Swedish aerospace and defence firm Saab on Thursday claimed that its Anti-Tank 4 rocket launcher has been selected by the Indian Armed Forces, including the Army and the Air Force through a competitive programme for a single-shot weapon.
As per the company, the deal was inked by its defence and security arm FFV Ordnance in Delhi. The company will deliver AT4’s CS AST variant. The weapon can be fired from confined spaces such as from inside buildings, bunkers and other urban environments.
The AT4CS AST includes a tandem warhead with a breach or blast mode that is optimised to overpower enemies within buildings and to obliterate structures, which can create a point of access into them.
Görgen Johansson, head of Saab’s business area Dynamics, said the company was honoured that the Indian armed forces, which already use their Carl-Gustaf system, had selected Saab for their single-shot weapon need. The Army and the IAF can be rest assured that they have the necessary firepower to give them the advantage, he added.
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