RUAG Defence has developed a new 120mm Mortar System named COBRA. The COBRA is a high-tech product that sets new standards for indirect fire systems. A key factor is the use of an electric drive to ensure both the accuracy and the speed of the system. The COBRA can be easily integrated into any tracked or wheeled vehicle and is designed so users can be quickly trained to a high standard of operation.

Indirect fire systems provide the best balance of firepower and flexible deployment. To create the next level of indirect fire systems RUAG Defence took inspiration from the animal kingdom. The marriage of fighting potency and speed of movement is nowhere better than in the world of the snakes – and the noblest of all the cobra.

The inherent characteristics of this animal are those which modern forces seek to mimic.

The instinctiveness of the cobra of where and when to strike is matched by the intuitive operation of the RUAG COBRA Mortar System, helping the crew become one with their system. The speed with which the snake can strike is echoed in the rapid deployment time of the mortar system and its ability to scoot quickly away to cover after firing, as the snake slithers back to its hiding place.

• Intuitive, simple handling

• Complete reliability

• Effective training

• Compact design

• Fully integrated

• Shoot & Scoot

• Safe loading

• Range 7000 to 9000 meters

• Caliber 120 mm

• Barrel length 160 cm / 200 cm

• Ammunition 120 mm

• Weight 1200 kg (without loading machine) 1350 kg (with loading machine)

• Recoil Force 30 tonnes / 30 milliseconds

• Shoot of first round < 60 seconds

• Scoot from firing immediate

You control the RUAG COBRA Mortar System quickly and accurately. Automatic set-up and loading guarantees consistence with its 120 mm ammunition. Electrical drives make the system highly accurate, while ballistic computing enables MRSI firing (Multiple Rounds Simultaneous Impact).

The RUAG COBRA Mortar System becomes an extension of the user. With intuitive and simple handling and automated loading crews can focus on what matters: rapid and secure mission success. COBRA protects users against incorrect operation or double loading when operating at night or in extreme weather.

The compact design keeps things simple for users and allows easy integration into a wide variety of vehicle types. Making the RUAG COBRA Mortar System a highly flexible artillery system that meets the strategic needs of modern forces. Future ready, the COBRA has interfaces for a wide variety of Battle management and communication systems.

The RUAG COBRA Mortar System offers optimal training: operational knowledge is effectively gained without long training times. Efficient and directly on site crews become intuitive operators of the COBRA and the full range of accompanying subsystems.