Saab announces new HEAT 758 Carl-Gustaf munition to defeat ERA-equipped vehicles

HEAT 758 reportedly features a tandem warhead; the initial charge neutralises the ERA installed on the outside of the armoured vehicle, allowing the main charge to then successfully penetrate the main armour. The main charge can defeat up to 700mm of armour, enough to defeat the heaviest armoured vehicles.

An undisclosed Carl-Gustaf customer has ordered HEAT 758 and production is underway.

“This round is our response of developments of the battlefield where reactive explosive armour has become a major problem for regular munitions trying to defeat armoured vehicles,” said Michael Höglund, head of Saab’s business unit ground combat.

“HEAT 758 is an example of how Saab continues to generate ever more capable products while decreasing the armoured vehicle threat to the operator.”

HEAT 758 uses Saab’s Firebolt technology and is designed to communicate with the Carl-Gustaf M4 weapon in which it is loaded and with the Fire Control Device 558 used to aim the M4, thereby simplifying the workload on the gunner while increasing first-round hit probability.

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