Russia is completing tests of the latest Pantsir-SM-SV anti-aircraft missile and gun system, designed to cover motorized rifle units on the march. Thanks to the tracked chassis, the complex can accompany and cover air defense systems in motion through snow and off-road conditions.
The new 1RS2-3 radar guidance system based on a transmit-receive phased array antenna (AESA) with higher-energy microwave (SHF) transistors is capable of detecting 122-mm shells at a distance of about 23 km and acquiring automatic tracking at a distance of 17 km.
The first pre-production copies passed all stages of state tests and confirmed the possibility of intercepting ballistic and aerodynamic targets with speeds of more than 1300 m/s using the "hit-to-kill" method with the latest 57E6M anti-aircraft guided missiles (SAMs). The ammunition is capable of accelerating to 1700 m/s thanks to new solid-propellant booster blocks.
The 57E6M SAM uses a kinetic warhead of the "Zavesa" type integrated into the second stage, weighing 25 kg. The range of the SAM against standard aerodynamic targets with an effective reflecting surface of 3 m² reaches 40-45 km, the interception altitude is 20-23 km. The mid-trajectory speed of the warhead stage at a distance of 30 km from the firing position of the SAM system is 1100 m/s.
The combat vehicle can fire at four air targets simultaneously, guiding two missiles at each. The "Pantsirs" can operate both independently and in a complex manner — several installations, under a single automated control from higher-level air defense command posts.
Earlier www1.ru reported on how the Arena-M complex protects T-90M and T-72B3M tanks.
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