China has announced the creation of a new version of the salvo fire system
SR4 was first introduced in 2012 g, and then repeatedly demonstrated at the exhibition. It has been reported that the 4 installer acquired Thailand.
“SR4 is built on a Shaanxi SX2190KA 6 × 6 off-road truck and is equipped with a swivel unit with two 20-charging rocket launchers of 122 caliber mm. The four-door SR4 cab is protected by special shutters, which allows launching rockets without turning the starting block, ”writes resource.
All 40 missiles are fired in 30 seconds.
According to the report, the updated version of the combat vehicle "is equipped with a modern fire control system that allows, among other things, to select the type of projectile using voice commands." There are 7 types of solid propellant rockets used by the installation. These include fragmentation, incendiary, missiles with a combined warhead, as well as mining shells and a volume explosion. The maximum range of the missiles is 50 km.
The weight of the renewed combat vehicle is about 20 t, the crew is a 3 man (previously, the SR4 crew consisted of 5 fighters). MLRS also gained the ability to recharge by replacing the block with guides, which reduced the preparation time for the next salvo 2 times (from 10 to 5 minutes).
- janes.com
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