Indonesia: Komando Pasukan Katak (Kopaska) tactical diver group and Komando Pasukan Khusus (Kopassus) special forces group.Operators Map with Armbrust operators in blue Line drawing of the Armbrust (via Iraq OIG) External imagesĭetails of firing of Armbrust low launch signatureĭetails of Armbrust anti-armour and anti-personnel projectiles Cuban troops in Angola captured several Armbrust launchers from UNITA during the late 1980s. It was used in their fight against the Cambodian government, as well as against Vietnamese Army. Combat use ĭuring the Cambodian–Vietnamese War, Armbrust was supplied to the Cambodian Khmer Rouge. Since 2004, Armbrusts have gradually been replaced by the Israeli-German- Singapore co-developed MATADOR. Its warhead can penetrate up to 300 mm of steel armor. The pistons jam at either end of the barrel, locking the hot gases inside. The plastic disperses on leaving the back of the barrel, and is quickly stopped by air resistance. The projectile is forced out of the front and the plastic out of the back. When the weapon is fired, the propellant expands, pushing the two pistons out.

Unlike most recoilless weapons, it is a true counter-shot weapon, as the mass of the projectile is equal to the mass of the counterweight and they are ejected from the barrel at the same initial velocity. The propellant charge is placed between two pistons with the projectile in front of one and a mass of shredded plastic in the rear.

The Armbrust is a recoilless weapon, and is one of the few weapons of this kind that may safely be fired in an enclosed space. Overview Comparing the Armbrust (top) and MATADOR (bottom) An Armbrust 67 mm projectile (via Iraq OIG) Reticle, externally illuminated for nightĪrmbrust (German: Crossbow) is a lightweight unguided anti-tank weapon designed and developed by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm of Germany, who later sold its manufacturing rights to Chartered Industries of Singapore (the predecessor of ST Kinetics). 2013 Lahad Datu standoff Īrmbrust AT, Armbrust AP, Armbrust Ub, Armbrust SC

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