The "Sling" system will allow quick and accurate launching of mortar (photo: official website, Elbit Systems)
The IDF is expanding its supply of the "Sling" system, also called "Ground Spear", manufactured by Elbit Systems, in response to infiltrations and raids by Hezbollah's Radwan force on the Lebanese border and Hamas's Noh'ba force in the south. This is a 120 mm mortar with the ability to install On top of a variety of light 4x4 vehicles including a Hummer Jeep.
The "Hasling" system was designed for the use of elite units and special forces, therefore the system allows rapid placement of the mortar on the ground and rapid firing, and allows the use of guided and accurate mortar bombs.
The Hassling system is already in operational use by the IDF, including in the Rafaim unit, which is the multi-dimensional unit - RBM, as well as in a number of foreign armies.
According to military officials in the IDF's ground arm, the operation of the system is carried out electrically-automatically by means of an electric leveling and elevation mechanism, as well as a navigation, control and control system based on a digital ground army system. The range of the new mortar, 7-10 km, allows the power of 2-4 fighters to be precise very quickly firepower that includes 16 bombs per minute.
The IDF's quick response to border infiltration. Launching a mortar in the "Sling" system (photo: official website, Elbit Systems)
Army officials said that the combination of the advanced mortar and the 'Steel Sting' type mortar bomb allows for precise attack capabilities on targets at the border and the IDF's reference scenarios. With the arrival of combat helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles or, in the worst case, fighter jets," explained another military source, "the uniqueness of this mortar is not only the easy operation but the speed and accuracy. It was used in the Wall Guard operation and it proved very effective. Especially on moving targets to the border in short periods of time".
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Launching a mortar in a sling system (photo: official website, Elbit Systems)
In the meantime, a senior military official in Division 162 who participated in the Southern Command's "fire crossings" exercise, said that the mortars help not only to attack targets but also to mask with smoke bombs and lighting bombs.
"It is a mortar that doubles power within the battalion combat team. If you wait too long the target disappears. From the moment of exposure you hit the target within a few minutes."
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