Image source: Photo: Denis Peredrienko ("Courage 2004")
The upgraded version of the famous Shilka, the ZSU-23-4M4, is capable of effectively hitting not only airplanes, helicopters, and UAVs, but also various types of cruise missiles, including Tomahawks.
In addition to the 23-mm quadruple small-caliber artillery installation, it has two more universal launch modules of the Strelets complex. Ammunition: 23 mm rounds - two thousand pieces and four anti-aircraft missiles.
Image source: Photo: Denis Peredrienko ("Courage 2004")
The upgraded Shilka can be integrated into a single air defense information structure. According to open data, in the unified air defense system, the maximum target detection range reaches thirty-four kilometers.
The maximum range of tracking a target by radio channel is ten kilometers, and the minimum is two hundred meters.
Image source: Photo: Denis Peredrienko ("Courage 2004")
Cannon armament has a range of 2,500 meters, and a height of 1,500 meters. The rockets are already hitting at 5,000 meters, and at an altitude of 3,500 meters. As reported, if necessary, Sagittarius can fire two missiles at one target at once, thereby increasing the likelihood of damage.
Roman Katkov
