24.05.2023, 09:24
Die schwedischen Marines des "Stockholms Amfibieregemente" erhalten spezialisierte Mörserboote. Es mag auf den ersten Moment etwas archaisch wirken, aber in der unübersichtlichen Schärenwelt der Ostsee mit seinen flachen Gewässern und tückischen Felsen ist diese Art von leichtem, schnellem Feuerunterstützungsboot durchaus sinnvoll - und man kann die Fahrzeuge zielgerichteter einsetzen als schwere Feuerunterstützungseinheiten (die Luftwaffe lasse ich bei diesem Einwirkszenario auf die Küste mal außen vor).
Schneemann
Zitat:Swedish Marines Get Shipboard Mortarshttps://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/202...d-mortars/
The Swedish Marines (Amfibiebataljonen) are set to receive a new capability through the acquisition of vessels with integrated heavy mortars - but the project is already hit by delays and shrinking numbers.
The Swedish Marines are made up of two battalions, and currently, a major program to modernize the force is underway. This Amfbat 2030-program looks at the capabilities of the units as a whole, with the stated goal being to increase lethality and mobility for the littoral units. One of the key capability requirements has been the ability to fight from their organic vessels, without the need to disembark.
Up until now this has manifested itself in heavier and more accurate direct fire support abilities for the CB 90 landing craft which constitute the mainstay of the force, but now an order for an indirect fire solution has been placed with Swedish boatyard Swede Ship Marine AB. This calls for eight “seaborne artillery platforms with stabilised mortars” able to fire while the unit is on the move, and the boat is to have sensors able to also provide firing solutions for direct fire in the self-defence role.
The Swedish Navy first launched a similar program back in the late 90’s with the idea of using the ubiquitous CB 90 as the platform paired with the Patria twin 120 mm AMOS-turret, a project which eventually led to the larger Stridsbåt 2010 being designed for the purpose. The vessel was however canceled while still on the drawing board in 2009. Swede Ship Marine has however delivered similar solutions to the United Arab Emirates in the form of their 24 m landing craft fitted with Patria-built 120 mm mortar turrets. The single-barrel 120 mm NEMO turret does seem the most likely candidate for the Swedish order, and it has been tested by the Swedish Navy back in 2018. In that case the container-mounted NEMO-variant was employed aboard a Swedish Trossbåt-class transport. [...]
Last year the plan was for twelve vessels to be delivered between 2025 and 2030, preceded by two training systems in 2024 and 2025. This has now been adjusted to just eight vessels delivered starting in 2027 and finishing in 2028.
Schneemann