Chaparral
Unofficial
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Unit cost:
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Weight
(Combat Loaded): 00.00 tons
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Range:
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Engine:
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Description:
Short-range air defense missile.
Features: Chaparral consists of an infrared
heat seeking missile, a launcher with a Forward Looking
Infrared (FLIR) sight, and a tracked vehicle. The Chaparral
Fire Unit may be used either carrier mounted or unmounted.
The launcher contains a rotating mount that includes four
missile launch rails and provides the gunner the means to
aim and fire using automatic or manual tracking. Eight
additional missiles are stowed in the vehicle. The missile
is lightweight, supersonic, fire-and-forget, with an
infrared homing guidance system capable of engaging
fixed-wing and helicopter targets. To enhance missile
acquisition range and capability the Rosette Scan Seeker
(RSS) guidance section has been developed and is effective
against infrared jammers. The missile is carried and handled
as an assembled single round of ammunition. The system uses
an M-730A2 cargo carrying, self-propelled tracked vehicle "9a"
variant of the M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier, which can be
made amphibious by adding an existing swim kit. A towed
configuration is also available.
Background: The Chaparral provides mobile
short-range air defense to defeat low-altitude aircraft. The
system is designed to be mobile, self-contained and air
transportable. The Army has a total of 596 Fire Units with
5,358 missiles on hand.
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