RUSSIAN MILITARY EQUIPMENT: Cruise missile killer. Pantsir-S rocket and cannon complex and its modifications.

The Russian Pantsir-S missile and cannon complex. It is designed for close-range protection of civilian and military facilities (including long-range air defense systems) from all modern and promising means of air attack. It can also protect the defended object from land and surface threats. Production of the complex and delivery to the troops began in 2008. There are about 120 vehicles in service with the Russian Armed Forces.

Main performance characteristics:

Crew – 3 people. The weight of the complex is up to 30 tons. The deployment time from the march is 5 minutes. The reaction time is 4-6 seconds. The target detection range is up to 80 km. The tracking and guidance range is up to 36 km. The type of radar is a dual-band three-axis with a phased array antenna. The target range is up to 18 km. The height of the target is 15-15000 m. The armament consists of 14 anti-aircraft missiles and 1,400 30 mm shells. Construction.

The complex can be based on various types of chassis, both wheeled and tracked. Wheeled chassis are KamAZ-6560, BAZ-6309 Voschina-1, tracked GM352M1E and DT-30 Vityaz. Export modifications can be placed on the customer's chassis. The complex has a modular design, which allows it to be completed at the customer's request, this applies not only to the chassis but also to other systems of the complex. Tracked vehicles are protected from small-caliber artillery shells, while wheeled chassis have only bulletproof armor.

The vehicles can fight both independently and as part of a battery, which includes the following types of vehicles: · ZRPK combat vehicle – 6 pcs. · Battery operated control unit – 1 pc. · Transport and loading vehicle (1 TZM for 2 combat vehicles) · Educational and training facilities · Maintenance and repair equipment - repair and maintenance machine (MRTO), developed by KBP and manufactured by Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant. · A prototype alignment machine for setting up the means of detecting and aiming anti-aircraft missiles. · A ZIP car (for transporting a group set of spare parts). Guidance and targeting system. The complex was initially equipped with a mobile, solid-state, three-axis 1RS1-1E detection and targeting radar with a phased array of low and medium altitudes in the centimeter range. Later, a radar module was developed for the complex, referred to as a "target tracking station" operating in the S-band. The target detection range of these stations is 45 km for targets with an EPR of 2 m2. The complex is also equipped with a target tracking and missile guidance radar with 1PX2 / 1PX2-1E Helmet millimeter and centimeter range headlamps. The radar is capable of tracking targets at a distance of up to 34 km. For example, she sees a small, low-flying target at a distance of 14 km, and a MIG-29 fighter at a distance of 34 km. An optical autonomous station (AOP) is installed on the complex. It consists of an optoelectronic complex with long-wave thermal imaging receivers (IR direction finder). The purpose of the receivers is to additional search for targets based on the target designation data of the detection radar, determine the angular coordinates of the target and the missiles. Daily use, automatic adjustment of the target and missile channels, the direction finding channel of the missile defense system with an encoded laser responder to the missile defense system. With the help of an optical post, the complex is capable of tracking and aiming weapons at targets at ranges up to 26 km. It will fly an F-16 aircraft at a range of 17-26 km, and an ALCM missile at a range of 11-14 km.

Armament.

The complex is equipped with two twin anti-aircraft machine guns 2A38M caliber 30mm. They shoot alternately and this ensures a rate of fire of 1900-25000 rounds per minute. The cooling system of the barrels is liquid. For precision guidance, there is an induction projectile velocity sensor on each barrel. The effective range of the target is up to 4 km. In addition to automatic weapons, the complex also carries 12 57E6 missiles (export designation 57E6E), similar in appearance and layout to the 9M311 ZRPK Tunguska missiles. The design is a two-stage rocket with launch and sustainer stages, the aerodynamic scheme is a "duck". The control and guidance system is radio command control. The engine is an engine booster on the launch stage, there is no engine on the main stage. The rocket body is bicalibre, the engine is located in the second separating stage. The rocket has a short flight time on the launch site. The warhead consists of firing striking elements. The rocket uses an air-dynamic steering gear. The missiles have a range from 1 to 18 km. They can reach a target at altitudes from 15 meters to 15 kilometers. The missiles have a high-explosive warhead and are equipped with both contact and non-contact fuses.

Modifications of the complex:

ZPRK Roman is the first prototype made on the Ural-5323-20 chassis. It was created in 1994; ZPRK 96K6 is a serial version made on the KamAZ-6560 chassis. It was created in 2005. ZPRK 30YU6 Pantsir–S1-O is a remodeled version of 96K6 Pantsir-S1. There is no tracking radar, and an optical weapon control system is installed. Pantsir-S1 stationary version – a draft version of the ZPRK without chassis; ZPRK Pantsir-S1E is a 96K6 Pantsir-S1 export-grade ZPRK made on a MAN chassis. Foreign-made equipment was used. ZUR – 9M311; The Pantsir-2E is a special model developed in 2006. Tracking radar with improved parameters; ·ZPRK 96K6-1 Pantsir-S1 (BM 72V6E) is a modification of the complex made on the BAZ-6909-019 chassis. Pantsir-SA - Arctic modification

The complex has marine modifications: Pantsir-M is a marine version of the Pantsir—S air defense missile system], it contains 8 ready-made missiles + 32 in stock, two 30-mm GSH-6-30 cannons. Serial production was supposed to begin in July 2015. In August 2015, an order was placed for the first three complexes; on April 30, 2018, the first Odintsovo MRC (project 22800), equipped with the complex, was launched; in November 2020, it completed state tests]. Pantsir-ME — 2015. Armament: 8 ready-made missiles + 32 in reserve, two 30-mm GSH-6-30 cannons. The complex should replace the Kashtan, and some ships will be modified for it. It is offered for export.

The complex has proven itself very well in Syria, especially in the fight against small, inconspicuous drones. For some reason, there are no missile and cannon systems in service with NATO countries, they did not develop them. Either cannon or rocket, it's the same on ships, they didn't create any semblance of a Chestnut Tree. Either they can't, or they don't want to, most likely they have a "different concept." The only US response to the Russian Pantsir-S complex may be IM-SHORAD, a hastily created complex that is inferior to its Russian counterparts. Its deployment time is 15 minutes. The maximum target speed is 1,485 km/h. With our SAM, detection is possible for objects moving at a speed of 3600 km/h. The most important thing is that the Shell can shoot in motion, so can the "THOR". None of the Western air defense systems can fire on the move.