General artillery, SPGs, MLRS and long range ATGMs thread.

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Iranian warhead with submunitions, probably for Qiam ballistic missile.

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New Iranian medium range ballistic missile Khorramshahr-4 (Khaibar). 

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   The declared basic performance characteristics in terms of range and mass of the warhead coincide with those of the previous Khorramshahr missiles, that is, the maximum range is 2000 km and the warhead is 1500 kg, but it is stated that the new version of the missile is distinguished by the presence of a guidance and control system in the middle flight section (out of the atmosphere) and the use of this system and guidance engines in the warhead make it possible to control and correct flight in vacuum, which complicates the interception of missiles.

    In addition, the new version of this rocket uses ampoule storage of self-igniting liquid propellant components, as it is indicated that due to the use of new fuel tanks, appropriate fuel components, etc., the rocket can be refueled for years, which accordingly makes it possible to launch it in a very short time. time. The speed in the atmosphere is indicated in M=8.

   In short, according to the Iranian Defense Minister, the features of the Khorramshahr-4 (Khaibar) missile are immunity to EW attacks and enemy air defense systems, the ability to use various types of warheads, mobility and a short time required to prepare for work.

 

 

 

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[LoooSeR]

On 5/2/2023 at 2:59 PM, LoooSeR said:

Uragan with nets against drone-dropped bombs/grenades

 

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   Today in Iran, in the presence of President Raisi, a new solid-propellant missile of the IRGC Aerospace Forces with a hypersonic warhead, called Fattah, was presented. 

   According to the data voiced by the Iranian side, with the help of this missile it is possible to hit targets at a distance of up to 1400 km and that when approaching the target it has a speed of up to Mach 13-15. It is indicated that only a few countries, including the United States, China, Russia and North Korea, have mastered the technology for the production of hypersonic missiles. Judging by the published footage, the rocket is equipped with a maneuvering warhead with a small engine with a controlled thrust vector for maneuvering out of the atmosphere and aerodynamic rudders for precise guidance and flight correction in the atmosphere. 

   It is worth emphasizing that although this is not a hypersonic glide unit, such a warhead is still a difficult target for anti-missile defense systems, since it still maneuvers and flies at hypersonic speed.

   It can also be added that the Iranian Khaybar Shekan IRBM clearly served as the base here, and the technology of such small solid-propellant rocket engines with thrust vector control for maneuvering in a vacuum in Iran has long been worked out.

From Yuri Lyamin's blog.

 

 

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https://www.kalashnikov.ru/sovetskie-opytnye-boevye-mashiny/

   The collection of the Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineering and Signal Corps has a number of models of rare and prototype military equipment that are completely unknown to researchers of domestic weapons.

 

Soviet ATGM carriers projects from mid-late 1960s that were unknown to public, from storage of Museum of Artillery and Engineering in St.Petersburg.

 

First is 6KIN-100 on Shilka chassis. Grom cannon, rear turret section was supposedly liftable ATGM launcher. The docs with that model are dated 1968. 

 

KIN-1021 model. Also based on Shilka, armed with few different weapons. No docs, hard to say what missile where exactly, could have been AA or ATGMs. Taking into account aiming system (Maybe?) visible i would say those were not AA missile, most likely ATGMs.

 

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PKN-21 ATGM carrier for Falanga missiles. Vehicle uses chassis from Krug AA system. Dated 1968. Armed with Grom and co-axial MG on top of ATGMs.

 

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PR-1041. Chassis looks close-ish to Gvozdika SPG chassis. ATGM carrier, dated 1968, was in the works in 1966 or 1967.

 

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Those cages are becoming widespread in artillery units.

 

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[Renegade334]

Follow-up to my previous post on this SPH.

 

Apparently, there is also interest in building a M109A7 version of the M109A6+ on top of fielding four regiments' worth of XM1299s ERCAs ---V
 

 

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BAE plans to fit the Archer system to the Oshkosh PLS for US Army requirements.

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[LoooSeR]

Koshava-1

 

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Developed by the order of Pakistan by the Serbian Military Technical Institute, a Koshava-1  230-mm ground-launched guided munition with a turbojet engine at the Granit 2023 weapons exhibition at the Colonel-Pilot Milenko Pavlovich airfield in Batajnitsa.

 

The use of ammunition "Koshava-1" can be conditionally divided into 3 stages:

 

1.Launch itself.
The launch of ammunition is carried out from a container unified with ammunition "Alas" from MLRS M18 "Ogan" or MLRS "Morava".
After launch, the munition with the help of a solid-propellant booster, created on the basis of an unguided rocket VZ caliber 128 mm M-80 "Munya", is pushed at a given height, after which its own sustainer engine is started, wings are opened and the booster is detached.

 

2. At the second stage, the ammunition, correcting its flight due to the inertial navigation system, is directed to a given point, depending on the distance to the target.

 

3.After reaching the minimum range and the corresponding position, depending on the range to the target, the ammunition begins to glide to a given area with the location of the target.

As it approaches the target area, Koshava-1 is controlled by the operator through the TV / IR seeker (also unified with the Alas and Alas XX systems) over the radio.

 

 

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Caliber - 230 mm
The total mass of ammunition - 309 kg
Weight of ammunition without accelerator - 248 kg
The mass of the warhead is 100 kg (according to some sources, the FAB-100 is used as a warhead)
Accelerator weight - 61 kg
Length - 2670 mm
Maximum range - 50 km
Maximum speed - 900 km / h

Combined guidance system - inertial / radio channel

Also, it is worth mentioning that the Serbian side, at the request of Pakistan, developed a largely identical Koshava-1 in its principle of operation and the Koshava-2 guidance system, but with a much more serious warhead of 250 kg (FAB is used as a warhead -250).

 

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New Serbian NLOS ATGM - Alas XX, now became sort of loitering munition.

 

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"ALAS XX", which is a missile system with a turbojet loitering munition, and is the next stage in the development of the "ALAS" system.

 

   In order to improve the system, it was decided to abandon the control over fiber and introduce a radio channel. Thus, the range of loitering ammunition was up to 25 km, with a cruising speed of 470-540 km / h and a maximum flight altitude of up to 500 meters.

   The control system ("GNC"), together with the onboard navigation system ("AINS") based on INS / GPS and altimeter, provides guidance, correction and flight control of the ammunition.

 

   The GOS subsystem consists of a GOS, a television CCD or IR sensor with a gyro-stabilized platform, and an electronic computer.

 

   A set of electro-optical and infrared sensors make it possible to detect targets at a distance of up to 12 km, to identify a target at a distance of up to 10 km, and to carry out tracking and lock on. Terminal guidance according to the signal of the homing head with accuracy of 1 m.

 

   Integrated tandem warhead capable of penetrating over 1000mm of rolled homogeneous armor.

 

   The launch of the ammunition is carried out from a special container, and acceleration occurs due to a solid fuel booster.

 

   At the moment, "Alas XX" is integrated with the modular self-propelled rocket launcher M-18 "OGANJ", which gives the system mobility. But the plans include integration, both on air carriers, and on sea and armored vehicles, as well as increasing the range of the ammunition.

 

 

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The total length of the ammunition is 2,770 mm.
Caliber - 175 mm
Wingspan - 1638 mm.
Takeoff weight - 77 kg.
Weight in flight - 62 kg.
Engine type - turbojet.
Cruising speed - 470-540 km / h.
Maximum flight altitude (above sea level) - 2,000 m.
Cruising altitude (relative to the starting position) 150-160 m.
The maximum effective flight range is 25 km.
The minimum effective range is 3 km.
The maximum allowable overload is 9g

 

 

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화성-8/Hwasong-8 MRBM with hypersonic glide vehicle

 

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Name of Kimskanders is probably Hwasongpho-11GA 

 

These North Korean ATACMS-like missile systems are called "Hwaseongpo-11na" (화성포-11나, western designation KN-24)

 

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PAT-S prject looks like got reanimated.

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Kornet-D1 at Army 2023

 

Mal'va SPG

 

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Best Korean TELs and missiles production.

 

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On 8/6/2023 at 7:10 AM, LoooSeR said:

PAT-S prject looks like got reanimated.

Waste of time when they could just revive the Vena (or just put the Lotos turret on a BMP-3 hull).

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Mal'va SPG at Army 2023

 

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On 8/14/2023 at 11:25 AM, LoooSeR said:

Kornet-D1 at Army 2023

 

 

 

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BT-3F with Kornet-E

 

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2S31 Vena SPG/SPM at Army 2023 expo

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2S42 Lotos 120 mm SPG at Army 2023

 

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PLL-09 122 mm SPG

 

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BT-3F better pics

 

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