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BREACHING

RAFAEL
ADVANCED DEFENSE SYSTEMS

BREACHING & URBAN WARFARE DEVICES P.O.Box 2250 (19)
Haifa 3102102, Israel
Tel: 972-4-8794714
Fax: 972-4-8794657
E-mail: intl-mkt@rafael.co.il
Web Site: www.rafael.co.il

Rafael's breaching solutions provide a modern spectrum of operational solutions for military forces to surprise the enemy and reduce
risk to friendly forces, eliminate collateral damage and ensure that innocent people will not be hurt.

Rafael has developed a variety of breaching products – rifle launched, shoulder launched and static hand emplaced munitions - to
assist in urban warfare confrontations. These products can solve door entry problems, create mobility corridors through walls and
structures as well as defeat urban structures, bunkers and light armored vehicles.

Rafael's breaching systems family includes:

Matador Family

Matador (RGW 90) AS - Anti-Structure Munition

The MATADOR AS is a combat proven shoulder launched, multipurpose munition, based on a ballistic rocket carrying an innovative
tandem warhead. It can operate in two modes: emplacement against structures and fortified positions and mouse holing against walls
and light armor vehicles.

It is fully disposable, cost effective, low maintenance weapon. Its effective range is from 14m to 400m, and its weight is 10kg (22lbs).

Matador AS Breaching Objectives:

„ Fortified positions
„ Timber bunkers
„ Urban structures
„ Light armored vehicles

Matador WB - Wall Breaching Munition

The MATADOR (RGW 90) WB (Wall Breaching) is a shoulder-launched wall breaching munition, based on a ballistic rocket carrying
an innovative Explosively Formed Ring (EFR) warhead. Its weight is 13kg (28.7lbs) and its operational distance is 20m to 120m.

Matador WB Breaching Objectives:

„ Urban walls
„ Double brick walls
„ Triple brick walls
„ Double reinforced concrete
„ Walls

SIMON (GREM) - Rifle-launched entry breaching grenade for urban & anti-terrorist warfare

SIMON rifle launched grenade is a stand-off & surprise-attack type weapon; it Replaces older breaching methods, which involved loss
of surprise and the risking of assault troops in directly breaching doors by mechanical means or by attaching explosive charges.
Simon Benefits:
„ Stand-off door breaching
„ Increases the element of surprise
„ Increases force survivability
„ Minimizes collateral damage
„ Simple to operate
„ Easily adaptable to a variety of rifles
„ Effective against variety types of doors

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