AAS - UK

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Anti-AmBush System (AAS)

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Whatever the definition, ambushing is a highly effective force multiplier, especially against larger and/or more conventional forces.

As old as the hills themselves but being adopted more widely than ever in modern asymmetric warfare. Ambushes are certain to be a major strategy for the future insurgence, terrorist and Naxal forces, alike, from the fields for Afghanistan to the jungles of India.

This highly innovative Anti-Ambush System (AAS) has been developed to counter the terrorist’s surprise advantage and will “flush out” any potential ambushes: •

From a “safe” stand-off position of up to 500 metres, further with remote firing.

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Allows your forces to move more quickly and confidently through dense vegetation or concealed topography.

• Relatively quiet, i.e. non explosive.

• Highly effective over a wide-spread area.

Area of effect up to 100 metres wide and 50 metres high, like an enormous scattergun.

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A crude but powerful hand made rocket is stuck in a roadside tree

Removes the ambusher’s surprise, and therefore a lot of their advantage.

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100m wide spread

Depth into undergrowth will depend upon: •

The projectile used

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The density and type of foliage

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The pressure selected on the AAS

5m long vehicle AAS Launcher

The spread and penetration can be varied depending on the container used.

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50m height

Area of effect

100m wide spread

PortaBility At up to a mere 159 kilos (350 lbs) in weight the AAS can be: • Wheel mounted and operated by a single person •

Carried by 2 people, or

• Vehicle mounted for greater operational flexibility and rapidity.

up to 500m

AAS Launcher

4 The AAS can lay down a layered attack profile which can be: • • •

Lethal Non-lethal or Less-than-lethal

Hence innocent locals, or animals are not unduly hurt if they happen to be in the area targeted.

Any destructive impact on the local environment and vegetation, is also kept to a minimum as local material or biodegradable components can be used as projectiles.

There is also no risk of igniting any potential fires in vegetation.

By harming the local civilians, their animals, or damaging their crops with burning or live ammunition, you will lose the hearts and minds of the people.

With the AAS, collateral damage is minimised.

Maoists rebels training in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh.

“It was a thre e death trap la kilometre long id outlawed Ma by the o several police ists that left m worst-ever N en dead in the axal ambush in the state.”

Optimum Performance The AAS is a “show of incredible power” and forceful means of ridding an area of unwelcome individuals. A machine gun could be used to spray live rounds into the ambush areas, but the consequences of such indiscriminate fire would be counter-productive with winning the hearts and minds of the locals.

Bullets are designed to kill, the AAS is not.

Hence the AAS can be used indiscriminately.

The projectiles will - depending on the materials used - cut through vegetation and penetrate deep into the jungle.

The AAS capability will help expose any possible ambush so removing the surprise element. It will detonate possible mines or IED`s, and it will help you adapt your tactics in response to an ambush ensuring your forces are not drawn into terrain where a larger attack maybe launched.

From a distance of 75 meters from the start of the dense foliage.

Hidden within the foliage were 15 targets that were spread over an area of 900 square meters. The shots fired contained paint balls that would clearly show the extent of the damage inflicted on the targets. ALL targets were hit multiple times. See video link at end.

The effects of gravel on the 10mm marine plywood target, in the same test area.

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Wooded area

75m Vehicle and launcher

Targets deployed - all hit Dense trees

Features

Launcher Technical Details

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Low cost to use

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Fully tried, tested and immediately available

Pressure Tested to 2000psi (pounds per square inch)

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Repeated firing; rapidly – Five round breach loading.

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Normal Operating Pressure 1000psi

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Weight – small unit including stand - 90kg

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Scalable; from 84, 110, and 285mm barrel calibre

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Weight – large unit including stand - 160kg

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Variable; in power and lethality of the projectiles selected.

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Projectile Velocity 145 to 350 metres per second

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Easy and intuitive to learn

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Projectile Range 300 to 1000 metres plus.

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Accurately fires over 3000 small projectiles

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Recoil System

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High velocity of over 350 metres per second.

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Breach & Magazine Load System giving up to 6 shots per minute.

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Can be fired over the top of objects.

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Hand portable, trailer quad bike or vehicle mounted or can be manoeuvred on a remote controlled platform.

Charged via scuba dive tanks or a standard compressor.

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Remote firing

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Self fill shells to enable user to define projectile choice

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Simple operation therefore minimum training required

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Easily maintained, few moving parts, repairable in the fields

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British engineering at its best.

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Can be customised to your requirements or to fit your vehicles

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6 Operating Procedure

Additional Applications

The AAS can be mounted on the lead vehicles or on a trailer in a convey, as an integral part of the convey.

The AAS can also be used for:

Should the lead vehicle/person in charge fear an ambush, they can fire the AAS. Immediately re-load, re-direct the AAS and fire. Repeat as necessary indiscriminately. The convey proceeds as original planned.

The rebels are deterred from ambushing and pushed back into the jungle.

• Crowd control • To stop vehicles • Method of Entry (MOE) into buildings – through compound walls * • Triggering booby-traps, landmines and IED’s, from a distance * • Area denial • Other law enforcement capabilities. * See seperate leaflets for more information on these appplications.

The compressed air launcher was originally designed for the British and US Special Forces (SF) as a non-explosive Method Of Entry (MOE). This system has been in production for several years and is currently being used by several international SF teams including bomb disposal and SWAT teams worldwide.

The AAS will enable your forces Standard Operational Procedures to vary according to the specific needs from different situations.

This picture shows the projectile shortly before it opens up to release thousands of smaller projectiles, from gravel to paintballs.

7 Riot Control The AAS is ideal in trying to limit the escalation of conflict, to channelize or control the movement of civilian populations, or limit large crowds to restricted areas. For instance as used by the USMC in Somalia in 1995.

Being able to alter easily and quickly the defence laid out, this “layered defence” offers a military or police force a wide range of options. This allows for variable or vague force continuum, or rules of engagement. With asymmetric warfare these days, it is very hard to differentiate between civilians and terrorists. Often terrorists use civilians as “human shields”.

The mass of the force and wide spread pattern would push back and deter the most hardened and hostile of crowds; again at a good stand off distance.

The AAS offers a capability not previously available.

If paint balls were used (at lower pressure) then the rioters in the front lines would be marked with the paint for later arrest.

Operated in exactly the same way as when used in an Anti-Ambush situation. The projectiles used are simply “toned – down” to softer items e.g. tennis or squash balls and the operating pressure reduced. This so as not to cause permanent injury.

“The size, nois e (of a blank shot) and ph presence alo ysical ne of the AAS maybe enou deter an ang g h to ry crowd.”

Entanglement nets can also be deployed over a large area, to trap and hold the rioters.

Projectiles

Less-than-lethal

There are many different sizes and types of projectiles which can be used as ammunition.

Container size will depend upon barrel diameter. This is easily interchanged from 84mm up to 285mm. The way the outer casing is modified will determine the spread pattern and range of the projectiles.

The containers for the projectiles can vary, from an empty plastic bottle to a specialist aerodynamic explosive charge for C-IED. Projectiles can be altered according to the threat. Self fill, so the user defines the force.

Salt

Wax Pellets Squash Balls

Nets

Pepper

Non-lethal

Bean Bags

Lethal Gravel

Golf Balls

CIED Specialist Charge

MOE Water or Powder

Solid Plastic Balls

Paint Balls

Hollow Plastic Balls

Sticky Foam

Tennis / Soft Balls

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Launch

FLIGHT - of paintballs

Impact

9 Further Information You can find more information is on our website: www.bcbin.com.

Catalogues All catalogues are available in a printed and electronic form, PIPS - Personal Integrated Protection System www.bcbin.com/pips ACE - Advanced Combat Equipment www.bcbin.com/ace Videos All product films are featured online, links below: • Company Profile English http://vimeo.com/3175014 • All In One (UAV, WBS, Etc) http://vimeo.com/5589752 • UAV & CT Urban Assault http://vimeo.com/5589546 • Wall Breaker Promo http://vimeo.com/5590013 • Wall Breaker On TV http://vimeo.com/5589496 • Wall Breaker DSEi 2009 http://vimeo.com/6465902 • Buccaneer Anti Piracy (DSEi) http://vimeo.com/6466856 • Anti Ambush System (New) http://vimeo.com/12228035 • Buccaneer Film http://vimeo.com/14207376

Launch Control The system can be fired from a remote launch control box located up to 500 meters away, ensuring the safety of the operator in the event an IED is triggered.

Recoil System Our latest systems come complete with our advanced recoil system to absorb the shock of the air-blast upon launch of the projectile.

Projectiles Our systems can be adapted to fire a wide range of projectiles, including those designed to break through walls, cut through the sides of vehicles, deliver nets to entagled boat propellers, or ambush disruption devices.

Dawn in Naxalite territory, south Bastar region

10 Despite the curtailment of militant activities in Jammu and Kashmir, the public order dimension in the state has become a cause for serious concern. We need to revisit standard operating procedures and crowd control measures to deal with public agitations with non-lethal, yet effective and more focused measures. We also cannot have an approach of one size fits all.”

- Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh

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