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2021-12-05
MBDA Delivers 1000th MMP Missile to French Army
European missile manufacturer MBDA completed the delivery of a batch of MMP (Missile Moyenne Portée / medium range missile) to the French Service Interarmées des Munitions (SIMu) on November 16, which included the 1000th MMP.
The move follows the authorisation from the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), the French procurement agency.
According to the Loi de Programmation Militaire, the delivery of 1,950 missiles is planned by 2025.
In use by the French armed forces since 2017, MMP has also been ordered by Belgium and Sweden. MMP is the latest generation anti-tank missile in service to have been successfully engaged in combat on several occasions.
With more than 100 tests and training firings under its belt, MMP is capable of dealing with all kinds of battlefield threats in varied environments: cold or hot extremes, urban, maritime and mountainous spaces. It can be fired from confined spaces, an essential capability for combat in urban areas.
MMP offers both a “fire and forget” capability, allowing the operator to move to another position instantly after firing the missile, and a “man-in-the-loop” capability for engagements requiring a minimised risk of collateral damage.
Using a dual-band visible/non-cooled infrared seeker, it can acquire both hot and cold targets and track them autonomously. For engagements requiring continuous man-in-the-loop control, a fibre-optic link relays the seekers imaging back to the firing post.
Both the firing post and the missile are equipped with capabilities including location, orientation and digital communication helping MMP to engage Beyond-Line-Of-Sight (BLOS) targets equally as well as those in direct line of sight, and, if required, under the permanent control of its operator or commander.
In a dismounted version, MMP has a lightweight, easily man-portable, firing station. It can be mounted onto various platforms such as light and armoured vehicles, and naval platforms.
The development of an air-to-ground version was launched by the Ministry of the Armed Forces at the end of 2020 with MHT (Missile Haut de Trame / top frame missile), a long range missile intended to equip the Tiger attack helicopters.
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