VAMTAC with Cardom 81mm

The VAMTAC with Cardom 81mm is a highly mobile mortar system combining a Spanish-made URO VAMTAC tactical vehicle with an Israeli Elbit Systems Cardom 81mm recoil mortar. This integration provides rapid deployment and fire support capabilities for light infantry and special forces units.

Developed in the late 2000s to meet the demand of modern rapid-reaction forces for a highly mobile "shoot-and-scoot" artillery capability, this system paired Spain's UROVESA VAMTAC platform with Elbit Systems' advanced computerized recoil mortar. The system officially entered service with the Spanish Army in 2012, providing light infantry and airborne brigades with organic, rapid-response indirect fire support. It has since been deployed in various international peacekeeping and security missions, including NATO's enhanced Forward Presence in Latvia, where its quick setup and displacement times proved vital for force protection. Today, the VAMTAC-Cardom integration remains in active service as a benchmark for light, vehicle-mounted mortar systems, influencing subsequent mobile artillery designs worldwide.