Ukraine has been growing new domestically produced weapons for its Armed Forces, together with towed 155mm and 105mm weapons, a multifunctional missile system and a radar station.
Supply: Colonel Andrii Zhuravlov, Deputy Chief of Workers of the Rocket Forces and Artillery Command of the Floor Forces of Ukraine, in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, an impartial Ukrainian information company
Particulars: The Rocket Forces are set to obtain the 155mm Marta towed gun with a 39-calibre barrel. Zhuravlov additionally spoke of one other gun in improvement, a 105mm system. Each are at the moment present process testing.
Ukraine's defence business can also be upgrading three missile weapons methods: the Sapsan operational-tactical missile system, the Vilkha ("Alder") a number of launch rocket system and the Neptune system with a long-range missile.
Quote: "One other fascinating challenge, particularly a multifunctional missile system, is on the improvement stage. The concept is to have a single common platform for launching totally different strike property, equivalent to GMLRS rockets for HIMARS and missiles of assorted functions."
Extra particulars: Zhuravlov mentioned that Ukraine is growing a home analogue of the US AN/TPQ-36 radar, which tracks enemy artillery launches and missile launches, in addition to two kinds of UAV: a goal illuminator for guiding munitions and a reconnaissance drone designed to function in poor climate.
Zhuravlov additionally mentioned that the Rocket Forces are additionally working to enhance the Kropyva-D ("Nettle") data and communications system. It’s meant to transmit knowledge from reconnaissance, radar and different artillery property so the artillery can obtain goal coordinates "inside minutes". The goal is to cut back the time from detection to hanging a goal to 2 minutes.
Beforehand: Oboronka reported that Ukraine's Bohdana self-propelled artillery system accounts for 40% of all methods utilized by the Ukrainian defence forces on the entrance line. [Oboronka is a project of Mezha Media, a technology and IT news platform within Ukrainska Pravda's holding company.]
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