Soltam Systems () is an Israeli

defense contractor A defense contractor is a business organization or individual that provides products or services to a military or intelligence department of a government. Products typically include military or civilian aircraft, ships, vehicles, weaponry, and ...

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

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(IDF), the

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and

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countries.

History

Soltam was founded in 1950 by Shlomo Zabludowicz as the IDF artillery manufacturer. The company was founded as a

joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...

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 Oy Tampella Ab was a Finland, Finnish heavy industry manufacturer, a maker of paper machines, locomotives, military weaponry, as well as wood-based products such as packaging. The company was based mainly in the Naistenlahti, Naistenlahti di ...

. In 1998, Koor Industries sold Soltam to MIKAL Group. In October 2010, Soltam was sold to

Elbit Systems Elbit Systems Ltd. is an Israel-based international military technology company and defense contractor. Founded in 1966 by Elron, Elbit Systems is the primary provider of the Israeli military's land-based equipment and unmanned aerial v ...

and is now entirely owned by them.

Products

Artillery

* ATMOS 2000 155 mm autonomous, truck mounted self-propelled gun * ATHOS 2052 155 mm autonomous towed howitzer system * M-68 towed 155 mm howitzer * M-71 towed 155 mm howitzer * Rascal self-propelled 155 mm howitzer * Slammer (Sholef) -

Merkava The Merkava (, , "chariot") is a series of main battle tanks used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) which are the backbone of the Armored Corps (Israel), IDF's Armored Corps. Current iterations of this tank are considered broadly equivalent t ...

-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. * M-66 160 mm mortar * 120 mm mortar **

Cardom The Cardom (, stands for Computerized Autonomous Recoil Rapid Deployed Outrange Mortar) is an Israeli 81 mm/120 mm recoil Mortar (weapon), mortar system (RMS), manufactured by Soltam Systems. It is used by the United States Army, the Isr ...

120 mm autonomous recoil mortar system (RMS) **

Soltam M-65 The Soltam M-65 is a 120 mm mortar that was developed by Tampella in 1953 via introduction of new baseplate for 120 Krh/40 invented by Hans Otto Donner. In 1960s Soltam Systems of Israel bought a license. The mortar system comes in two vers ...

120 mm mortar towed ** Soltam K6 120mm mortar * 81 mm mortar **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 (

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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.

References

External links

Elbit Systems (Owners of the Soltam brand)
{{automotive industry in Israel Defense companies of Israel Tampella