Soltam Systems

Soltam Systems

Company type	Private
Industry	Defense
Founded	1950; 74 years ago (1950)
Founder	Shlomo Zabludowicz
Headquarters	Yokneam , Israel
Key people	CEO. Col (ret.) David Marchiano
Products	Fire support
Revenue	US$ 150 million (2007)
Owner	Elbit Systems
Number of employees	350 (2007)
Website	www.elbitsystems.com

Soltam Cardom 120mm Recoil Mortar System

Soltam Systems (Hebrew: סולתם מערכות) is an Israeli defense contractor and kitchen equipment manufacturer located in Yokneam, Israel. The company has been developing and manufacturing advanced artillery systems, mortars, ammunition, peripheral equipment and cooking equipment since 1952. Soltam Systems serves armed and special forces in more than 60 countries as well as the private sector with its kitchen products. Among the company's major customers are the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the United States Army and NATO countries.

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History

Soltam was founded in 1950 by Shlomo Zabludowicz as the IDF artillery manufacturer. The company was founded as a joint venture between the Israeli Solel Boneh and Luxembourg-based Salgad (Societe Anonyme Luxembourgoise de Gestion et D'Administration) which was a fully owned subsidiary of the Finnish artillery and mortar manufacturer Tampella.^[1]

In 1998, Koor Industries sold Soltam to MIKAL Group.^[2]

In October 2010, Soltam was sold to Elbit Systems and is now entirely owned by them.^[3]

Products

Artillery

ATMOS 2000 155 mm autonomous, truck mounted self-propelled gun^[4]^{[unreliable source?]}
ATHOS 2052 155 mm autonomous towed howitzer system^[5]
M-68 towed 155 mm howitzer
M-71 towed 155 mm howitzer
Rascal self-propelled 155 mm howitzer
Slammer (Sholef) - Merkava-based self-propelled 155 mm howitzer

Mortars

Soltam designs and manufactures a wide range of mortars, to suit a variety of military applications. Soltam supplies a variety of mortars, such as backpacked, under turret, towed and self-propelled recoiling mortars on wheeled or tracked vehicles. All mortars are simple to operate and fast in deployment. Soltam mortars are made of high quality alloy steel for extra toughness and stability. Mortar systems come with all auxiliary equipment necessary for field operation, including fire control computer, ballistic computer, INS, and target acquisition and location systems. All types of mortar ammunition in use worldwide are authorized to be used with Soltam mortars.^[6]

M-66 160 mm mortar
120 mm mortar
- Cardom 120 mm autonomous recoil mortar system (RMS)
- Soltam M-65 120 mm mortar towed
- Soltam K6 120mm mortar
81 mm mortar^[7]
- B499 Long Range
- B502 Long Range Split Barrel
- B599 Extended Range
- CC8 vehicle mounted mortar

CARDOM Recoil Mortar System vehicle mounted mortar

60 mm mortar
- 60 mm commando mortars
- 60 mm extended range mortars
- Vehicle mounted 60 mm mortar - internal and external

Ammunition

Soltam manufactures a wide range of mortar ammunition, ranging in caliber and in use (High Explosive HE, Smoke and training). All mortars comply with NATO standards.

155 mm
120 mm
81 mm
60 mm

Kitchen equipment

in addition to its military manufacturing Soltam also sells a variety of cooking products to the civilian market, mainly pots and pans but also others such as knives, cutting boards and spatulas.