GWLS.35 missile launching system
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.
Characteristics
GWLS.35M
- Weapons: BGM-109 Tomahawk, GWS.41M Loon, GWS.50M Pigeon, RIM-* ESSM, GWS.57 Erne, GWS.59M Vertical-launch Guided Bombardment Rocket (VGBR), GWS.60M Eel, GWS.65 Kite, GWS.74M2 Grand Kestrel, GWS.83M Archer.
- Cell dimensions: 65 × 65 cm
- Length: 270 cm
- Width: 350 cm
- Height: 780 cm
GWLS.35M2
- Weapons: BGM-109 Tomahawk, GWS.41M Loon, GWS.50M Pigeon, GWS.52M Pelican, RIM-* ESSM, GWS.57M Erne, GWS.59M VGBR, GWS.60M Eel, GWS.65M Kite, GWS.72M Heron, GWS.74M Grand Kestrel, GWS.83M Archer.
- Cell dimensions: 75 × 75 cm
- Length: 309 cm
- Width: 405 cm
- Height: 1063 cm
GWLS.35M3 (a.k.a. -M2 dual-length)
- Weapons: BGM-109 Tomahawk, GWS.41M Loon, GWS.50M Pigeon, GWS.52M Pelican, RIM-* ESSM, GWS.57M Erne, GWS.59M VGBR, GWS.60M Eel, GWS.65M Kite, GWS.72M Heron, GWS.74M Grand Kestrel, GWS.83M Archer.
- Cell dimensions: 75 × 75 cm
- Length: 309 cm
- Width: 405 cm
- Height: 2041 cm
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