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LAND FORCES                                                                 ISRAEL MILITARY INDUSTRIES LTD. (IMI)

Artillery Fire Power                                                        P.O.Box 1044, 64 Bialik Blvd.
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LYNX                                 EXTRA                                  infantry and LAVs. The projectile
                                                                            introduces a unique solution
LYNX is an autonomous, multi-        EXTRA is a 306mm extended-             based on a pre-fragmented drogue
purpose artillery rockets and        range, GPS-guided artillery rocket     parachuted warhead, guaranteeing
missiles launching system. The       system. The rocket system provides     up to five times more lethality than
system can fire various artillery     precise long range capability in day,  standard HE projectiles. The M454
rockets and tactical missiles from   night and all weather conditions.      joins IMI’s family of 155mm artillery
122mm to 306mm, including IMI’s      EXTRA has a maximum range              projectiles. These include various
160mm ACCULAR GPS guided             of 150 km and a Circular Error of      Extended-Range (ER), HE, Smoke
rocket, 306mm EXTRA extended-        Probability (CEP) of 10 meters.        and Illumination projectiles.
range rocket and the DELILAH-GL
(Ground-Launched) precision,         ACCULAR                                UMACS / BMACS
deep strike loitering missile. LYNX
features fully autonomous ballistic  ACCULAR is a 160mm                     The UMACS/ BMACS are uni and
calculation and launch capabilities  autonomous, surface-to-surface         bi-modular artillery charge systems.
and comprises an advanced            GPS-guided artillery rocket with a     The charges are designed to
fire control system, INS and C4I      range of 14-40 km and a CEP of 10      replace all existing 155mm artillery
for network centric operations       meters. The rocket can be equipped     bag charges, which typically differ
as an element of larger artillery    with a variety of warheads and can     in size, shape, weight and nature
formations. LYNX automatically       be launched from LAR-160, LYNX         of propellant. This typically leads
identifies the munitions on board     and similar launching platforms.       to wastage of residual charge
and can be reloaded in less than 10                                         components and ultimately to
minutes. The system is operational   155mm M454 S-HE                        additional logistics costs. UMACS/
and has been successfully deployed                                          BMACS are interoperable with all
in several armies worldwide.         The M454 is a 155mm                    155mm gun systems (39, 45, 52
                                     Super - High-Explosive (S-HE)          cal.) and comply with NATO JBMoU.
                                     artillery projectile for use against

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