ARTILLERY LOCATING DEVICES - CYMBELINE MORTAR LOCATING RADAR

Cymbeline is a mortar locating radar which has been used by by General Support Regiments in both Germany and the UK since the mid 1970s. Cymbeline is mounted on an AFV 432.

Cymbeline detects the flight path of a mortar bomb at two points in the trajectory as it passes through the radar beam(s), rapid computing then enables the grid reference of the enemy base plate to be identified and engaged with artillery.


An 81 mortar bomb can be detected at a range of about 10 kms while a 120 mm bomb is detectable at about 14 kms.

In 1994 Cymbeline was deployed by the British Army in support of United Nations operations in the Sarajevo area of the Former Yugoslavia to identify gun and mortar positions around the city. The equipment appears to have been extremely successful in this role and provided much valuable intelligence for the UN Command Staff. The equipment was used extensively during the late 1995 UN bombardment of Serb artillery positions.

At the beginning of 1999 we believe that there were over 325 Cymbeline in service with 18 nations, including Singapore, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait, Nigeria, South Africa, Malawi, Switzerland and New Zealand.

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