The US Army has awarded a contract to General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems for the manufacture and delivery of 120mm M865 TPCSDS-T and M1002 TPMP-T tank cartridges.
Under the $46m contract, GD will provide the M865 target practice, cone-stabilised, discarding sabot-tracer (TPCSDS-T) cartridge used in the 120mm smooth bore M256 cannon of US Army Abrams main battle tanks.
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The M865 practice cartridge is designed to simulate realistic characteristics of live ammunition at reduced maximum ranges to allow practice firings on short-range training areas.
The M1002 target practice multipurpose tracer (TPMP-T) training cartridge provides matched exterior ballistics and time-of-flight parameters to the M830A1 high-explosive anti-tank multipurpose tracer (HEAT-MP-T) tactical cartridge, when fired from the Abrams tank.
Work will be carried out at the company’s facility in Middletown, Iowa, US, with an expected completion date of 31 October 2012.
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