The complex will have two types of anti-aircraft guided missiles
MOSCOW, December 24. /tass/. Work on a new modification of the anti-aircraft missile and gun complex "Pantsir-SM-SV" will be completed in 2022. This was stated in an interview with the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda" by the head of the military air defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Alexander Leonov.
"At the same time, a modification of the ZRPC "Pantsir-SM-SV" on a tracked chassis for the Ground Forces and Airborne Forces is being developed. The complex will have two types of anti-aircraft guided missiles and have an enlarged zone of destruction. <...> The work is planned to be completed in 2022," he said.
In addition, according to the military commander, a new anti-aircraft missile system "Birdman" is being developed, using two types of missiles with different guidance methods (homing by thermal radiation of the target and guided by a laser beam).
Also next year, the development of the Typhoon-Air Defense anti-aircraft gunners' squad combat vehicle is being completed, the armament of which can include both existing portable anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS) and the complex being developed within the framework of the Metka ROC. The rocket of the new MANPADS will be equipped with an optoelectronic homing head, which has no analogues in the world, providing guidance to the target under the influence of all types of existing and developed optical interference.
