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OE Watch Commentary: Turkish weapons manufacturer Roketsan is starting the mass production of the Smart Micro Munitions MAM-C. According to the accompanying excerpted article, published online by the Turkish daily Haberturk, the new weapon employs the technology of the Cirit laser-guided rocket that is in service with the Turkish Armed Forces. MAM-C is developed for use with unmanned aerial vehicles and light attack aircraft, and it is based on a 70-mm diameter body and weighs just 18.7 pounds with a 5.5-pound warhead. MAM-C, alongside its cousin MAM-L, provides the Turkish Armed Forces with another alternative of the most effective weapon for target specific precision. According to excerpted article, MAM-C with its high explosive fragmentation warhead, is highly effective against light structures, unarmored ground vehicles, radar antennas and soft targets like weapon pits as well as personnel scattered in a 25m radius. End OE Watch Commentary (Gunduz)
The new striking power of the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF), named MAM-C, has a high strike capability thanks to its laser-guided warhead. MAM-C also has a variety of warheads such as the Cirit rockets that are being used by the TAF. With usage of ROKETSAN products, MAM-L and MAM-C, the TAF will have the chance to choose the most effective alternative against different targets.
Wings on MAM-C allows it to float on its target in a balanced manner once it is dropped from unmanned aerial vehicles.
Length: 80 cm [31.4961 inches]Diameter: 70 mm [27.5591 inches]Weight: 8.5 kg [18.7 pounds]Warhead: 2.5 kg [5.5 pounds]Range: 8km [4.97097 miles]