Nexter Munitions is developing ammunition that will meet the future requirements of the French Army and overseas armies in terms of artillery, tank, and medium-calibre ammunition. It also supplies basic pyrotechnic components and subassemblies to manufacturers of missiles, rockets, fuses, torpedoes, etc. Its comprehensive range of ammunition and concomitant synergies make Nexter Munitions one of the few European ammunition suppliers able to sustain a genuine capacity for design and innovation.
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Tank ammunition
In
service with the French Army and in a number of armies around the world, the
90mm, 105mm or 120mm tank ammunition ranges offer proven reliability and high
terminal effectiveness. Nexter Munitions is constantly upgrading its products
to meet changing user requirements. The 120 KETPG and 120 HE-T Mk II rounds
underline this commitment to developing its range of tank ammunition in the
fields of practice rounds and high-explosive rounds respectively.
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Artillery ammunition
Nexter
Munitions supplies a comprehensive range of artillery ammunition. Its NATO standard
105mm and 155mm rounds and 100mm Naval rounds are in service with many armed
forces.
The family of LU 211 155mm modular high-explosive rounds delivers two range
capabilities in a single shell. The use of an improved time-delay fuse gives
the ammunition a hard target destruction capability.
Developed and produced in conjunction with BAE Systems Bofors Defence of Sweden,
Bonus is a precision anti-tank round carrying two smart warheads. These combine
stable flight, rapid scanning and immediate detection and triggering, giving
Bonus unrivalled kill probability.
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Medium-calibre ammunition
Nexter Munitions supplies a wide range of medium-calibre ammunition perfectly
matching up to Army, Navy and Air Force requirements, notably arming the Rafale
and Mirage fighters and the Tigre attack helicopter.
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Pyrotechnic components
 Thanks to its design offices, a manufacturing base that is unique in Europe and wide-ranging know-how, Nexter Munitions is a strategic supplier to the missile industry, providing producers of missiles, fuses, rockets, torpedoes, drones, and submarine systems etc. with an extremely varied range of structured sub-assemblies along with basic pyrotechnic components, many of them specially-developed for a particular role.
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