7Category II—Guns and Armament

7  Category II—Guns and Armament

 (a) Guns over calibre .50, that is 12.7mm, whether towed, airborne, self‑propelled or fixed, including but not limited to the following:

 (1) cannons;

 (2) grenade launchers;

 (3) howitzers;

 (4) mortars;

 (5) recoilless rifles.

 (b) Flame throwers specifically designed or modified for military application.

 (c) Apparatus and devices for launching or delivering ordnance other than those articles controlled in category IV.

 (d) Kinetic energy weapon systems specifically designed or modified for destruction or rendering mission‑abort of a target.

 (e) Signature control materials (for example, parasitic, structural, coatings, screening) techniques, and equipment specifically designed, developed, configured, adapted or modified to alter or reduce the signature (for example, muzzle flash suppression, radar, infrared, visual, laser/electro‑optical, acoustic) of defence articles controlled by this category.

 (f) Engines specifically designed or modified for the self‑propelled guns and howitzers in paragraph (a).

 (g) Tooling and equipment specifically designed or modified for the production of defence articles controlled by this category.

 (h) Test and evaluation equipment and test models specifically designed or modified for the articles controlled by this category. This includes but is not limited to diagnostic instrumentation and physical test models.

 (i) Auto‑loading systems for electronic programming of projectile function for the defence articles controlled in this category.

 (j) All other components, parts, accessories, attachments and associated equipment specifically designed or modified for the articles in paragraphs (a) to (i). This includes but is not limited to mounts and carriages for the articles controlled in this category.

 (k) Technical data and defence services directly related to the defence articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) to (j).

 (l) The following interpretations explain and amplify the terms used in this category and elsewhere in this list:

 (1) the kinetic energy weapons systems in paragraph (d) include but are not limited to:

 (i) launch systems and subsystems capable of accelerating masses larger than 0.1g to velocities in excess of 1.6km/s, in single or rapid fire modes, using methods such as: electromagnetic, electrothermal, plasma, light gas, or chemical;

 (ii) prime power generation, electric armour, energy storage, thermal management; conditioning, switching or fuel‑handling equipment; and the electrical interfaces between power supply gun and other turret electric drive function;