SAM 9K35 "Strela-10SV"

9K35 SAM "Strela-10SV". In the late 60-ies. Soviet leadership recognized the need to create not only a self-propelled all-weather air defense system with radio-location system, but also a relatively inexpensive all-weather air defense system with optoelectronic missile guidance system to equip them to anti-aircraft batteries of motorized rifle (armored) regiment of the Soviet Army. Work on the creation of a new complex, which was the result of deep modernization of the self-propelled SAM "Strela-1", It was started in 1969 year, and in 1973 he entered the test.

SAM "Strela-10SV" shoots down an American F-18 – video

The composition of the new SAM 9K35 "Strela-10SV" includes military assets (combat vehicles 9K35 and 9K34, surface-to-air missile 9KL37) and technical means (checkout machine 9V839, maintenance machine 9V915, external power supply system 9E111). AT 1976 , after testing and development complex has been put into service. Combat vehicle 9A35 is an armored tracked tractor MT-LB, in the body of which is electronic equipment and location of the driver and commander. At the rear of the machine is installed tower with a launcher, on which the frame with four transport and launch container ZUR 9M37 (four spare container stored in the cargo compartment of the machine). Reloading four missiles installation is done manually for the time before 3 minutes. Inside the tower there is the operator's seat and optical viewfinder 9SH-127.

The front wall of the tower "Strela-10SV" made of bulletproof glass, and provides the operator field of view of 60 °. Guidance launcher azimuth of 360 ° and in elevation from -5 ° to + 80 ° is provided by electric. PU is equipped with a zone estimation apparatus (AOZ) 9C86 composed coherently pulsed radar rangefinder (its antenna is located between the pairs of containers with missiles) and analog-to-computational device Tel'nykh. AOP has a range of up to 10 km and is intended to automatically determine the range and target velocity, calculating feedforward angles at start rocket, Guidance launcher and determining the time of missile launch. Besides, fighting vehicle has equipment identification "friend or foe", navigation system, a station F-123M and the internal intercom. In the stowed position CP is formed on the roof creep. The deployment of complex in firing position – 20 seconds. Power Machines is provided by generator, operated by the drive motor or from an external power source. Unlike the BM 9K34 to 9K35 BM (command vehicle) mounted passive finder 9S16, for detecting and direction finding purposes, flying-enabled radio-radar equipment.

BM 9K35M2 and 9K34M2 SAM "Strela-10m2" equipped with additional radio station and the receiving equipment targeting, enables the automatic reception of target coordinates of the control points CP-12M (9S482M) or "Rankings" 9S737 and automatically deploy PU toward the goal. This principle is implemented SAM: "Fire and forget". SAM has solid-9M37 proximity fuze on the basis of laser emitters, warhead with rod elements and is equipped with a passive homing (GSN), works in two modes: photo contrast, allow tracking contrast against the background of the goal of the sky in the infrared (for heat radiation purpose). SAM installed on 9M37M improved GOS, capable of producing the selection of targets for its trajectory featured on the background of thermal traps. In SAM "Strela-10MZ" (9K35MZ) It uses a new SAM 9MZZZ with improved characteristics.

The advantages SAM "Strela-10" is its low cost, immunity to RFI and invulnerability of the anti-radar missiles. disadvantages – the impossibility of shooting in bad weather on targets, the setting of the sun, as well as sensitivity to infrared and optical interference. "Strela-10" Fighting vehicles efficiently used in conflicts in Angola, the Middle East and Yugoslavia. Results firings at landfills, made calculations almost always very high.

The performance characteristics of SAM “Strela-10SV”

Start SAM missiles “Strela-10SV” – a photo

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