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Technique and Research
Evolution of Artillery technical procedures through the use
of autonomous aerial systems
The article highlights how technological advances, especially tho-se
related to autonomous aerial systems, are having a direct im-pact
on the procedures of Artillery Units, both technical, with the
addition of RPAS Units (remotely piloted aircraft systems) and the
need to have adequate Command and Control Communications
and information systems, as well as in the tactical field, allowing
observation, target acquisition and damage assessment to be ex-tended
in the battle space, beyond the conventional limits of big
Units as Division and Army Corps, in which the Artillery is inte-grated
into the fires combat function.
Laser weapon systems against the air threat
Laser is probably one of the most important discoveries for hu-man
beings and it plays a paramount role in our daily activities:
industry, medicine, research, advertising, leisure time and, more
recently, laser has also being employed in the Defense arena.
One of these examples, already a reality on the terrain, would be
the laser effectors to face all kinds of air threats: fixed wing air-craft
and helicopters, missiles, RAM (Rocket, Artillery and Mor-tar)
ammunitions and all types of Unmanned Air Systems (UAS).
There are already different laser effectors in service around the
world, some of them described in this article, which are a perfect
complement to the traditional Air Defense Systems so as to face,
above all, the RAM, LSS (Low, Small and Slow) and UAS threats.
CRAF workshop and Hawk missile certification
This article is a brief overview of the Hawk missile system CRAF
workshop through historical references, the definition of “certi-fied
round” concept and the description of the working methods
and capabilities of that facility.
History and Traditions
Artillery guns aim and their historical evolution
The way to aim Artillery guns has evidently changed from the
first time one was fired, nearly 800 years ago. Deflection, which
appeared because of a tactical need to hide guns from the enemy,
and the creation of an Azimuth of Fire to get immediate fires,
seem to have ended its days after a 100-year life span as a conse-quence
of the new technological progress in the Artillery branch
310th Anniversary of 30th Mixed Artillery Regiment (RAMIX 30)
This article tries to put together the past, present and future of
one of the oldest Artillery Regiments.
30th Mixed Regiment has been celebrating the anniversary of its
foundation coinciding with the celebrations on May 2nd, when all
Artillery units recall the heroic deed against Napoleon troops and
pay tribute to the heroes of such a glorious feat, Artillery captains
Daoiz and Velarde.
However, this year, given the adverse COVID-19 situation in the
world, the celebration has been put aside while RAMIX 30 keeps
proudly involved in all the activities carried out by the Ceuta Ge-neral
Command (Comandancia de Ceuta) under Operation Bal-mis
to fight the pandemic and preserve the safety and welfare of
citizens.