On Friday 15 June, at the French army firing range of Suippes, CMI Defence gave a live firing demonstration of its range of weapon stations. Thierry Renaudin, president of CMI Defence, gave an overview of what was to be demonstrated. Preliminary remark: CMI Defence introduces itself as a “turret integrator”, which means that the chassis on which the turrets were demonstrated on 15 June are only examples and in no way specifically selected for these turrets. Any other chassis could be taken into consideration.
For its turrets, CMI Defence has long been focusing on how to combine firepower on the one hand, and lightweight on the other hand, providing great efficiency at the target as well as high mobility. The manufacturer wanted to demonstrate the real capabilities of its entire range of systems. This exceptional demonstration never happened in the history of CMI. The demonstrations involved no less than six Cockerill weapon systems: first, its protected and remotely operated turret of medium caliber: the CPWS 25; second, the unmanned and medium caliber variant of the Cockerill 3000 Series, the Cockerill 3030 APC; third, the manned and medium-caliber variant of the Cockerill 3000 Series, the Cockerill 3030 FSV; fourth, the manned and large-caliber variant of Cockerill 3000 Series, the Cockerill 3105 AG, featuring a 105mm Cockerill gun; fifth, the Cockerill turret with medium pressure 90mm gun and automatic loading system, called the Cockerill LCTS 90MP; sixth, the Cockerill turret with a low pressure 90mm gun, called the Cockerill CSE 90LP. The firing sequence included Galix shots, proposed by CMI’s partner Lacroix.
With the exception of the CPWS, all these turrets are currently covered by a supply, support, training or maintenance contract. Indeed, CMI Defence is currently assembling Cockerill 3000 Series turrets in its Belgian facilities at a pace of above twenty turrets per month and has already delivered no less than 130 of them to its customers. Beyond its turrets, the large caliber Cockerill guns that equip some of them are also designed and manufactured by CMI Defence. CMI Defence is thus the only Western company currently in production for 105mm guns. This production takes place in Distroff, CMI Defence’s subsidiary located in the East of France.
CMI Defence’s ambition is to accompany its customers throughout the life of its systems, for their maintenance in operational conditions, but also to optimize their use by the users. To this end, the manufacturer has developed a training program, which allows crews to learn how to best use Cockerill weapon systems. These trainings are organized in classrooms, in workshops, on immersive virtual simulators, on embedded simulators and, of course, on real systems. In this context, CMI Defence has built a high-quality training center in Commercy, just one hour away from Suippes. It can accommodate up to 120. This training center, called Campus Cockerill, is now operational.
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