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358 FLIGHT, 2 September Pye PV and control equipment Malkara mounted on a British Army rehicle Launch of Vigilant test round Exhibition model of Seacat Mock-up of quadruple Seacat launcher THE FAIREY COMPANY LTD Woodlands Park, Iver Heath, Bucks. Telephone: Uxbridge 8377 Malkara Although Fairey's own Orange William anti-tank weapon system is no longer an active project, Fairey Engineering Ltd is the Australian Government's delegated authority in the UK for the Malkara anti-tank weapon, some 400 of which are currently on order for the British Army. This subsidiary company of the Fairey Group will assist in introducing the weapon into service and will be responsible for the design and manufacture of modifications and of the field test and checkout.gear. Fairey also have a sales agency for all countries except the USA, Malkara weighs approximately 2001b, carries a 601b warhead and has wire guidance. PYE LTD Royston, Combs. Telephone: Royston 3072 PV During the past five years this renowned electronics company have been financing the development of a wire-guided, jet-deflection guided weapon for use by forward troops against hard-skinned targets. The missile is designed for deployment by infantry or from vehicles and the work has the co-operation of HM Government. The missile itself weighs about 801b. SHORT BROS & HARLAND LTD Queen's Island, Belfast. Telephone: Belfast 58444 Seacat Since April 1958 Short Bros & Harland have held a Ministry of Aviation development contract for this short-range ship-to-air guided weapon. Officially stated to be intended as a replacement for the Bofors and other dose-range naval guns, the Seacat system is so designed that it can be held for long periods at almost instant readiness and can maintain a high rate of fire. The missile has a two-stage solid-propellant motor, and its aerodynamic surfaces comprise a quartet of rectangular tail fins indexed at 45 ° to the cruciform of highly swept wings. Each of the latter is irreversibly powered to steer the missile in the required direction; no details of the guidance system have yet been divulged, but it is said to be "of a unique type" and the manoeuvrability of the missile is claimed to be exceptional. First ship to be armed with the system will be HMS Devonshire, which will mount two quadruple launchers of the type shown in the photograph below. Seacat will be widely used in the Royal Navy, has been ordered by the Swedish Admiralty, will be purchased by Australia and New Zealand and is to be evaluated by West Germany. Tiger eat Under development as a private venture, this variant of Seacat is intended for use by ground forces as a replacement for conventional artillery. Multiple launchers carried on tracked vehicles could provide heavy firepower in forward areas against aircraft or land targets. VICKERS-ARMSTRONGS (AIRCRAFT) LTD Weybridge, Surrey. Telephone: Weybridge 5555 Vigilant Since July 1956 Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft)—now a member of the British Aircraft Corp—have been privately financing the development of the V.891 Vigilant infantry anti-tank weapon. In some respects it is the smallest guided missile in the world; the span of the cruciform of wings is only llin and the firing weight 271b. Propulsion is provided by a two-stage solid motor and command signals are passed through a trailing wire to govern trailing-edge controls. The weapon has reached a very advanced stage of development and may be ordered in quantity by the British Army. Vigilant mounted on scout car
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