In the past week, it became known that the Russian military was conquered by the new modernized SAM system "Pantsir-SM". The development of the Tula Design Bureau of Instrument Engineering named after A. G. Shipunov has acquired new capabilities in combating drones of various sizes, missiles and artillery guided projectiles.
Journalists, citing their sources in the defense industry, wrote that the "Pantsir-SM" SAM system receives new modern detection radars based on phased antenna arrays and tracking radars, which include an optoelectronic complex.
Also, at the presentation of the "Pantsir-SM" modernization in 2022, it was announced an increase in the number of missiles and that the "Pantsir-SM" will be able to launch 96 missiles simultaneously, repelling raids by several swarms of drones.
All these innovations are present in the complex.
However, it has now become known that the SAM system has other updates:
- mini-missiles to defeat quadcopters, mortar mines and other small targets. Four of them are placed in a container of a conventional missile;
- some versions of the system do not have a radar and guns, the charging vehicle can also work with missiles at targets according to coordinates from the command post;
- teamwork skills in a battery of six vehicles: one SAM system becomes the "eyes" and "commander", and the remaining five turn off the radar and work on targets.
