M1097 AVENGER Air Defense System

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M1097 AVENGERAir Defense System

• Presented by Cadet Rowcliffe

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M1097
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Manufacturers

• Boeing Weapons System
• AM General Vehicle
• Raytheon Stinger Missile

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Specifications

• Length 16 feet, 3 inches
• Weight 8,600 lbs.
• Crew Two
• Weapons 8 Stinger Missiles,
  _________1 .50 Caliber Machine Gun
• Sensors 1 Forward Looking Infrared Sensor

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Vehicle

• Modified M998 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled
  Vehicle (HMMWV, or Humvee)

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Turrets

• 2 Stinger missile launching pods.
• Each capable of firing 4 infrared guided Stinger
  missiles.
• Missile system can be linked to FAAD C3I system.
• Allows for external radar and messages to be sent
  to the operator and gunner.
• System allows for FAAD C3I target engagement.

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FIM-92 Stinger Missile

• Range of 15,750 ft
• Speed of Mach 2.2 / 1,674.7 mph

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.50 Caliber

• Modified M2 Browning Machine Gun
• Recoil Operated Action
• 550 Rounds / Minute
• Muzzle Velocity of 3,050 ft/s
• Effective Range of 2,200 yards

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M1097 Purpose

• Designed as an Air Defense Artillery System
• Provides short range protection from cruise
  missiles, fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and
  UAVs
• Currently deployed overseas, and positioned
  around the Pentagon, in preparation for future
  terrorist attacks.

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Upgrades, Modifications, and Limitations

• In Iraq, the M1097 is used for convoy protection.
  The assault capabilities of the .50 caliber
  limit the M1097 to forward only engagement.
• Removal of one missile pod, and moving the .50
  caliber to its position allows for 360
  engagement

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Trivia

• VMIs new Commandant of Cadets, COL Trumps, is a
  retired Air Defense Artillery Officer, and most
  likely has experience with the M1097.
• COL Trumps also worked for Raytheon, who produces
  the weapons system on the M1097.

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M1097 Avenger
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Help Received
Wikipedia, http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1097_Aven
ger Wikipedia, http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMMWV
Wikipedia, http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing Wik
ipedia, http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AM_General Wi
kipedia, http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Browning_
machine_gun Wikipedia, http//en.wikipedia.org/wik
i/FIM-92_Stinger How Stuff Works,
http//static.howstuffworks.com/gif/stinger-missil
e.jpg VMI, http//www.vmi.edu/show.asp?durki8100
site11return91 Army Fact File,
http//www.army.mil/fact_files_site/avenger/index.
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