Elma ASW-600 explained

The Elma ASW-600 is an anti-submarine warfare system designed by the Saab Group and used by the Royal Swedish Navy. It is designated in Antiubåts-granatkastarsystemen 83 in Sweden, and was previously called the Elma LLS-920.^{[1] [2]}

History

The ASW-600 was initially designed in the 1980s.^[1] In 2018, the Defence Materiel Administration announced it would be reintroducing the system aboard Koster-class mine countermeasures vessels.^[1]

Export

In 1993, the Swedish Parliamentary Advisory Council on the Export of War Materials approved the export of the ASW-600 to Indonesia.^[3]

Notes and References

1. News: Sweden to reintroduce ASW 600 anti-submarine grenade launcher . Richard . Scott . February 17, 2018 . Jane's Information Group.
2. Book: Bernard Prezelin. The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World. 1995. Naval Institute Press. 701 . 9781557501097 . ASW 600, the Malin small depth charge, and ASW 600 ASW rocket launcher (formerly named Elma LLS-920) are available for helicopter and surface-ship use..
3. News: Apparently he had forgotten that just last year the Social Democrats cleared the sales of anti-submarine missiles (ASW-600) and timing devices for canons (EOS-400) to Indonesia. The permission for these deals was the work of three Social Democrats- Sture Ericson, Barbro Evermo-Palmerlund and Reynoldh Furustrand- in the Parliamentary Advisory Council on the Export of War Materials. . New Dirty Laundry on the Arms Front . Henrik . Westander . . https://web.archive.org/web/20180219205227/https://www.library.ohio.edu/indopubs/1994/10/26/0004.html . February 19, 2018 .