PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. — The same team of Picatinny Arsenal engineers that brought the Objective Gunner Protection Kit (OGPK) to service members has completed development of a new armor system that is customized for integration with the Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire command-link guided (TOW) missile and Improved Target Acquisition System (ITAS). TOW gunners, soon you too [...]
Picatinny “squeezes in” solution for MRAP ammo stowage
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. — Duct tape, bungee cords, straps, netting, plywood. Do these items sound like safe and secure ways to store 200 pounds of ammunition on a combat vehicle in the middle of a war zone? For years, Soldiers have been relying on their own makeshift methods to secure ammo containers inside Mine Resistant [...]




