As an intelligent anti-tank weapon, the ADW employs various passive and active sensors to detect and classify targets. These sensors provide a 360° surveillance capability, enabling it to function independent in its area of operation.
❗️New at #DSEI2023#Rheinmetall has unveiled a new intelligent anti-tank #weapon: the Rheinmetall Area Defence Weapon (#ADW) is a #sensor-effector system, a means of hardening tactical obstacles and a networked weapon system for multi-domain operations.https://t.co/x4idwks4Li… pic.twitter.com/iSiOE5W26N
— Rheinmetall (@RheinmetallAG) September 13, 2023
The ADW’s effector is a SMArt 155 sensor-fuse submunition that attacks targets from above where their armour protection is weakest. This way, it can successfully engage even heavily armoured vehicles within a radius of over 100 metres.
Weighing around 25 kilos, the ADW is 234 millimetres in diameter and features a launch-hardened design. It can be emplaced by hand or from logistic vehicles, via mine dispenser system or rocket artillery. Thanks to its networked communications, it can be activated, deactivated or reactivated, and reprogrammed so that it acts as an obstacle solely for enemy forces.
The ADW combines an advanced intelligent European ITAR-free top-attack solution with a highly effective submunition.
