“Peregrine”, “Alder”, “Marta” and “Barvinok-K”: the Armed Forces of Ukraine told about new weapons in the army
23 December 16:08
Ukrainian troops will soon receive several interesting and important pieces of military equipment. In particular, we are talking about modern drones and artillery.
Colonel Andriy Zhuravlev, deputy chief of staff of the Rocket Forces and Artillery Command of the Land Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said this in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
“The war forced Ukraine to develop its own defense production at an accelerated pace. Among the promising weapons to be produced by the RVIA are the 155-mm trailed gun “Marta” with a barrel length of 39 caliber and a 105-mm trailed gun. They are currently being tested,” Zhuravlev said.
According to him, the development of missile weapons is also quite active in Ukraine today. Thus, improvements are being made to the Sapsan air defense system, the Vilkha MLRS, and the Neptune system with a so-called long missile, which is currently undergoing all stages of testing.
He also noted that another interesting project is under development – a multifunctional missile system. The idea of such a complex, according to the source, is to have a single, universal platform for launching various means of destruction – rockets like GMLRS for HIMARS and missiles for various purposes.
Other promising developments include the Ukrainian analog of the AN/TPQ-36 radar, which will use a laser to guide a precision munition to the target, and a UAV with a synthetic aperture system that will conduct reconnaissance in fog, cloud cover, and rain. Also, a high-precision Barvinok-K munition is currently being tested.
At the same time, the information and communication system of the Rocket Forces and Kropyva-D artillery is being improved.
According to Zhuravlyov, it is now being set up in such a way that the data collected by intelligence about the enemy target is processed and the resulting coordinates are transmitted directly to the gun in a matter of minutes. This should speed up the response time to the opening of fire.
“For example, a reconnaissance UAV transmits data about a target it has detected to a server, which should take a second. The server processes this data and transmits it to the cannon. So the gun was aimed and ready to fire in just two minutes,” Zhuravlyov said.
He also emphasized that in this case, the time of combat control “detected – hit” is reduced to almost two minutes.
