TSAMTO, July 14. NPO "Splav" named after Ganichev (part of the Rostec Techmash concern) is developing a guided missile in a 122 mm caliber on an initiative basis, the general director of the enterprise Alexander Smirnov said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
According to him, "along with increasing the accuracy of shooting, such a projectile also provides an increase in the maximum range of fire damage. The guided missile has already passed a cycle of bench and flight tests, which confirmed the operability of the control system unit and the components of the projectile. The creation of a small-caliber guided missile allows us to solve the tasks of hitting targets at a qualitatively new level, while simultaneously reducing the material resources used in the preparation and execution of standard combat tasks."
In an interview with RIA Novosti, A. Smirnov noted that "the topic of" Grads "and" Tornadoes " is developing further today, and in recent years new generations of these complexes have been entering the troops. So, in 2014, we put into service the Tornado-G MLRS – a highly effective and reliable weapon designed to replace the classic Grad . In 2016, the Russian army commissioned the Hurricane-1M MLRS. The system is designed to defeat area targets, the vulnerable elements of which are open and hidden manpower, unarmored equipment, lightly armored and armored vehicles of motorized infantry and tank companies, artillery units, tactical missiles, anti-aircraft systems and helicopters in parking lots; command posts, communication centers and military-industrial facilities."
As A. Smirnov emphasized, " this is the first Russian complex that provides for batch charging. On one platform, you can use shells of 220 mm or 300 mm caliber, as well as fire not only new shells, but also all types of MLRS "Smerch" and "Hurricane"ammunition. All processes in the Uragan-1M MLRS are fully automated. The maximum firing range of the system when using a 220 mm caliber has been increased to 45 km. The long-range projectile is equipped with a head with cumulative fragmentation combat elements."
"In 2017, another new system was adopted by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – Tornado-S. This is the successor of the Smerch MLRS with improved tactical and technical characteristics. Each of the projectiles of this complex can be set individual parameters not only for the flight range, but also along the trajectory for breeding them for various purposes. The data of the flight task is brought to the projectile at the expense of a control unit created on the basis of a strapless inertial navigation system. The firing range of guided missiles reaches 120 km, " A. Smirnov told RIA Novosti.
