http://news.chinatimes.com/2007Cti/2007Cti-News/2007Cti-News-Content/0,4521,5040807+112009060400178,00.html
通用「悍馬」 中國企業接手
2009-06-04 中國時報 【李文輝／綜合報導】

    　甫聲請破產保護的通用汽車公司，美國時間二日與大陸四川騰中重工機械公司達成協議，讓售旗下的休旅車及卡車品牌「悍馬」（Hummer）。

    　通用汽車於聲請破產隔天發表聲明，指出已與四川騰中重工簽署讓售「悍馬」諒解備忘錄，依協議，騰中重工將接續與「悍馬」經銷網現行經銷商的合約。買主承諾繼續研發「悍馬」系列車型，包括使用替代燃料的車系，也將保留「悍馬」的高階管理層及營運團隊。

    　這次併購案，有待監理機構審批，預計在今年第三季完成，此標售案財務條款有待商定，金額不會公開。

    　騰中重工是大陸民營生產路橋、建築機械的製造商。騰中重工表示，透過此戰略收購，騰中重工的業務領域將進一步拓展到高端越野車行業。

    　今年一月到五月，通用在大陸銷量同比增長三三．八％。十多年來，通用是第一家在華年銷超過一百萬輛的跨國汽車公司，連續四年領先其他跨國汽車製造商。在美國通用宣布破產前幾個小時，上海通用才發布了五月份單月銷量同比增長五○％、創下新高的好消息，同一時間美國本土市場，已連續五個月下滑近四○％。

http://n.yam.com/afp/fn/200906/20090603818378.html
戮力重整 通用將悍馬品牌售予中國騰中重工    
 
法新社╱蔡筱穎 2009-06-03 08:50     
 
 
（法新社華盛頓2日電）美國汽車巨擘通用汽車（General Motors）今天宣佈出售旗下的悍馬（Hummer）品牌給一家中國公司，同時通用破產計畫在法庭清除了第一道障礙。

值此同時，美國汽車業發布最新月度銷售數據顯示市場景氣反彈徵兆，不過，仍較去年同期大幅衰退。

昨天正式聲請破產保護的通用汽車表示，悍馬將賣給中國四川騰中重工機械有限公司，但交易最後條件仍未定案。騰中重工將取得品牌權以及承接現有經銷協定。

出售悍馬可以保住美國3000個就業機會，以及繼續生產此大型休旅車。

通用表示，通用可能持續以承包方式生產悍馬汽車。

悍馬去年銷售暴跌51%，創美國汽車產業最大跌幅，有鑑於此，通用在六月份表示，正考慮旗下大型休旅車生產未來的前途。

通用發布，該公司五月份汽車銷售量達19萬1875輛，較去年同期下跌30%，但較4月份成長11%，為今年以來最佳，市場占有率回升。

http://n.yam.com/afp/fn/200906/20090603813902.html
通用汽車悍馬品牌 出售給中國企業    
 
法新社╱F12蔣天清 2009-06-03 07:50   
 
 
（法新社華盛頓2日電）美國「通用汽車公司」（General Motors）與中國的四川騰中重工機械公司（Sichuan Tengzhong）今天宣佈，雙方已達成協議，通用汽車將把旗下的悍馬（Hummer）品牌，賣給四川騰中重工機械公司。

通用汽車1日才剛向紐約法院聲請破產保護。

http://n.yam.com/cna/fn/200906/20090603817260.html
四川騰中機械將收購通用品牌「悍馬」   
 
中央社╱中央社 2009-06-03 08:38
     
（中央社記者林琳紐約2日專電）中國四川騰中重工機械有限公司與昨天才提出聲請破產保護的美國通用汽車公司達成初步協議，將收購曾經銷路甚佳的休旅車及卡車品牌「悍馬」（Hummer）。

根據「華爾街日報」報導，這項交易的金額預期不會超過5億美元。「悍馬」系列車型相當耗油，所以在去年油價節節高漲之後，銷路也開始下滑。去年通用公司考慮出售資產以彌補虧損時，「悍馬」品牌就是優先考慮脫手的項目。

通用公司表示，買主承諾將繼續研發「悍馬」系列車型，包括替代燃料的車。目前在美國的「悍馬」生產線至少今年和明年還繼續生產悍馬H3與H3T卡車與休旅車。

http://n.yam.com/cna/fn/200906/20090603817265.html
通用汽車瘦身　悍馬賣給中國企業   

中央社╱中央社 2009-06-03 08:37
    
（中央社記者劉坤原華盛頓2日專電）昨天向紐約法院聲請破產保護的通用汽車（GM），已與中國的四川騰中重工機械公司（Sichuan Tengzhong）達成協議，由四川騰中買下GM「悍馬」（Hummer）品牌。

GM今天稍早宣佈，已與一中國買主達成出售「悍馬」協議。GM並未透露出售價碼。GM說，這項交易是GM進行瘦身，使公司更具競爭力計畫的一部份。3000名「悍馬」員工將得以保住工作機會

GM並說，GM已找到另兩個品牌「農神」（Saturn）和紳寶（Saab）的可能買主。GM不願透露可能買主身份。

隨後四川騰中發表聲明，證實已買下「悍馬」品牌。四川騰中過去主要從事道路建設及生產塑膠、樹脂及其他工業產品。「悍馬」交易是它首次接觸汽車工業。

四川騰中聲明，將留用「悍馬」目前經營團隊，並繼續在美國的兩個車廠，投資生產符合市場需求的省油汽車銷售全世界，包括中國，並維持GM原先與100多家經銷商的既存合作協議。

http://n.yam.com/afp/fn/200906/20090602803713.html
通用：即將出售悍馬車廠    
 
法新社╱楊超寰 2009-06-02 22:05     
 
 
（法新社華盛頓2日電）美國「通用汽車公司」（General Motors）今天宣布，已與一未指名的買家簽訂架構性協議，將於今年第三季結束前出售旗下「悍馬」（Hummer）車廠。通用表示此舉將可保住3000個美國就業機會。

悍馬車去年銷售量下跌51%，是美國汽車業史上最大跌幅。通用今年6月曾表示正考慮如何處理這個超大型運動休旅車品牌。

通用本週一才向一個紐約法院聲請破產保護，希望能解決數十年累積下來的鉅額債務，並以一個有力競爭者的姿態重新出發。

悍馬並不在通用考慮流線化生產程序後可望重新獲利的有限品牌名單內。

http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2009-04/17/content_11197843.htm
美國防部正研制超遠程狙擊槍 射程或達5公裏 
2009年04月17日 09:34:28 　來源：中國新聞網 

    美國軍方“海豹突擊隊”日前在海中開槍擊斃3名索馬裏海盜，救出被挾持的美國人質，技驚全球。不過，他們在離海盜約30碼外地方開槍，若離海盜更遠就可能無功而回。為加強武器射程和準確度，美國國防部正研制一款超級遠程狙擊槍，最遠或可在5公裏外一擊致命。

    據香港《明報》報道，這款點五口徑高科技狙擊槍名為“EXtreme ACcuracy Tasked Ordnance”，簡稱EXACTO。它運用了多種新型科技，包括尾翼穩定投射(fin-stabilized projectiles)、旋轉穩定投射(spin-stabilized projectiles)、內置與外置航空發動器(aero-actuation)控制技術、炮彈制導、小型炮彈穩定供應係統及先進瞄準科技等。射出的子彈還會自動搜索和鎖定目標。

    美國防部高等研究計劃部(DARPA)1年前開始秘密研發EXACTO，預料最快在2015年起廣泛使用。據DARPA介紹，天氣、風速與目標移動等原因經常妨礙美軍狙擊手的行動，EXACTO則毋懼以上問題。

    陸軍狙擊手訓練學校前指揮官貝爾(Keith Bell)說，“這是一個革命性設計。這將會增加1倍射程，準確度還可能增加逾1倍”。目前狙擊槍的射程一般最遠約2公裏，最長距離紀錄則為2.43公裏。

http://www.dsti.net/News/52805.htm
MBDA公司將向南非提供“米蘭”導彈發射器和訓練模擬器

 
    [據法國《防務宇航》2009年4月7日報導]    2009年3月11日，MBDA公司獲得南非授予的生產合同，為南非提供“米蘭”反坦克導彈ADT（先進技術）發射器、訓練模擬器。合同的具體內容包括13套綜合了熱象儀的“米蘭”ADT制導元件的翻新，以及供應另外13套“米蘭”ADT發射器和4個訓練模擬器。專案的總價值為1070萬歐元。
 
    南非是“米蘭”ADT發射器的首個海外客戶，第一份生產合同是在2006年與MBDA公司簽署的。2008年初，第一批次的發射器交付給了南非。隨著實彈評測已滿足客戶的所有要求，MBDA公司現在已完成了又一項“米蘭”ADT合同。
 
     “米蘭”導彈是由MBDA公司研發的一種可擕式中程反坦克武器。它使用可靠的線控制導SACLOS（半自動指令瞄準線）技術提供“人在回路中”的控制，可應對當今複雜的戰場環境。
（北方科技資訊研究所 李寶鋒）

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/104382/south-africa-awards-follow_on-order-for-milan-adt.html
South Africa Awards MBDA Another Contract to Supply Milan ADT
 
(Source: MBDA; issued April 6, 2009)
 
 On 11 March 2009 MBDA was awarded another contract by South Africa to supply MILAN ADT firing posts and simulators. The contract includes the retrofitting of 13 MILAN ADT guidance units with integrated thermal imagers and the supply of 13 further MILAN ADT firing posts and four simulators. The project is worth a total of EUR 10.7 million.

South Africa is the first export customer for the MILAN ADT firing post having signed the first series production contract with MBDA in 2006. The first batch of firing posts was delivered to South Africa at the beginning of 2008. With operational evaluation having met with the customer's full satisfaction, MBDA has now concluded another contract for MILAN ADT.

MILAN, developed by the French and German elements of MBDA, is a man-portable, easy to use, medium-range, anti-tank weapon. It features reliable wire-guided SACLOS (Semi-Automatic Command to Line Of Sight) technology to provide man-in-the-loop control for today’s complex modern battlefield.

Since the first variant of the weapon was launched in 1972, over 360,000 missiles have been produced. MILAN has been extensively proven under combat conditions and is in service in over 40 countries around the world.

With industrial facilities in four European countries and within the USA, MBDA has an annual turnover of more than EUR 2.7 billion and an order book of more than EUR 11.9 billion. With more than 90 armed forces customers in the world, MBDA is a world leader in missiles and missile systems.

MBDA is the only group capable of designing and producing missiles and missile systems that correspond to the full range of current and future operational needs of the three armed forces (land, sea and air). In total, the group offers a range of 45 missile systems and countermeasures products already in operational service and more than 15 others currently in development.

MBDA is jointly owned by BAE Systems (37.5%), EADS (37.5%) and Finmeccanica (25%).

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http://mil.news.sina.com.cn/2009-01-16/0854538962.html
俄單兵火箭筒仍然受歡迎 銷量占全球一半市場
http://www.sina.com.cn  2009年01月16日 08:54  中國國防科技資訊網

　　據法國《防務宇航》2009年1月13日報導 伊拉克自由戰爭(2003年至今)繼續在上演，在現代不對稱戰場上，單兵可擕式反裝甲武器仍然是一種重要的武器裝備。可擕式反裝甲武器的角色繼續從一種專門的反坦克武器向通用的火力支援武器轉化。

　　國際預測武器集團預計，到2018年，單兵可擕式反裝甲和“掩體破壞”武器市場將產生179萬套武器產品，價值超過50億美元。據國際預測集團武器系統分析師迪安•洛克烏德透露，為解決全球安全環境下的根本變化，市場正在轉變。新環境的變化彰顯了單兵可擕式和“掩體破壞”武器成熟的機會。

　　到2018年，俄羅斯國防承包商將繼續主導市場，占單兵可擕式反裝甲和“掩體破壞”武器產品的59.31%，價值占總市場份額的46.53%。在這一期間，RPG-26和RPG-27將占全部產品的44.63%，占總市場份額的25.55%。

　　無處不在的RPG-7仍然是世界範圍內單兵可擕式反裝甲武器不錯的選擇。國際預測武器公司希望到2018年，RPG-7以及相關的授權和未授權仿製品，在所有新產品中佔據7.55%，占總市場份額的5.37%。 (北方科技資訊研究所 李寶鋒)

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?prod=101272&session=dae.44222736.1232099624.jG8cJ38AAAEAAGHKt4oAAAAQ&modele=release
Russian RPG Line Remains Dominant
 
(Source: Forecast International; issued January 12, 2009)
 
NEWTOWN, Conn. --- As Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-present) continues to demonstrate, the man-portable anti-armor weapon remains a particularly significant asset on the modern asymmetric battlefield. The role of the man-portable anti-armor weapon continues to morph from a dedicated anti-tank weapon to a general-purpose fire support asset for light and medium forces.

In its annual analysis, "The Market for Man-Portable Anti-Armor and ‘Bunker Buster’ Weapons," the Forecast International Weapons Group expects the market will produce over 1.79 million weapons, worth in excess of $5 billion, through 2018. According to Dean Lockwood, a weapons systems analyst at Forecast International, “The market is evolving to address radical changes in the worldwide security environment. The challenges of this new environment present particularly ripe opportunities for man-portable anti-armor and bunker buster weapons.”

Russian defense contractors will continue to dominate the market, accounting for 59.31 percent of man-portable anti-armor and bunker buster weapon production, worth 46.53 percent of the total market value, through 2018. During this period, the RPG-26 and RPG-27 will account for 44.63 percent of all new production, worth 25.55 percent of the total market value.

Nevertheless, the ubiquitous RPG-7 remains the man-portable anti-armor weapon of choice worldwide. The Forecast International Weapons Group expects the Russian RPG-7 series, as well as various licensed and unlicensed copies, will account for 7.55 percent of all new production, worth 5.37 percent of the total market value, through 2018.

In contrast, the combined output of the leading European players will provide 12.10 percent of all man-portable anti-armor and bunker buster weapons production. However, these European players will account for 28.94 percent of the total market value through 2018. Of the European programs, Lockwood expects the MBT LAW will prove the most significant, accounting for 4.18 percent of all production, worth 16.15 percent of the total market value, through 2018.

Talley Defense Systems remains the sole American player to have an impact on the international market for man-portable anti-armor and bunker buster weapons. Talley’s line of M72 LAW and M141 Bunker Defeat Munitions will account for 19.38 percent of all production, worth 16.78 percent of the total market value, through 2018. Unusually, the People’s Republic of China has virtually no impact on this market, contributing only 1.14 percent of total production and 0.70 percent of total market value with its Type 69 line.

Despite the uncertainties of a post-Cold War world and the glut of available weapons, the international market for man-portable anti-armor and bunker buster weapons remains a vibrant, dynamic environment. Evolving threat scenarios and new force structures are creating a new field of opportunity for the man-portable anti-armor weapon on the modern asymmetric battlefield.

Forecast International, Inc. is a leading provider of Market Intelligence and Analysis in the areas of aerospace, defense, power systems and military electronics. Based in Newtown, Conn., USA, Forecast International specializes in long-range industry forecasts and market assessments used by strategic planners, marketing professionals, military organizations, and governments worldwide.

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俄最新反坦克火箭筒專破美軍主動防護系統
http://www.sina.com.cn  2008年12月22日 10:02  東方網

　　美國國防務新聞網12月18日報導稱，俄羅斯巴紮特公司已經成功研製出一種名為RPG-30的新型反坦克火箭筒，專門用於攻擊美軍裝甲車輛所配備的主動防護系統(APS)。

　　美國防務新聞網援引俄塔社的報導稱，RPG-30新型反坦克火箭筒首先會射出鄰接管內的一枚誘餌彈，隨後立即發射一枚串聯火箭彈。誘餌彈意在轉移主動防護系統——如美國陸軍的“硬殺傷”(Hard Kill)主動防護系統以及以色列的“戰利品”(Trophy)主動防護系統——的注意力，這樣串聯火箭彈就能夠對裝甲車輛進行連續攻擊。報導稱，巴紮特公司已經完成了該型火箭筒的研發及測試工作，未來幾個月將會交付俄羅斯及其他國家的軍隊。

　　美國陸軍訓練和條令司令部情報支持機構TRISA情報專家喬納森•普魯伊斯瑪稱：“RPG-30反坦克火箭筒配備有標準的105毫米串聯火箭彈。與其他火箭筒不同，RPG-30火箭筒會在發射主彈頭幾秒之前，先發射一枚誘餌彈或模擬彈藥。不過，從本質講，RPG-30仍是一種原型火箭筒。當前，俄羅斯正在大力推銷該火箭筒，意在把其打造成一種能夠摧毀爆破反應裝甲及主動防護系統的武器。”

　　普魯伊斯瑪稱，RPG-30反坦克火箭筒預定將於2015年入役，目前尚不清楚其是否能夠穿過美國陸軍的“硬殺傷”主動防護系統。美國陸軍的“硬殺傷”主動防護系統利用雷達辨別來襲武器，然後發射小型導彈將其摧毀。他說：“為摧毀目標，美軍主動防護系統需要向其發射足夠的彈藥，為此美軍的一些主動防護系統有時會配備多達20枚的導彈。有趣的是，俄羅斯人現在開始認為自己已經通過了美軍爆破裝甲及主動防護系統的挑戰，因此我們很好奇，他們將會進行怎樣的測試。”

　　華盛頓地區的防務智囊團——列克星敦研究院防務專案副總裁丹尼爾•古爾指出：“實際操作中所存在的問題是，該型火箭筒發射兩枚火箭彈的間隔，能否短到讓美軍主動防護系統的感測器無法對它們進行辨別，或者無法及時地進行兩次防護？”

　　不過，RPG-30反坦克火箭筒的出現仍表明，世界武器製造者已經開始對複雜的主動防護系統做出反應。他們對這些昂貴的防護系統所做出的反應，顯示21世紀昂貴的裝甲車輛的剋星便是這些便宜並且容易撒布的武器。古爾說：“利用二級發射管內的小型火箭彈，RPG-30反坦克火箭筒只需花費很少的成本，便可制服主動防護系統。現在，它們所裝備的炮彈已是能夠攻擊防護系統的兩倍。不過，進攻和防護系統之間的戰鬥從未結束。正如炮變得越大，裝甲車輛也隨著會變大一樣，這是一種迴圈，其中最為重要的就是要在措施公佈之前，先研製出針對其的反措施。”

　　普魯伊斯瑪說，巴紮特公司早期研製的串聯裝藥式RPG-29火箭筒——一種舊式3.5英寸火箭筒——已經在伊拉克摧毀了一些美制M1艾布拉姆斯坦克。2006年，真主党在黎巴嫩利用RPG-29火箭筒摧毀了一些以色列的梅卡瓦坦克。俄塔社文章指出，RPG-30火箭筒的威力遠勝其前輩。文章稱：“據專家估計，在躲避了主動防護系統之後，PG-30還能夠穿透厚度達650毫米的最新式的坦克裝甲、厚度超過1.5米的鋼筋混凝土、2米的磚牆以及近4米的木制障礙。這火箭筒能夠在戰鬥中摧毀任何種類的先進坦克，其他裝甲與非裝甲車輛，以及部隊與加固後的安全設施。”(北斗)

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Russia Unveils Anti-APS RPG
By kris osborn
Published: 18 Dec 18:36 EST (23:36 GMT) 

Years before the U.S. Army will deploy its active protective system for armored vehicles, a Russian firm has unveiled a weapon designed to thwart it.

The RPG-30 fires a tandem-charge rocket-propelled grenade immediately after launching a decoy warhead in an adjoining tube, according to a Nov. 19 article by ITAR-TASS, the Russian news agency. The decoy is meant to distract an active protective system like the Army's Hard Kill and the Israeli Trophy so that the tandem charge can land a one-two punch against modern armor. Its developer, Moscow-based Basalt, has completed development and testing and will begin deliveries to Russian and other militaries in coming months, the news service reported.

"It has a standard 105mm tandem warhead, but what the difference is it has a decoy or a dummy charge that fires a few seconds ahead of the main warhead," said Jonathan Pruiksma, an intelligence specialist with the Army's TRADOC Intelligence Support Activity (TRISA), Wargaming, Experimentation, Test and Evaluation Directorate. "It is basically a prototype and they [the Russians] are advertising designed to defeat explosive reactive armor and active protection systems."

Pruiksma said it's not clear whether the RPG-30 will be able to get past the Army's Hard Kill active protection system, which is slated to enter service in 2015. Hard Kill uses radar to spot incoming weapons, then fires small missiles at them.

"In order to overwhelm it, you need to fire enough rounds at it. Some APS systems may have dozens of charges," he said. "What is interesting is they are starting to think through the challenges of explosive armor and active protection systems. It will be interesting to see how it tests."

One analyst noted that Hard Kill was designed to fight off multiple incoming weapons.

"The real operational question is: Can the two rounds launch in such close proximity to one another that the sensor cannot distinguish between the two or can't launch two defensive weapons in time?" said Daniel Goure, vice president of the Lexington Institute, a Va.-based think tank.

Nevertheless, the RPG-30's emergence shows how the world's arms makers are starting to react to complex active protective systems. Their reaction to these expensive protection systems mirrors the 21st-century reaction to expensive armored vehicles: inexpensive and easily dispersable weapons.

"With a small rocket in a secondary tube, the RPG-30 is nothing more complex than to try to overwhelm the defense with a cheap offense. They now have doubled the number of rounds they can fire at the defender," Goure said. "The battle between offense and defense never ends. Guns get bigger and armor gets bigger. This is another round of that, although one of the things that is significant is that the countermeasure is out before the measure is out."

Pruiksma said Basalt's earlier tandem-charge RPG-29 - "an old 3.5-inch bazooka" - had damaged some U.S. M1 Abrams tanks in Iraq. Hezbollah used the RPG-29 to damage some Israeli Merkava tanks in Lebanon in 2006.

The ITAR-TASS article called the RPG-30 much more destructive than its predecessor.

"Experts estimate that RPG-30 penetrates up to 650 millimeters of most modern tank armor after piercing reactive armor, more than 1.5 meters of steel reinforced concrete barriers, 2 meters of brick and nearly 4 meters of wooden barriers. Evasion from this grenade is virtually impossible," the ITAR-TASS article said. "In combat, this grenade launcher is capable of destroying any types up of advanced tanks (and known prototypes), other armored and non-armored vehicles, as well as the live force and secure reinforced compounds."