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Eryx
Eryx is a Short Range Anti-Armour Weapon (Heavy) or SRAAW(H).
It is a portable system including the firing post, the tripod,
the Mirabel thermal imager and the missile tube. It provides the
infantry section and the armoured reconnaissance assault troop
with an improved capability in accuracy and penetration. Fired
from the shoulder or using the tripod, Eryx can defeat all modern
static or moving tanks. With its tandem high explosive warhead,
it is effective against bunkers, earth works, and armour targets
even when equipped with explosive reactive armour (ERA). Eryx can
operate in all weather conditions, in normal battlefield smoke
and at night. Its high flexibility allows it to operate in open
ground, wooded zones or enclosed space in built-up areas. It can
be transported in most Canadian combat vehicles. A practice inert
missile is also available for training.
Basic training is conducted by using the Eryx video interactive
gunnery simulator (EVIGS). The Eryx precision gunnery simulator
(EPGS) is another simulator used for advanced training. It is a
laser-based outdoor trainer under development with a potential
production contract for 54 systems in 1999.
The project has acquired in total: 435 complete weapon systems,
4,000 active missiles, 500 inert missiles and 52 EVIGS for the
Army.
Crew
1 gunner and 1 loader
Characteristics
Calibre
missile:
main warhead:
137.4 mm
136 mm
Warhead: Tandem shaped charges high explosive (HE)
Weight
firing post:
tripod:
thermal imager:
missile tube: in tactical container:
5 kg
5 kg
3.5 kg
12.5 kg
Range: 50 m to 600 m
Time of flight to maximum range: 4.3 seconds
Guidance: optically tracked, single wire semi-automatic command
to line of sight
Control: thrust vector controlled
Missile velocity
at launch:
at 600 m:
18 m/s
245 m/s
Rate of fire: 5 missiles in two minutes
Operating conditions: -31°C to +51°C
Sights: Optical and Thermal Imagery
Cost
The cost is approximately $195 million including administration
and equipment
Status
The weapon and the simulator EVIGS delivery is complete. The
Mirabel delivery started in Decembet 1998 and will be completed
in November 1999.
Manufacturers
Eryx:
Mirabel TI:
EVIGS:
EPGS: Aerospaciale, France;
TCO/Asaca, Montreal, Canada;
Simtran, Montreal, Canada;
Lockheed Martin Solartron Systems, United Kingdom.
