The international military-technical forum "Army-2021" became the place of the public premiere of the helicopter light multi-purpose guided missile (LMUR) "Product 305". The authors of the Defense Express publication believe that two projects can become the Ukrainian response to the new Russian missile, but they turned out to be unnecessary.
The Product 305 rocket was developed by specialists of JSC "Scientific and Production Corporation "Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering" (KBM, as part of JSC " NPO "High-precision Complexes" of the State Corporation "Rostec"). At the Army-2021, the rocket is demonstrated under the index "Product 305E", which indicates that the rocket has an export passport. The missile is considered as the main type of guided weapons of the Mi-28NM and Ka-52M helicopters.
The authors of Defense Express write that the Ukrainian industry is ready to present two projects of this class. The guided weapons complex, developed by Ramzai together with the enterprises of the Ukroboronprom Group of Companies, allows the use of RK-2B missiles with a range of up to eight kilometers.
In turn, in 2019, the State Kiev Design Bureau (GKKB) "Luch" presented the RK - 10 missile of 170 mm caliber, which is capable of hitting targets at a distance of ten kilometers.
Representatives of the SCCB noted that the missile was created as part of a project that also involves the creation of an upgraded Mi-2MSB-V helicopter and an optical-sighting station developed by the Izyum Instrument-Making Plant. At the same time, in April 2021, Oleg Korostelev, General Director of the Luch State Design Bureau, said that the tests of the guided weapons system on the Mi-8MSB are being conducted without funding by the Ukrainian defense Ministry.
According to Korostelev, this situation has developed due to the expectation of the Ukrainian military to supply tested weapons samples from NATO countries, the Ukrainian edition writes.
According to the KBM, the 105-kilogram missile "Product 305E" received a warhead weighing 25 kilograms. The ammunition is equipped with a solid-fuel engine that provides a flight speed of up to 250 meters per second. The missile's flight range is 14,500 meters at an altitude of 100 to 600 meters.
The missile is guided by a combined system: an inertial-satellite module leads it on the main section, and a thermal imaging homing head is used to aim at the target. Also, the missile is accompanied by a radio channel, which allows you to re-aim the ammunition at the final section of the trajectory.
Daniil Irinin
