{"id":1718,"date":"2023-09-13T11:05:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T11:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/?p=1718"},"modified":"2023-09-13T11:05:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T11:05:53","slug":"elbit-systems-debuts-crossbow-next-generation-turreted-mortar-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/2023\/09\/13\/elbit-systems-debuts-crossbow-next-generation-turreted-mortar-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Elbit Systems Debuts Crossbow Next Generation Turreted Mortar System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Elbit Systems&#8217; Crossbow Next Generation Turreted Mortar System will be making its first appearance at the Company&#8217;s booth during the upcoming DSEI&nbsp;exhibition in London, England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The automatic mortar system was developed by Elbit Systems&#8217; Land under an Israel Defense Force contract and is MIL-STD-810G compliant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Crossbow system has a capability of shooting the first round in less than 30 seconds, has a maximum rate of ten rounds per minute&nbsp;with a sustained rate of fire of six rounds per minute, with a short sensor-to-shooter circle. It can fire a variety of munitions including the Iron Sting guided mortar munition providing effective range of up to 10 kilometers. No indexing loading is required&nbsp;for the Crossbow turret and it has the capability of 360 degree infinite pivot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Designed for UT-120m turrets, it can be integrated onto 6X6, 8X8 wheeled platforms and tracked vehicles as well as stationary platforms.&nbsp;This makes Crossbow fully compatible with existing NATO ammunition requirements. The Crossbow is fitted with a computerized fire control system, a land navigation system and can be operated in a GPS denied environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/digitone.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mortar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitone.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mortar.jpg 864w, https:\/\/digitone.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mortar-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitone.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mortar-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitone.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mortar-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitone.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mortar-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Elbit Systems&#8217; Crossbow Next Generation Turreted Mortar System will be making its first appearance at the Company&#8217;s booth during the upcoming DSEI&nbsp;exhibition in London, England. The automatic mortar system was developed by Elbit Systems&#8217; Land under an Israel Defense Force contract and is MIL-STD-810G compliant. The Crossbow system has a capability of shooting the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,45],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-defense","8":"category-newproduct"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1720,"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1718\/revisions\/1720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitone.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}