Rio 2016: Brazil Looks to Russia for Air Defense Systems

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Rio 2016: Brazil Looks to Russia for Air Defense Systems
Jun 12, 2014 by Defense Industry Daily staff

World Cup begins, no missiles.

June 12/14: Not in time.Russia’s Aleksander Fomin says of the Brazilian deal:

“Apparently, we are not managing in time by the beginning of the championship, but we continue the dialogue with our counterparts, the project is in its active phase…. Our counterparts had to observe certain procedures, lice tenders, reasons for choosing a counterpart, the samples and so on. All those procedures have taken time, and most of them are being finalized now. We have been contacting actively, but, unfortunately, the contract is not in place yet.”

He’s hopeful that they’ll be able to do a deal in time to deploy them for the 2016 Olympics. Sources: ITAR-TASS, “Russia’s surface-to-air-missiles not to guard Brazil’s sky during World Cup”.

Brazil needs to upgrade its ground-based air defenses, and has chosen Russian equipment to do so. Protecting the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro is very much on Brazil’s mind, and so is improving anti-aircraft defenses beyond the current stock of SA-18 Igla shoulder-fired missiles and Gepard mobile anti-aircraft guns. What they’re buying won’t give them anything close to a comprehensive IADS system, but it will upgrade their mobile and short-range options.

Brazil’s Choices
Brazil has good, established relations with competing providers, including Britain (Starstreak VSHORAD and Rapier, which protected the 2012 Olympics), France (Mistral VSHORAD and VL-MICA mobile), and Israel (Spyder). Nevertheless, they chose a pair of Russian products.

The SA-24 Igla-S

is an upgraded version of the SA-18, with a proximity fuze and other enhancements. It can be carried and fired by troops in the field, or mounted on vehicles or helicopters using Strelets 4-missile launchers. Note that Brazil’snew Mi-35M/ AH-2 Sabreattack helicopters aren’t an integrated platform.

The SA-22 Pantsir S1

is designed for mobile low-level air defense, and can be mounted on trucks, wheeled armored vehicles, and tracked vehicles. It combines twin 30mm guns with 12 57E6 radar-guided surface-to-air missiles that reach out to 12 km/ 10 miles, and up to 10,000m altitude. Sensors include targeting and tracking radars, with an electro-optical system for passive scanning.

It’s more of a low-level air defense system than a remedy against enemies who can use precision bombing from altitude, and its use of radio command guidance (RCG) means that its attacks can be defeated with jamming, or by killing the launcher. Nevertheless, it has been exported to Algeria and the UAE, and ordered by Iraq. There are reports that Jordan and Syria are also customers, and that some of the Syrian systems found their way to Iran.

The Pantsirs will be integrated into a system that includes Russian SA-18 missiles, ex-German army Gepard 1A2 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, and Brazil’s own CTEx M-60 SABER radars with a range of up to 60 km.

Pantsir S1 mobile air defense systems

Rio 2016: Brazil Looks to Russia for Air Defense Systems

 

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SA-24 Grinch 9K338 Igla-S portable air defense missile system

eneral information9K32 Srela-2 SA-7
-9K32M Strela-M Sa-7b
- 9K34 Strela-3 SA-14 Gremlin
- 9K310 Igla-1 SA-16 Gimlet
- 9K38 Igla SA-18 Grouse
- 9K310-1 Igla-1M
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Design
The Igla-S (SA-24 Grinch) system comprises:
- Combat equipment including the 9M342 missile and the 9P522 launching mechanism
- Maintenance equipment, including the 9V866-2 mobile test station and the 9F719-2 test set
- Training facilities
- Night firing devices
Missile
The launcher unit 9P522 fires the missile 9M342. The effectiveness of the 9M342 missile against air targets is attributed to the increase weight of the explosive in the missile's warhead and to the impact/proximity fuze enabling the missile to kill the target both in the event of a direct hit and when it passes at a distance of up to 1.5 m from the target. The target engagement has increased to 6 km compared with the 5.2 km of the Igla (SA-16 / SA-18) system.
Operations
When engaging slow or straight-receding targets, the operator tracks the target with the iron sights in the launch tube and applies half-trigger. The shooter then pulls the trigger fully, and immediately applies lead and super elevation. This method is called a manual engagement. An automatic mode, which is used against fast targets, allows the shooter to fully depress the trigger in one pull followed by immediate lead and super elevation of the launch tube.
The 9V866-2 and 9F719-2 maintenance facilities can be used to check the missile and the launching mechanisms of the Igla and Igla-1 MANPADS. The 9P522 launcher can be used to fire the Igla and Igla-S portable SAM system. The 9M342 missile can be mounted on different platforms using control equipment and launching modules of the Strelets (9S846) set.
Combat use
The SA-24 Grinch Igla-S man portable air defence missile (MANPADS) system is designed for use against visible targets as tactical aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicle, cruise missile, head-on or receding, in the presence of natural (background) clutter and countermeasures. The SA-24 Grinch Igla-S features high effectiveness and increased range against small targets, such as cruise missile and remotely piloted vehicles. The SA-24 Grinch Igla-S is able to engage targets at night.
Specifications
Armament
One 9M343 missile
Country users
Libya, Russia, Venezuela.

Combat weight
17 kg ready to fire
Target engagement
500 to 6,000 m

Crew
1 soldier
Type of engaged targets
tactical aircraft, helicopter, UAV and cruise missile
Missile
Weight: 10.8 kg
Weight Warhead: 2,5 kgWarhead type : HE Fragmentation
Flight speed: 570 m/s
Altitude: 10 - 3,500 m
Reaction time
5 to 10 sec.
Guidance sysem
Passive IR homing device and night vision (operating in the medium IR range)
Dimension missile
Length, 1,63 m

SA-24 Grinch 9K338 Igla-s portable air defense missile system technical data sheet specifications UK - Army Recognition - Army Recognition

 

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Pantsyr S1 Close Range Air Defence System, Russia

• Crew: 3
• Chassis: Ural-53234 8x8 truck
• Weight With Container: 90kg
• Launch Weight: 65kg
• Container Diameter: 170mm
• Length in Container: 3.2m
• Range - With Target Reflection Surface of 2-3cm²Detection : at least 30km

Pantsyr-S1 (also known as Pantsir) is a close-in air defence system designed to defend ground installations against a variety of weapons including fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, ballistic and cruise missiles, precision-guided munitions and unmanned air vehicles. It can also engage light-armoured ground targets.

It was designed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau of Tula, Russia, and is manufactured by the Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant, Ulyanovsk, Russia. It has the reporting name SA-22 Greyhound.

Pantsyr S1 air defence missile and gun system
Pantsyr combines two 2A38M 30mm automatic anti-aircraft guns developed from the two-barreled 30mm GSh-30 gun.

The Pantsyr S1 air defence missile / gun system can function in several wave bands and operate on a multimode adaptive radar-optical control system. The system has been designed to engage all target types, especially high-precision weapons, considering their developments as far ahead as 2020-2025. It has a high kill probability of about 0.7 to 0.95 against all targets. Its automatic combat capability makes it operate both autonomously and also as a seperate unit.

Pantsyr S1orders and deliveries
In May 2000, the United Arab Emirates ordered 50 96K6 Pantsyr-S1 systems, mounted on MAN SX 45 8×8 wheeled vehicles. The order was worth $734m.

The first batch was delivered in November 2004. However a new radar was requested by the UAE and first deliveries of the completed system took place in 2007.

Syria has placed an order for 50 Pantsyr-S1 systems. Deliveries began in June 2008. Jordan has also placed an order for an undisclosed number of systems.

Pantsyr S1surface-to-air missiles
Pantsyr-S1 carries 12 57E6 surface-to-air missiles on launchers. The missile has a bicalibre body in tandem configuration, separable booster and sustainer with separation mechanism. The sustainer contains the warhead and contact and proximity fuses. The fragmentation rod warhead weighs 16kg. The missile weighs 65kg at launch and has a maximum speed of 1,100m a second. The range is between 1km and 12km.

Two 2A72 30mm guns are fitted with 750 rounds of a variety of ammunition – HE (high-explosive) fragmentation, fragmentation tracer and armour-piercing with tracer. Ammunition type can be selected by the crew depending on the nature of the target. Maximum rate of fire is 700 rounds a minute. Range is up to 4km.

Fire control system
The Pantsyr-S1 fire control system includes a target acquisition radar and dual waveband tracking radar, which operates in the millimetre and centimetre waveband. Detection range is 30km and tracking range is 24km for a 2cm² to 3cm² target. This radar tracks both targets and the surface-to-air missile while in flight.

As well as radar, the fire control system also has an electro-optic channel with long-wave thermal imager and infrared direction finder, including digital signal processing and automatic target tracking. A simplified, lower-cost version of Pantsyr-S1 is also being developed for export, with only the electro-optic fire control system fitted.

The two independent guidance channels - radar and electro-optic - allow two targets to be engaged simultaneously. Maximum engagement rate is 12 targets a minute.

The Pantsyr-S1E systems for the UAE will be fitted with a new MRLS fire control radar. MRLS is a phased array radar operating at 40GHz (K band), with a range of up to 28km.

Vehicle
Pantsyr-S1 is mounted on a 10t Ural-5323 truck chassis with a turret that houses the armament, laying drives, sensors, control equipment and crew.

The Ural-5323 truck is four-axle, 8×8 all-wheel drive with single tyre wheels. The first and second axle wheels are steerable. The engine is an air-cooled diesel Ural-745.10 providing 290hp. The dual-plate mechanical clutch has a pneumatic booster and three-range five-speed gearbox.

A two-stage transfer case has lockable symmetrical interaxle differential. Suspension is by rigid-axle bogie on longitudinal semi-elliptical leaf springs. Front suspension is fitted with hydraulic shock absorbers. The Ural-5323 can ford up to 1.75m of water.

A shelter-based version of the Pantsyr-S1 is also being developed.

The Pantsyr-S1 air defence system.

The 57E6 surface-to-air missile.

Firing of the two 30mm 2A72 guns.

Targeting and fire control of the Pantsyr S1 air defence missile / gun system.

Pantsyr-S1 carries 12 57E6 surface-to-air missiles on launchers.

Pantsyr S1 Close Range Air Defence System - Army Technology

 

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96K6 Pantsir S1 system with revised acquisition radar (ENIKS).

KBP 2K22/2K22M/M1 Tunguska SA-19 Grison / 96K6 Pantsir S1 /SA-22 Greyhound SPAAGM / Cамоходный Зенитный Ракетно-Пушечный КомплексКБП 2К22М/М1 Тунгуска-М/М1 / 96К6 Панцирь-С1

 

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Brazil has a pretty robust defence industry of its own.

I've often stated we should cooperate with them

on Air defence the Russians have developed some pretty capable hardware....especially for med-hi altitude

 

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Pakistan should look towards working with Russia over Sensors development for the Armed Forces along with Solid and Liquid rocket systems too...

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