Other titles:COLLECTION OF LARKHILL VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Compilation assembled from various sources by the Royal Artillery Video Production Unit showing aspects of "smart" munitions.
Description: I. Sequences from US film of MLRS in action.
II. Section from a US film entitled "An Army TACMS Programme Report" by the US Army TACMS (Tactical Missile System) Team.
III. Section of British film captioned "MLRS A2: A Modern Weapon System for Laying of Mine Barriers" which demonstrates the capability of MLRS to lay a minefield rapidly.
IV. Poor quality US footage describing the Copperhead missile and its ground laser designator.
V. Two short clips discussing "skeet" and its submunitions.
VI. US promotion for the SADARM (Sense and Destroy Armour) submunition, "the artillery's first indirect fire autonomous munition".
VII. The SMArt155 (Sensor Fuzed Munition for the Artillery 155mm).
VIII. Further information on 155mm armour with canisters of smart submunitions.
IX. Brief sequence about the Aquila remotely-piloted aircraft and its use in conjunction with the Copperhead missile system.
X. The US submunition, a tankbuster from the USA.
XI. LOCAAS - the US Low Cost Anti-Armour Submunition.
XII. MLRS with TGW (Tactical Guidance Warhead).
XIII. Test footage of the FOG M (Fibre Optic Guided Missile).
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF LARKHILL VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:BFN 60
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1990-2000
Production Date:1994
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Ministry of Defence (Production sponsor)
Royal Artillery Video Production Centre (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords:
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: U-matic
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Tape length: 60; Running time: 28 mins
