MOSCOW, January 22 – RIA Novosti. The first batch of the latest artillery reconnaissance systems "Penicillin" has arrived in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the General director of the concern "Vega" (part of the Russian Electronics Corporation "Rostec") told RIA Novosti") Vyacheslav Mikheev.
"Penicillin" is designed for reconnaissance of firing positions of barrel and rocket artillery, as well as anti-aircraft and tactical missiles. The system records acoustic and thermal signals from shots and explosions and gives out the exact coordinates of the enemy's gun location, which are then plotted on an electronic map.
"In December 2020, in accordance with the concluded contract, the first batch was handed over to the customer," Mikheev said.
According to the concern, "Penicillin" works effectively at any time of the day at a temperature of -40 to +50 degrees Celsius. The time to get the coordinates of a single target firing is no more than five seconds. The complex was developed by the Vector Research Institute, which is part of Vega.
According to open sources, since "Penicillin", unlike most other similar systems, detects enemy artillery not with the help of radar, but on the new principle of combining thermal and sound intelligence, its electronic suppression is impossible. In addition, the new system does not unmask itself with radar radiation, but at the same time provides high accuracy. The complex is installed on the chassis of the "KAMAZ", the reconnaissance optoelectronic module of the system is attached to the lifting mast.
The Russian army was previously supplied with radar systems for counter-battery warfare, which detect enemy shells and missiles using radar stations, as well as sound-measuring systems equipped only with acoustic sensors and giving significant errors in determining the positions of enemy artillery.
