Sniper Locating System - Reliably Detects Snipers Before a Shot is Fired
03 November 2006 13:37
Silent, deadly and all but invisible, snipers can strike with snake-like speed and effectiveness. They pose an almost daily threat to politicians and other prominent persons, and represent a constant danger to soldiers deployed in conflict zones. Increasingly, they threaten ordinary civilians too: a single shot fired into a crowd can cause mass panic, with potentially devastating consequences, making any major public-event a target for attack.
Rheinmetall Defence's Sniper Locating System, or SLS, significantly reduces such risks by enabling reliable detection of snipers even before a single shot is fired. As soon as an assassin or enemy combatant opens his scope to aim his rifle, the SLS can detect him.
Instantly, an optical and acoustic signal warns the SLS operator of an acute threat. In the process, the optical signal marks the exact location of the sniper, who is often so well concealed and so far away as to be virtually undetectable by conventional optics. The SLS system's range, however, is at least as great as the maximum range of a sniper rifle.
The SLS is available in both a manually-operated and automatic version. In appearance and mode of use, the manually operated system is comparable to binoculars - light, flexible and deployable anytime, anywhere.
The automatic version of the SLS can be installed in high-threat locations - for example the access gate of a forward operating-base - to serve as an autonomous, stationary system. In such situations, it can also be networked into a central surveillance-system to enable permanent monitoring of the surrounding area. In the event of an acute threat, an automatic alarm is triggered.
A mobile SLS is already available for protecting military and civilian convoys, and a vehicle-mounted version will be available in the near future.
The Rheinmetall Sniper Locating System has already been used for protecting major events, including the Pope's visit to Cologne to mark World Youth Day 2005, and the 2006 Football World Cup. Moreover, the SLS has been widely used by the military during its IFOR, KFOR and ISAF missions as well as in Afghanistan.
Advantages of the system include:
- Rapid availability and operational readiness
- Low false alarm rate
- High-accuracy even at great ranges
- Night-vision capability
- Automatic range-finding
- Ergonomic design
- Easy to operate
- Low weight
- Integrated binocular-function
- Integrated camera
- Remotely operable
- Possible ireless communication
- Digital link to a PC
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Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH - Large Calibre Weapon Systems and Ammunition
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