4. • The BILL 2 multi-mission guided weapon is a further
development of the successful BILL I (RBS56), which has
been in service with the Swedish Army since 1988, and is
also in service with the Austrian and Brazilian Armies.
• BILL 2 is manufactured by Saab Bofors Dynamics, who
are based in Karlskoga, Sweden.
• The portable missile system consists of the 10.5kg
missile, launch tube, tripod, 7x magnification day sight
and 1x thermal imaging sight.
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6. • The BILL 2 missile system has a SACLOS (Semi-Automatic
Command to Line-Of-Sight) guidance system and the missile
is wire-guided.
• The user maintains the target on the boresight of the thermal
imaging or day sight, and the missile trajectory is monitored
from a laser beacon in the rear of the missile.
• Predictive tracking algorithms are used to maintain the missile
trajectory at the correct offset for the chosen engagement:
1.05m above the line of sight for armoured and soft target
attack and along the boresight for non-armoured attack.
• Guidance signals are sent to the missile via the trailing wire.
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8. • Basic mode: the missile flies about 1.05m above the line of
sight and hits the target from above. All sensors (magnetic and
optical) are activated and the algorithms are optimised for a
defined threat.
• Non-armoured target mode: the missile flies along the line of
sight. All sensors are disconnected. The impact fuse is
selected.
• Soft target mode: the missile flies on the same elevated flight
path as in basic mode. The optical sensor is activated, the
magnetic sensor deactivated. Special algorithms are used for
warhead initiation. This mode can be adapted to suit customer
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10. • BILL 2 can be mounted on a wide variety of wheeled or
tracked fighting vehicles.
• In 2000, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
(FMV) awarded a contract to Saab Bofors to produce a
technology demonstrator integrating BILL 2 into the turret
of the Bofors Defence CV 9040 combat vehicle.
• The missile system can also be mounted under armour in
which three missiles, along with the daysight and thermal
imager are mounted on the weapon platform.
