Servicemen of the air defense (AD) unit of the military base in Armenia used Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft guns (SPAAG) during combat training, the press service of the Southern Military District (SMD) reported.
According to the plan of the exercises, a column of enemy armored vehicles advanced towards a settlement in order to capture it.
The soldiers received data on the movement of the "enemy" column. The Shilka SPAAG crews stopped the advance of armored vehicles with accurate fire.
Having hit the target, the servicemen ensured the approach of motorized rifle units. Then the remaining scattered groups of the mock enemy were destroyed.
About Shilka SPAAG
The chassis for the self-propelled gun was developed by engineers of OKB-40, and the fire control system was developed by the Instrument-Making Design Bureau. The SPAAG is designed to destroy aerial targets at a range of up to 2.5 km and a flight altitude of up to 1.5 km at a speed of up to 450 m/s. The Shilka is capable of hitting ground targets at a distance of up to 2 km.
The SPAAG hull is made of steel rolled bulletproof armor up to 15 mm thick. The unit is equipped with a 23 mm AZP-23 Amur rifled gun and an RPK-2 radar.
The 102nd Russian base is located in Gyumri. The military facility was created in 1995, and the agreement on its operation is valid until 2044.
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