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The GWLS.35 or Guided Weapon Launch System no.35 is a joint product of the Royal Shipyards of Isselmere-Nieland and Lyme and Martens Industries Aerospace Technologies Division initially manufactured in 2001 after the adoption of the BGM-109 Tomahawk by the Royal Isselmere-Nieland Navy. Since the retirement of the Tomahawk in 2004, the GWLS.35 has undergone several modifications, the latest of which being the GWLS.35M3 (GWLS no.35, Surface Vessel variant, Mk.3) equipping the latest batch of Europa-class heavy command battleships.

Like guided weapons systems numbers, GWLS numbers are designated by the Defence Procurement Agency, followed by the requisite launch environment classification and variant or mark number.

GWLS.35M

Type: Eight-cell VLS.
Weapons: Aster 15, Aster 30, BGM-109 Tomahawk, GWS.41M Loon, GWS.50M Pigeon (4/cell), GWS.57M Erne, GWS.59M Vertical-launch Guided Bombardment Rocket (VGBR) (4/cell), GWS.60M Eel (4/cell), GWS.65M Kite (4/cell), GWS.74J Kestrel, GWS.76M Grand Kestrel (4/cell), GWS.83M Archer, GWS.92M Erne ER, GWS.93M Erne ABM, RIM-66 SM-2.IIIB, RIM-156 SM-2.IV, RIM-161 SM-3, RIM-162 ESSM (4/cell), RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC (VLA).
Cell dimensions: 65 × 65 cm
Length: 270 cm
Width: 350 cm
Height: 780 cm

GWLS.35M2

Type: Eight-cell VLS.
Weapons: Aster 15, Aster 30, BGM-109 Tomahawk, GWS.41M Loon, GWS.50M Pigeon (4/cell), GWS.52M Pelican, GWS.57M Erne, GWS.59M VGBR (4/cell), GWS.60M Eel (4/cell), GWS.65M Kite (4/cell), GWS.72M Heron, GWS.74J Kestrel, GWS.76M Grand Kestrel (4/cell), GWS.83M Archer, GWS.92M Erne ER, GWS.93M Erne ABM, RIM-66 SM-2.IIIB, RIM-156 SM-2.IV, RIM-161 SM-3, RIM-162 ESSM (4/cell), RUM-139 VLA.
Cell dimensions: 75 × 75 cm
Length: 309 cm
Width: 405 cm
Height: 1063 cm

GWLS.35M3

Type: Dual length eight-cell VLS.
Weapons: BGM-109 Tomahawk, GWS.41M Loon, GWS.50M Pigeon (4/cell), GWS.52M Pelican, GWS.57M Erne, GWS.59M VGBR (4/cell), GWS.60M Eel (4/cell), GWS.65M Kite (4/cell), GWS.72M Heron, GWS.74J Kestrel, GWS.76M Grand Kestrel (4/cell), GWS.83M Archer, GWS.92M Erne ER, GWS.93M Erne ABM, RIM-66 SM-2.IIIB, RIM-156 SM-2.IV, RIM-161 SM-3, RIM-162 ESSM (4/cell), RUM-139 VLA.
Cell dimensions: 75 × 75 cm
Length: 309 cm
Width: 405 cm
Height: 2041 cm

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