C RAM Counter Rocket, Artillery and Mortar System Testing Training

Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar, abbreviated CRAM or CounterRAM, is a set of systems used to detect and, or destroy incoming artillery, rockets and mortar rounds in the air before they hit their ground targets, or simply provide early warning. CRAM is effectively a land version of weapons such as the Phalanx CIWS radarcontrolled rapidfire gun for close in protection of vessels from missiles. CRAM is an initiative taken in response to an operational needs statement made by the Multinational Force Iraq (MNFI). The directive arose in response to the increasing number of casualties caused by attacks using rockets, artillery, and mortars in Iraq. The landbased Phalanx B was subsequently deployed in Iraq in the summer of 2004. It protected the Green Zone and Camp Victory in Baghdad, Joint Base Balad near Balad, Iraq, and was also deployed by the British Army in southern Iraq. Video Credits: U. S. Army, United States Department of Defense Thumbnail Credit: U. S. Army photo by Sgt. Patrick Kirby Subscribe Now