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19-12-2012, 19:04
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מידע נוסף על הפלנקס היבשתי
הצבא האמריקני מסכם את פעילות והישגי הפלנקס היבשתי בשנים 2005-2012. שימו לב לסד"כ - 22 מערכות שנפרסו ב 15 אתרים שונים ברחבי עירק, 100 ירוטים מוצלחים.
http://www.navsea.navy.mil/NewsView...NewsWires&id=12
Land-based Phalanx weapon system completes mission in Iraq
The Land-based Phalanx Weapon System (LPWS), a trailer-mounted version of the U.S. Navy's MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS), completed its mission as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), returning stateside this month. The 22 LPWS systems protected living quarters, mess halls, airfields, and other high value assets at three forward operating bases and operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week, engaging enemy rockets and mortars fired against deployed U.S. and coalition bases in Iraq. The Army considered various existing weapon systems for integration into its "Sense and Warn" system following the Deputy Secretary of Defense and the U.S. Army identification of a CIWS land-based protection mission as an OIF urgent operational need. After successfully demonstrating this capability during live-fire field tests, the Navy's Phalanx CIWS was configured into an operational, deployable, land-transportable, and self-powered CIWS system, and integrated into the Army's Forward Area Air Defense (FAAD) combat system. LPWS began deployment in 2005 as part of the U.S. Army's Counter-Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM) system.
"The Army had an existing sense and warn capability, but they wanted to add an intercept capability," said Greg Brown, the LPWS manager at the CIWS Program Office. "Within six months, we went from prototype of taking a Phalanx system, putting it on trailer, to initial deployment in Iraq. That included integration into the Army's FAAD." The initial two demonstration LPWS systems deployed in June 2005 followed by an additional 20 systems, with the last system arriving in July 2010. Since initial deployment, there have been over 100 successful intercepts of incoming threats. "LPWS definitely exceeded expectations," Brown said. "When you couple the successful intercepts with the deterrent, there's definitely a decrease in the amount of attacks. We have logged numerous successful intercepts, but we don't know how many attacks didn't take place once they realized there was a defense system deployed." U.S. Navy Sailors trained and accompanied the U.S. Army's C-RAM battalions to provide expert CIWS maintenance and operator support, and were critical to achieving a near 100 percent system availability for a land-locked naval weapon system.
"It's a unique situation to have Navy personnel on the ground in Iraq working with Army personnel," Brown said. "Since the system was derived from CIWS, it was considered quicker to use already trained Sailors than to send Army personnel through the Navy schoolhouse." The MK 15 Phalanx CIWS is an autonomous 20mm Gatling gun system capable of searching, detecting, tracking, and engaging threats at a firing rate of 4,500 rounds per minute. The U.S. Navy deploys Phalanx for terminal defense against anti-ship missiles and high-speed aircraft penetrating the fleet's long- and medium-range defense systems. The Phalanx CIWS is a product of Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) and the Naval Sea Systems Command. PEO IWS is responsible for all Navy surface ship combat systems, surface to air missile systems, radars, launchers, electronic warfare systems, anti-submarine warfare systems, and gun systems. PEO IWS is also responsible for the integration of these combat systems and the warfare elements into the Fleet.
כתבה מאתר הצבא אמריקני על גדוד הפלנקס היבשתי, הבחורצ'יק שמתראיין פה היה מיירט בעירק והיום משרת כמדריך בפורט סיל (ביסנ"מ האמריקני).
C-RAM transforms defense tactics
http://www.army.mil/article/78724/C...efense_tactics/
FORT SILL, Okla.-- Mortars, artillery and rockets have been the weapon of choice for insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are mobile and can be easily hidden, giving Coalition soldiers just seconds to take cover when they are launched. The Army, taking a note from Navy warfare technology, adopted the C-RAM system or Counter Rocket, Artillery, Mortar system. Known to the Navy as the Phalanx, this "system of systems" detects, warns and intercepts incoming rocket, artillery and mortar rounds at forward operating bases and significant targets in Iraq and now Afghanistan. "It's amazing. Totally amazing product," said Staff Sgt. Alberto Marcillo, D Battery, 2nd Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery. "I know for my fellow crew members they love it, especially every time it fires and it destroys the target. They know when we do this in theatre we'll be saving lives." Using multiple layers of detection, the system can identify incoming enemy munitions in the space protected by the C-RAM, with a human operator certifying the target.
The system then lets out a loud alarm and voice of "incoming, incoming, incoming" to allow Soldiers the seconds they need to take cover. The C-RAM then shoots hundreds of 20mm rounds from its six-barrel gun at the incoming munition, detonating it in the air. The rounds themselves will also explode at a certain altitude so as to reduce injuries on the ground. D/2-6th ADA Soldiers conducted certification exercises the third week of April at a Fort Sill range specifically created to practice on the C-RAM system. These certifications allowed them to become instructors on the system. Because Fort Sill is currently the only installation capable of testing these systems, they will also teach Soldiers from around the country. Marcillo led a three-man team that was certifying as operator instructors on the interceptor system. "It's been obviously a secret weapons system for quite a number of years and right now we are doing the certification process so we can have an actual training for the rest of the Army so we can deploy them throughout the Army forces," he said. "I've been on this weapons system on prior deployments. I've seen it in action. It's a proven weapon system." A retired sailor who worked with the Phalanx weapon system was there to certify the crew team on the interceptor system.
The certification process is also a learning experience as the teams help the Army understand their capabilities and responsibilities. The system has only been in the Army's inventory since 2005, but they are constantly looking at how to adapt and improve it for wherever the mission takes them. We're learning a lot, and we're trying to figure out how best to deploy the weapon," said Marcillo. For the C-RAM to adapt to the Army's needs, they had to make it self-sustainable so it can go anywhere. The system can also be broken up so that if a commander just needs the warning system they can have it, along with the Soldiers to operate it. In Iraq in 2007, Marcillo was asleep in his tent after pulling guard duty and was awakened by the sound of incoming munitions and explosions. "At first, I woke up out of it and didn't think anything of it until it got louder and closer. Then I heard the Phalanx weapon system kick off, I heard the alarms go off, [and] hit the ground. Then I started hearing explosions but not on the ground anymore, but in the air. I know that weapon system saved my life and fellow Soldiers on my particular FOB." That incident prompted Marcillo to become an instructor on the system. "It's a very important weapon system for defense out there. It already saved my life, it saves Soldier lives, it saves equipment, it saves time out there. So it should be a vital part of the Army's inventory."
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http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/wsh2012/82.pdf
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