Counter rocket, artillery, and mortar, abbreviated C-RAM or counter-RAM, is a set of systems used to detect and/or destroy incoming rockets, artillery, and mortars before they hit their …

The Centurion C-RAM, also called the Land Phalanx Weapon System (LPWS), is an American Counter-Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM) air defense artillery system. The system was …

The Counter-Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-RAM) / Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) system was developed early during Operation Iraqi Freedom/Enduring Freedom in order to protect …

Jan 8, 2025 · Phalanx is a rapid-fire, computer-controlled radar and 20 mm gun system that automatically acquires, tracks, and destroys enemy threats that have penetrated all other ship …

C-RAM systems are designed to defend critical resources, deployed forces and key installations against the threat posed by indirect fires of rockets, artillery shells and mortar rounds. They act …

Sep 1, 2021 · The gun system for short range C-RAM defense was a 50mm cannon at 200 rpm shooting 10 round bursts, used a Continuous Wave radar (not a standard Pulsed radar) from …

While kinetic solutions like guns and missile interceptors are used to counter rockets and mortars, laser counter rocket, artil-lery, and mortar (C-RAM) systems present a promising solution to …

Rocket, artillery, and mortar attacks were significant cause of hostile deaths in Iraq, and the CRAM directive came in response to an operational needs statement from the Multinational …

Jun 9, 2021 · Centurion C-RAM – This is the land, C-RAM version of the Navy’s Phalanx CIWS. It uses a 20 mm gun firing 4500 rpm and uses M940 ammunition designed to self-destruct …

May 20, 2020 · With a jaw-dropping capability of firing 4,500 rounds per minute, the C-RAM, which stands for Counter-Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar, can counter anything from enemy …