AMTI
| AMTI 155 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Place of origin | Arthurista |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1999-present |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Arthuristan Dynamics |
| Specifications | |
| Warhead | EFP |
Operational range | 35km+ (L/39 barrel) |
Guidance system | IIR |
Launch platform | Artillery shell or rocket |
The AMTI (Advanced Moving Target Interdictor) is one of a triad of Arthuristan 'Assault Breakers', together with the Bombardier Anti-Tank submunition and ACM-12 Scythe cargo glide bomb, weapons designed after the Seulbyeni Islands Crisis to enable outnumbered Arthuristan ground formations to fight and win against powerful mechanised armies by leveraging upon modern advances in precision-guided munitions technology. The AMTI is a submunition, two of which can be carried by a 155mm base bleed full bore artillery shell, three by a 203mm shell and between four to six in an artilery rocket . Fired from a L/39 field artillery piece, the cargo shell has a range of more than 35km.
Once over the target area, a shell or rocket will release its payload of AMTI submunitions, the descent of which are controlled through the deployment of a parachute. A submunition will autonomously search for hostile armoured vehicles with its on-board millimetre-band radar and imaging infra-red sensors within a 200m area and, once one is detected, it uses a magnetic sensor to aim its effector at the target fire an EFP at its vulnerable top armour to neutralise it. It complements cheaper, unguided cargo cluster shells in Arthuristan service, with the expensive guided munitions typically held in reserve until the decisive enemy thrust is identified.
