Dragon Fire is an experienced American modular 120mm mortar complex. It consists of a rifled 120-mm mortar M327 EFSS with a shell cart and a fire control system that allows the calculation to control the loading of ammunition and gun guidance in automatic mode. It is the embodiment of the requirements of the XXI century to the automation of guidance and artillery control. A fully automated system independently directs the gun and loads ammunition into the barrel. The calculation manages the mortar remotely and manually only loads the shells into the complex. The Dragon Fire system can be used in a towed version or loaded into a LAV-M adapted for these purposes and fire from an armored car, thus turning into a self-propelled mortar . Increased rate of fire, automation of guidance and the ability to fire with armored vehicles can successfully counteract counter - battery fire . [2] [3] [4] The system has built-in digital communications, navigation and calculation to ensure effective accurate fire [1] .
| Dragon fire | |
|---|---|
| Type of | mortar |
| A country |  USA |
| Production history | |
| Constructor | Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory |
| Designed by | 1998 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight kg | 1451.5 (Dragon Fire II) [1] |
| Type of tractor | LAV-25 , HMMWV |
| Caliber mm | 120 |
| Rate of fire rounds / min | 10 (max.) 4 (average) |
| Sighting range , m | 8200 |
| Maximum range, m | 13000 |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Dragon Fire I and II . Defense Update (03/10/2005). Date of treatment July 28, 2017. Archived January 21, 2013.
- ↑ EFSS / ITV: The US Marines' Mobile 120mm Mortar System . Defense Industry Daily (Sep 29, 2013). Date of treatment July 28, 2017.
- ↑ US Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. Dragon Fire II (Eng.) (Aug 5, 2005). Date of treatment July 28, 2017. Archived March 17, 2007.
- ↑ US Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. Dragon Fire II Experimental System NDIA Briefing (English) (1 Mar 2005). Date of treatment July 28, 2017. Archived March 26, 2015.