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AMOS

For other uses, see Amos
Amos

Amos may refer to:...
; for the programming language, see AMOS (programming language).

AMOS or Advanced MOrtar System is a 120 mm automatic twin barrelled, breech loaded

Breech-loading weapon

A breech-loading weapon is a firearm in which the bullet or shell is inserted or loaded at the rear of the Gun barrel, or breech; the opposite of muzzle-loading....
mortar

Mortar (weapon)

A mortar is a Muzzleloader indirect fire weapon that fires shell at low velocities, short ranges, and high-arcing Ballistics trajectories. It typically has a barrel length less than 15 times its caliber....
turret

Gun turret

A gun turret is a device that protects the crew or mechanism of a artillery and at the same time lets the weapon be aimed and fired in many directions....
. AMOS has been fitted to a wide range of armoured vehicles such as the Sisu Pasi, Patria AMV, Combat Vehicle 90

Combat Vehicle 90

The Combat Vehicle 90 or Stridsfordon 90 is a Sweden infantry fighting vehicle designed by H?gglunds/Bofors and currently produced by BAE Systems H?gglunds....
or Combat Boat 90

Combat Boat 90

Combat Boat 90 is a class of fast military assault craft originally developed for the Swedish Navy by Dockstavarvet. In addition to the many variants in service with the Swedish Navy under the Strb 90 H designation, the CB 90 has been adopted by the navies of several countries, including Norway , Greece, Mexico and Malaysia....
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The maximum rate of fire is 26 rounds per minute. It can fire 14 rounds using multiple rounds simultaneous impact

Artillery

Artillery is a military Combat Arms which employs any apparatus, machine, an assortment of tools or instruments, a system or systems used as weapons for the discharge of large projectiles in combat as a major contribution of fire power within the overall military capability of an armed force....
, where all rounds impact on the target at the same time.

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For other uses, see Amos
Amos

Amos may refer to:...
; for the programming language, see AMOS (programming language).

AMOS or Advanced MOrtar System is a 120 mm automatic twin barrelled, breech loaded

Breech-loading weapon

A breech-loading weapon is a firearm in which the bullet or shell is inserted or loaded at the rear of the Gun barrel, or breech; the opposite of muzzle-loading....
mortar

Mortar (weapon)

Gun turret

Combat Vehicle 90

The Combat Vehicle 90 or Stridsfordon 90 is a Sweden infantry fighting vehicle designed by H?gglunds/Bofors and currently produced by BAE Systems H?gglunds....
or Combat Boat 90

Combat Boat 90

Artillery

Propellant

A propellant is a material that is used to move an object. This will often involve a chemical reaction. It may be a gas, liquid, Plasma , or, before the chemical reaction, a solid....
so that the rounds fly a high arc. The next rounds are shot a couple of seconds afterwards with a slightly smaller angle and with less propellant so that they fly a lower arc but fly as far as the first rounds. This can be done seven times in a row, always adjusting the angle and power, so that the result is that all the 14 rounds hit the target simultaneously. The adjustment between the shots is done by a computer

Computer

A computer is a machine that manipulates Data according to a list of Code .The first devices that resemble modern computers date to the mid-20th century , although the computer concept and various machines similar to computers existed earlier....
. The strike of one AMOS unit roughly equals one strike of an artillery battery

Artillery battery

In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit of guns, mortar s, or rockets, so grouped in order to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems....
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An AMOS turret

Turret

In architecture, a turret is a small tower that projects vertically from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle. Turrets were used to provide a projecting defensive position allowing covering fire to the adjacent wall in the days of fort....
has a full 360-degree field of fire at elevations between -3 to +85 degrees. AMOS is capable of both conventional indirect fire and direct fire for self-protection.

AMOS is manufactured and marketed by Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
/Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
Patria Hägglunds, a joint venture between Finnish Patria

Patria (company)

Patria is a Finland company which produces a wide range of defence, aviation and aerospace technology....
and Swedish BAE Systems Hägglunds. The system is known as the SSG120 in Swedish service. Ammunition

Ammunition

Ammunition, often referred to as ammo, is a generic term derived from the French language la munition which embraced all material used for war , but which in time came to refer specifically to gunpowder and artillery....
for AMOS includes the Strix

Strix mortar round

The Saab Bofors Dynamics STRIX is a Sweden precision-guided munition fired from a 120 mm mortar .STRIX is fired like a conventional mortar round....
guided round and a modification of the Spanish Instalaza 120 mm Mortar Cargo Round "MAT-120"

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