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Odin speeds into army service
Tuesday, 11 September, 2007
AEI Land Systems (Stand 485) is showing its Odin turret system that has been designed, developed and placed in production in less than six months.
It is being supplied to the British Army under an Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) for installation on an undisclosed batch of Spartan armoured personnel carriers. Odin has been designed to be rapidly integrated onto existing tracked and wheeled armoured fighting vehicles and can be armed with a 7.62mm or 12.7mm machine gun. The baseline Odin turret provides protection against 7.62mm armour piercing attack and weighs only 600kg. Periscopes give observation to the front and sides of the turret and the weapon sighting system is mounted externally on the right side. This consists of a dual field-of-view thermal camera, a colour zoom camera and an eyesafe laser rangefinder. There is also a reversionary sight. While the baseline Odin turret has manual elevation and traverse, options include powered weapon elevation and turret traverse, higher levels of armour protection and a white light searchlight that moves in elevation with the main armament.
AEI Land Systems is also supplying a batch of its new Sentinel vision cupolas that are to be installed on some of the British Army FV432 Mk 3 Bulldog (uparmoured) APCs. Sentinel provides full ballistic protection for the commander, while retaining observation through a full 360°. Its low profile allows it to be installed on vehicles without interfering with other vehicle systems.Depending on the vehicle application, it can also be fitted with ballistic shields and weapon mounts to form part of a protected weapon system for the vehicle commander/gunner
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