Elma ASW-600

The Elma ASW-600 is an anti-submarine warfare system designed by the Saab Group and used by the Royal Swedish Navy. It is designated in Antiubåts-granatkastarsystemen 83 in Sweden, and was previously called the Elma LLS-920.[1][2]

Elma ASW-600

History

The ASW-600 was initially designed in the 1980s.[1] In 2018, the Defence Materiel Administration announced it would be reintroducing the system aboard Koster-class mine countermeasures vessels.[1]

Export

In 1993, the Swedish Parliamentary Advisory Council on the Export of War Materials approved the export of the ASW-600 to Indonesia.[3]

References

Scott, Richard (February 17, 2018). "Sweden to reintroduce ASW 600 anti-submarine grenade launcher". Jane's Information Group.
Bernard Prezelin (1995). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World. Naval Institute Press. p. 701. ASW 600, the Malin small depth charge, and ASW 600 ASW rocket launcher (formerly named Elma LLS-920) are available for helicopter and surface-ship use.
Westander, Henrik. "New Dirty Laundry on the Arms Front". Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on February 19, 2018. Apparently he had forgotten that just last year the Social Democrats cleared the sales of anti-submarine missiles (ASW-600) and timing devices for canons (EOS-400) to Indonesia. The permission for these deals was the work of three Social Democrats- Sture Ericson, Barbro Evermo-Palmerlund and Reynoldh Furustrand- in the Parliamentary Advisory Council on the Export of War Materials.

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[IHS-1] Scott, Richard (February 17, 2018). "Sweden to reintroduce ASW 600 anti-submarine grenade launcher". Jane's Information Group.

[Prezelin1995-2] Bernard Prezelin (1995). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World. Naval Institute Press. p. 701. ASW 600, the Malin small depth charge, and ASW 600 ASW rocket launcher (formerly named Elma LLS-920) are available for helicopter and surface-ship use.

[3] Westander, Henrik. "New Dirty Laundry on the Arms Front". Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on February 19, 2018. Apparently he had forgotten that just last year the Social Democrats cleared the sales of anti-submarine missiles (ASW-600) and timing devices for canons (EOS-400) to Indonesia. The permission for these deals was the work of three Social Democrats- Sture Ericson, Barbro Evermo-Palmerlund and Reynoldh Furustrand- in the Parliamentary Advisory Council on the Export of War Materials.