate various developmental munitions to achieve emerging increased capability as an Individual Assault Munition. The Individual Assault Munition Capabilities Development Document (CDD) was approved on 11 March 2016.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: EP2_0604802A_5_2040_PB_2021

Tags

Readers

• Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
• Munitions and Ordnance Engineering

Technology Areas

• Space