S-8OFP “Armor Striker”: a new missile from the old family

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Launch of armor-piercer missiles

Russian industry completed work on promising unmanaged aviation missile S-8OFP “Armor-piercer”. As it became known the other day, the production of such products has begun and documents are being prepared for their official adoption. All necessary procedures will be completed next year.

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On May 25, TASS published a statement by Alexander Kochkin, Executive Director of NPK Tekhmash. He said that the concern had manufactured the first batch of promising NAR for use in the framework of pilot military operation and development of combat use. Products are released at the expense of the manufacturer, and he hopes that the Ministry of Defense will begin the necessary activities in the near future.



At the beginning of 2019, the leadership of Techmash announced the completion of state testing of the S-8OFP product and the imminent start of experimental military operation. However, the real timing of the transfer of missiles to the troops has moved. According to A. Kochkin, this is due to a change in the terms of reference. In the very near future, the customer will adjust the requirements, which will allow to continue work.

On May 27, a representative of NPK Tekhmash again revealed some details of current work, this time in an interview for RIANews". The concern is ready to launch production of new NAR in the interests of the aerospace forces. Serial deliveries are scheduled to begin as early as 2021.


B-8M launch block under the wing of the Su-25 attack aircraft

The issue with the terms of reference was successfully resolved, the Ministry of Defense made the necessary changes. Now his task is to prepare documents for the official adoption of the NAR into service, and this work will begin in the coming days. How long it will take is not specified.

A new example of the old family


Recall, the unguided missile S-8OFP "Armor-piercer" is another representative of a fairly old family of aircraft ammunition S-8. The development of this line of NAR has been going on since the mid-sixties, and to date it includes one and a half dozen products for various purposes with different characteristics.

The development of a new version of the old rocket was carried out in the NPO "Splav", which is part of the NPK "Techmash". The latter, in turn, is included in the control circuits of the state corporation Rostec. The main objective of the project was to create a NAR with an increased flight range and a penetrating warhead that was fundamentally new for the family.

The materials for the S-8OFP project were first shown to the public in 2014. After that, the NPO Splav completed the design and brought the missile to testing. For the first time such works were reported in May 2018. Then it was claimed that by the end of the year the Armor Striker would pass state tests. In February 2019, Techmash reported on the successful completion of these events. Soon there was information about the imminent adoption and the launch of the series.

Main differences


The new Armor Striker missile is made in the old S-8 form factor, which ensures compatibility with existing launch blocks. In this case, completely new components and solutions are used that provide a significant increase in the basic characteristics.


B-8V20 on a Mi-24 helicopter

The caliber of the S-8OFP rocket remained the same - 80 mm. The length of the product reaches 1500 mm and generally corresponds to other members of the family. Starting weight - no more than 17 kg. The missile has a cylindrical body with a conical head. The tail unit in the transport position is laid on the body by turning sideways; at launch, it opens, providing the promotion and stabilization of the rocket.

The "armor-piercer" receives a new high-explosive fragmentation warhead of the penetrating type - this particular feature is listed in the "OFP" index. Warhead weighing 9 kg carries more than 2,5 kg of explosive and has a hardened body with an internal notch for the formation of fragments. The warhead is equipped with a dual-mode contact fuse. It can be set to undermine when in contact with the target or with some delay - to break through the barrier and explode behind it.

For the new NAR, a solid propellant rocket engine with improved energy performance and dimensions of previous products has been developed. With its help, a flight is provided for a range of up to 6 km. For comparison, the most advanced modifications of the NAR S-8 have a range of no more than 3-4 km.

Due to the preservation of the old form factor, the S-8OFP product can be used with all existing suspended launch blocks. Similar devices can carry from 7 to 20 missiles. Accordingly, the new NAR can be used by a wide range of domestic aircraft and front-line helicopters. Apparently for the effective use of uncontrollable weapons with altered flight and energy characteristics, additional tuning of fire control systems is required.


Work with S-8 missiles

According to domestic media reports, the Su-25 attack aircraft will receive the new weapons in the first place. It is also intended for attack and multi-purpose helicopters of several types. However, with the supply and implementation of the “Armor Striker” it can become part of a typical combat load and other aircraft capable of using S-8 or other NAR.

Armor-piercing benefits


Uncontrolled aircraft missile S-8OFP "Armor-piercer" is of great interest to the airborne forces in the context of solving a wide range of combat missions. Despite the advent of high-precision systems, NAR remain the most important part of the front-line aviation weapons complex, and the new product expands the range of available ammunition and gives previously missing capabilities.

One of the main advantages of the “Armor Striker” over its predecessor is associated with the new engine. With its help, the firing range increases by 1,5-3 times in comparison with various types of NAR. Due to this, the construction of a combat approach is simplified and the likelihood of a number of enemy anti-aircraft weapons entering the affected zone is reduced. In addition, the new engine compensates for the significant increase in the mass of the rocket itself and its warhead.

The new high-explosive penetrating warhead is several times heavier than the combat equipment of other versions of the S-8 NAR. So, the base S-8 carried a 3,6-kg warhead with 1 kg of explosive. Concrete NAR S-8B and S-8BM carried warheads weighing up to 7,4 kg, but with a reduced charge. The promising "Armor Striker" combines a large mass of charge and warheads in general.

The robust warhead casing provides penetration of various obstacles, which can be used for delayed blasting. There is the possibility of breaking through brick and concrete buildings, earth embankment, etc. Also, S-8OFP becomes an effective tool against lightly armored enemy vehicles. Targets with stronger protection can suffer severe damage to combat effectiveness.


Ammunition transportation. Soon the new NAR S-8OFP will be transported in this way.

The possibility of undermining after breaking through the barrier will be useful when attacking enemy buildings and / or manpower hiding in them. The destruction of such an object using high-explosive fragmentation warheads is associated with a significant expenditure of ammunition, and a penetrating charge can give substantial savings - especially taking into account the relatively low accuracy of NAR.

Accuracy problem


Despite all the innovations, the “Armor Striker” remains an unguided missile, which reduces the possible accuracy of the hit and increases the consumption of ammunition for hitting a small target. As in the case with other NAR, this problem is solved by using modern weapons control systems. A significant part of the Russian Air Force strike aircraft has already received the SVP-24 Gefest sighting and navigation system, which provides increased accuracy for unguided weapons.

According to known data, a radical solution is also being prepared - a guided missile based on the existing NAR. Recently, a project of ammunition with the code "Monolith" regularly appears in the news. According to some reports, this missile is made on the basis of the “Armor Striker” with various design changes, as well as with the introduction of homing tools. Thus, the new "Monolith" will combine the characteristics of NAR with increased accuracy.

According to Techmash, a prototype of the Monolith product will be ready only in 2-3 years, and the base Armor Striker will be released next year. It follows that after 2021, for several years, VKS will be able to use only the uncontrolled version of the S-8OFP - although in the future there will be a wider choice.

Family development


According to recent reports, the latest uncontrolled aircraft missile of the S-8 family has passed the necessary tests, after which it is preparing for experimental military operation and for adoption. At the same time, work continues on its improved version, probably equipped with homing tools.

Thus, the development of the NAR line, which began more than half a century ago, continues to this day and gives the desired results. The concept of an 80-mm unguided rocket has not yet exhausted its capabilities, and the advent of new technologies and components allows its continued development. Thanks to this, already next year our VKS will receive an armor striker product with improved capabilities, and in the future they will have a more perfect and accurate Monolith.
  • Ryabov Kirill
  • Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation / mil.ru, NPK Techmash / tecmash.ru
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  1. +4
    29 May 2020 05: 14
    With its help, a flight is provided for a range of up to 6 km.
    That in the current conditions it is already "not enough!" "It will not be enough!"
    Accuracy problem
    Already the main question now, even in the fight against the "barmaley". Which more and more often "snarl" from MANPADS, while they themselves hide behind the civilian population
    and in the future they are waiting for a more perfect and accurate "Monolith".
    So we need to spend money on their fastest bringing and launching into production, and not on the production of an obsolete unguided missile. Moreover, if it is possible to keep the approximate dimensions and weight, then "Monolith" can be considered for use with UAVs
    1. +6
      29 May 2020 06: 10
      Quote: svp67
      With its help, a flight is provided for a range of up to 6 km.
      That in the current conditions it is already "not enough!" "It will not be enough

      What do you mean ? belay Send NARS further 6 km? And what "accuracy" will you get? negative None ?! And "you need it"? stop
      Among other things ... there is a hint in the article that the S-8 "Armor-piercer" will become the "progenitor" of the next generation of the S-8 family! This means that corrected samples of the new generation S-8 will appear ... As for the Monolith rocket, the article does not quite correctly say about this "product"! The fact that "Monolith" and "Armor-Piercer" are being developed within the same project does not "guarantee" that the 122-mm "Monolith" is being created on the basis of the 80-mm "Armor-Piercer"! There is a well-known and widespread C-13 family! By the way, besides the more or less well-known S-13kor from the "Threat" complex, there is also the S-13L, which few people know about ...
      1. +2
        29 May 2020 07: 18
        Quote: Nikolaevich I
        And "you need it"?

        It seemed to me that I made it clear that such a rocket, or rather spending money on its launch and purchase, is NENANO ...
        Quote: Nikolaevich I
        And, therefore, there will appear corrected samples of the new generation S-8 ...

        That's when they appear, that's when we need to evaluate their "nunity"
        Quote: Nikolaevich I
        The fact that "Monolith" and "Armor-Piercer" are being developed within the same project does not "guarantee" that the 122-mm "Monolith" is being created on the basis of the 80-mm "Armor-Piercer"!

        You tell the author this, it’s not me, but he wrote:
        According to some reports, this missile is made on the basis of the “Armor Striker” with various design changes, as well as with the introduction of homing tools. Thus, the new "Monolith" will combine the characteristics of NAR with increased accuracy.
        1. +1
          29 May 2020 10: 09
          It seemed to me that I made it clear that such a rocket, or rather spending money on its launch and purchase, is NON ...

          Well, given the amount of equipment armed with NARs, not everything may be so obvious, let there be modern ammunition for them. They also have some kind of tactical niche. But of course I will not argue with the fact that guided precision weapons must be developed.
          1. 0
            29 May 2020 15: 48
            Quote: alexmach
            Well, given the amount of equipment armed with NARs, not everything may be so obvious, let there be modern ammunition for them.

            And how many old S-8s are still in stock? No, if they will remodel new ones from old ones, then please, but especially to do it, there are big doubts
            1. +1
              30 May 2020 00: 33
              Quote: svp67
              And how many old S-8s are still in stock? No, if they will remodel new ones from old ones, then please, but especially to do it, there are big doubts

              You are short-sighted! Apolitical! In, for example, there have long been installations of MLRS "Grad" and 122-mm "eres" to them with a range of up to 20 km ... Yes, and be satisfied! What to "rock the boat" next? There are a lot of reserves! But, for some reason, new (!) 122-mm "eres" with a range of up to 40 km are being created ... and even correctable ones! There are many reserves, for example, 120-mm mines, 152/155-mm artillery shells ... But, "for some reason", new ammunition is being created in these calibers for the same purpose; often, for the same "starters"!
          2. 0
            29 May 2020 20: 11
            But of course I will not argue with the fact that guided precision weapons must be developed.


            The monolith will be adjustable and will belong to the class of precision weapons, unlike the S-13.
            The developer recalled that the "Monolith" will be adjustable and will belong to the class of precision weapons, unlike the S-13. He emphasized that the development is being carried out with "Alloy" on an initiative basis.
            In October 2018, the Director General of NPK Tekhmash Vladimir Lepin announced that the development of the Monolith was a continuation of the work on the Armored Striker, but in a different caliber.
            The S-13 missile was designed to destroy aircraft in reinforced concrete shelters, equipment and manpower of the enemy, located in especially strong shelters. Depending on the modification, it is capable of punching up to one meter of reinforced concrete.

            https://m.tvzvezda.ru/news/opk/content/20205271146-xxrkS.html
            1. +1
              30 May 2020 00: 04
              Quote: Sky Strike fighter
              The monolith will be adjustable and will belong to the class of precision weapons, unlike the S-13.

              It is a pity that you did not read such a "promise" (and I read ... tongue ): "It is possible that an unmanaged version of" Monolith "will be created ...."hi
        2. -1
          29 May 2020 11: 36
          Quote: svp67
          It seemed to me that I made it clear that such a rocket, or rather spending money on its launch and purchase, is NON ...

          Apparently on the shelves end the old achievements of the era of the USSR. To start modern work, a young man should play with drone, radio control and pyrotechnics from school years calmly. But modern Russian science, which Yeltsin has destroyed, cannot offer anything new. And in order to learn new things, it’s not enough personal devotion to bosses and family ties. It’s easier for a smart person to find work in the USA, Europe, Korea, Vietnam, Tajikistan.
    2. +5
      29 May 2020 07: 46
      Quote: svp67
      That in the current conditions it is already "not enough!" "It will not be enough!"

      For NAR (with emphasis on the word "uncontrollable") 6 km is already above the roof. = _ = No longer Hephaestus will help with a greater distance. In addition, a range of 6 km is sufficient in most cases - almost all MANPADS have a range of up to 5 km.
      Quote: svp67
      So it is necessary to spend money on their quickest completion and launch in production, and not on the release of an obsolete unguided rocket.

      The "armor-piercing" is simply very cheap. "Monolith" will be manageable. Yes, and he has a form factor from the C-13 - with its 130mm and under 80kg of weight (the C-13 launcher weighs about half a ton, attaching a couple of these to a helicopter - there will be no room for another weapon). Plus, firing a cannon at a sparrow is also, you know, wasteful. Therefore, in the past, the troops used both the C-8 and the C-13 in parallel. Each of these NARs has its own tactical niche and its own goals.
      1. 0
        29 May 2020 08: 22
        Quote: Kuroneko
        6 km is already above the roof. = _ = No longer Hephaestus will help with a greater distance. In addition, a range of 6 km is sufficient in most cases - almost all MANPADS have a range of up to 5 km.

        Yeah ... But nothing that:
        - her range is not even 6 km, but up to 6
        - after the launch of the missiles, the aircraft will not deploy instantly in place, but will do so smoothly, just flying into the MANPADS coverage area
        1. +3
          29 May 2020 08: 47
          Quote: svp67
          - her range is not even 6 km, but up to 6

          Depends on the attack mode, essno. Angle, altitude, carrier speed.
          Quote: svp67
          after launching missiles, the aircraft will not deploy instantly in place, but will do so smoothly, just flying into the MANPADS coverage area

          Maneuvers to evade enemy MANPADS by helicopter pilots were worked out back in the days of Afghanistan. And also with OLD S-8s (with their range of 3-4 km. And I hope you remember that for all the years of the war, losses percussion Mi-24 (this is important! Because most of the shot down were "trucks", landing / picking up troops over the "hell") from MANPADS were very good. small. Almost isolated.
          1. 0
            29 May 2020 11: 48
            Quote: Kuroneko
            were worked out back in the days of Afghanistan.

            30 years have passed since then. It’s stupid to focus on tactics of carts against IS-3, tactics of MIG-21 against F35. In addition, the Stingers supplied by the Americans were very limited and limited to the Afghans used. In one village of Chamkani, about 5 unused stingers remained at the beginning of the US invasion. No economy can train so many pilots of unguided rocket platforms so that they can overcome modern air defense. And to keep the infrastructure of the bases of such platforms from attacks by drones by a modern state is incredibly expensive to create.
      2. 0
        29 May 2020 12: 15
        Quote: Kuroneko
        No Hephaestus will help with greater distance

        "Hephaestus" for both long range and "real" .... to one place, since you are performing a visual approach to the target from a certain maneuver and all ranges of permitted firing ranges are indicated on the indicators of sights or HUD.
        And start in the "Opt." Mode with FZ (usually without FOV, since the time spent on aiming is less wink )
        And how are you going to reduce the value of the KVO NAR with the help of "Hephaestus" ... with a real launch range of 2-3 km - at a stationary target (where even the side wind component is not taken into account in the surface layer, since it is not significant)? wink
      3. 0
        29 May 2020 15: 51
        Quote: Kuroneko
        (with emphasis on the word "uncontrollable")

        All our MLRS still use "uncontrolled" and their maximum range of fire is much more than 6 km. So, the problem of accuracy at long ranges can be solved. There are also more problems with the small volume of the ammunition itself, into which more fuel and explosives simply cannot be crammed.
    3. -1
      29 May 2020 09: 22
      6 km is just the zone of all szkr. It is dangerous to fly so close.
      1. +3
        29 May 2020 09: 38
        Quote: Bar1
        6 km is just the zone of all szkr. It is dangerous to fly so close.

        Of course, if it were my will, I would tell all the helicopter pilots to shoot only Hermes-A (range of 15-18 km minimum, theoretically - and much more). But not in our country there is a printing press that produces "dirty green papers" (c) Zhirik

        Look at this matter from another, positive side: Earlier, our aircraft (including most recently, in Syria) used the old S-8s with their range of generally 3-4 km (the difference in range depends on the attack mode and carrier - but they flew up already specifically in the area of ​​action of possible MANPADS barmaley, without options), now - it can also hit from SIX km (twice as far!), and these NARs are already almost like S-13 in terms of impact.

        Is it really bad?
        1. 0
          29 May 2020 11: 17
          Quote: Kuroneko
          Is it really bad?

          not safe enough. We must switch to longer-range missiles. This is a requirement of the time.
    4. 5-9
      0
      30 May 2020 09: 44
      In real life and ATGMs from an aircraft for 6 km, how many times have they fired? Am I in the sense of independently detecting a target, including mobile, and a successful launch?
  2. +2
    29 May 2020 05: 27
    Fuel chemists are great, of course, but to consider NAR as a promising weapon is somehow tedious for sincere joy.
    1. +2
      29 May 2020 06: 23
      Quote: Vladimir_2U
      Fuel chemists are great, of course, but to consider NAR as a promising weapon is somehow tedious for sincere joy.

      Quite recently, the striped ones presented with great fanfare a "gravitational ammunition" - an ordinary FAB, not even corrected, if I remember correctly
      1. 0
        29 May 2020 06: 26
        Quote: user1212
        "gravity ammunition"
        What, not even a PSA at the same time? Then it’s clear from whom the skakuasy in overwork take an example. But what I mean is that you cannot really name promising NAR.
        1. +2
          29 May 2020 06: 27
          Quote: Vladimir_2U
          But what I mean is that you cannot really name promising NAR.

          The advertisement is engine of the trade. What can you do...
    2. +2
      29 May 2020 07: 55
      Quote: Vladimir_2U
      but to consider NAR as a promising weapon is somehow strained for sincere joy.

      The NAR S-13 is being modernized in the same way - the modernization will be called "Monolith". But thanks to the caliber and weight of the C-13, the "Monolith" will already be made manageable (with its size it is quite easy). Making the same SD from the C-8 is clearly inappropriate. Expensive and with a fairly modest warhead. This is how the cheap NAR - "Armor-piercer" is very up-to-date, approaching the old S-13 in terms of impact (but with a significantly larger number of missiles in the launch block - the S-13 has only 5 missiles, the S-8 has 20 missiles).
      In general, the S-8 cool pumped. Rarely what kind of modernization so radically raises all the important performance characteristics.
      1. 0
        29 May 2020 08: 03
        In NATO countries, a 70mm hydra has long been made corr. Turks, for example.
        1. +1
          29 May 2020 08: 14
          Quote: Zaurbek
          In NATO countries, a 70mm hydra has long been made corr. Turks, for example.

          Well done, cho. Rich people.
          And you should bear in mind that the managed "Hydras" by form factor are already do not match with unguided ones (and their range is still lower than that of our "Armor-Piercer").
          which increases length by 18.5 in (47 cm) and weight by 9 lb (4.1 kg) over the legacy Hydra system. Firing ranges are 1,100-5,000 meters, the former of which can be hit less than 5 seconds after firing.

          New launch blocks are required and all that.
          "Armor-piercer" is a modernization from the category of "cheap and cheerful", but in reality it improves the old S-8 at times.
          1. +1
            29 May 2020 08: 31
            An armor-striker is definitely needed. Unlike A10, the 30mm Su25 gun (Mi4P) is not a PT tool ....
            1. +1
              29 May 2020 09: 20
              Quote: Zaurbek
              Unlike A10, the 30mm Su25 gun (Mi4P) is not a PT tool ....

              So the difference in the creation / application paradigm is the same. A10 and was made as an "anti-tank attack aircraft", at a time when the West was afraid of the Soviet tank hordes rushing to the English Channel. Those. it was originally developed with a focus on niche applications. A "comb" was created according to the concept of the legendary Il-2 - a front-line attack aircraft for general support of troops.
              And I think that if Big Makhach # 3 does start, the Su-25 will prove itself much more versatile and useful than the A10.
              1. 0
                29 May 2020 12: 15
                Yes. I’m writing about the PT version. The A10 is a fixed 30mm unit, and the Su25 is 80mm NURS ....
  3. +1
    29 May 2020 07: 50
    Of course, the S-8 retained the accuracy of the legendary RS of the Second World War. Flies to that steppe ... And some products are generally on a cunning trajectory but in the right direction. Well, this is for areal purposes, but for point targets there are other URS.
  4. 0
    29 May 2020 08: 01
    I don't like the "Crocodile" with short wings alone?
    1. +3
      29 May 2020 08: 22
      Quote: Zaurbek
      I don't like the "Crocodile" with short wings alone?

      No. The entire NATO bloc does not like any "crocodiles" - even with short wings, even with long ones.
      "Humpbacked" "rooks" with "combs" - all three words in quotation marks are different nicknames for the Su-25 - likewise do not like. = 3
      1. 0
        29 May 2020 08: 44
        You say "combs"? And I thought that "cultivators" are ethno, for heavy soils.
        1. 0
          29 May 2020 08: 50
          Quote: a.hamster55
          You say "combs"?

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    1. +4
      29 May 2020 09: 04
      Quote: Alex aircraft
      it is unacceptable to call a technique incorrectly
      ...
      this is not permissible on this site!

      And what do you want, when every now and then by VO newsmen, these pearls are born: "A batch of Sani mortars has been sent to the troops."
      https://topwar.ru/171640-v-vojska-otpravlena-partija-minometov-sani.html
      The author does not even distinguish between the 2B11 MORTAR itself, and the mortar COMPLEX (which, indeed, just 2S12A "Sani" is called, but the complex includes И 2B11, И wheel drive for him И "Ural"). It is only among the Khokhlov that the "naked" mortar proudly has a proper name - "Hammer" (in fact - just a damaged Soviet 2B11).
      The correct news title should be: "A batch of Sani mortar systems has been sent to the troops."
      But so we live. = _ =
    2. +1
      29 May 2020 11: 59
      And this is "As in the case of other NARs, this problem is solved by using modern weapons control systems. A significant part of the attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces have already received the SVP-24 Gefest sighting and navigation system, which provides an increase in the accuracy of unguided weapons."
      And here Hephaestus and NAR? The author is not even aware that Hephaestus is used for free-falling bombs?
  6. 0
    29 May 2020 10: 26
    Confused by the name. Armor-piercing armor. Thought the leading concrete-cumulative cumulative mastered. But no. Why then is such a name deceiving?
    1. +1
      29 May 2020 10: 50
      Quote: garri-lin
      Confused by the name. Armor-piercing armor. Thought the leading concrete-cumulative cumulative mastered. But no. Why then is such a name deceiving?

      Because they now have a really penetrating high-explosive fragmentation. Old S-8s, for example, Afghan duvals did not actually penetrate, it was necessary to crush them with aviation cannons for a long time, or use S-13. In addition, the penetration of lightly armored vehicles is claimed (i.e., upon the fact of everything that is not MBT, TBMP or BMPT).
      1. 0
        29 May 2020 13: 11
        The term armor-piercing means overcoming at least some armor. That's why he was puzzled. And against concrete was with 8 BM which punched half a meter of concrete. There were many modifications. And cumulative as well.
  7. 0
    29 May 2020 17: 24
    Wonderful: that others ("stupid") achieve by developing complex guided missiles, will be achieved by modernizing the unguided missiles of the 40s! Sly. Still, the question is: how many sorties will it take to hit one tank? And at night? And with a crosswind?
    1. 0
      1 June 2020 08: 11
      Family S-8 is the development of the 40s? And I still thought that this was the end of the 60s.
      And since when did a rocket from a fragmentation warhead become intended to destroy tanks?
    2. 0
      18 May 2023 19: 53
      And why hammer nails with a microscope ... Nurses are primarily to iron the enemy’s l / s ... Another rocket will fly into the tank ...
  8. +1
    30 May 2020 04: 06
    Well, nothing is new under the moon. In the sense of general. We open Google and look for information about the CANADIAN NURS CRV-7 which has several warhead options including (ATTENTION), Penetrating concrete-piercing, and to the heap and anti-tank flechetnaya, and at the same time semi-armor-piercing high explosive incendiary - RA-70 \ 79 HEISAP. Moreover, already in 2008, a variant of this NURS with a semi-active laser fuel was developed, so the new version of the S-80 is nothing more than a variation on the theme of a 30+ year old Canadian NURS. And the Germans made the PKRny Nurs with a semi-armor-proof warhead optimized against ships. HEISAP (Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker). Information is all from open sources.
    1. 5-9
      +1
      30 May 2020 09: 51
      And why in this news "which has no analogues in the world" like nothing of the kind is declared .... For the old cheap and small racket they made a new engine and warhead, it flies further and more precisely, the power is higher, the cheapness for production in tens of thousands remained .. ...
  9. 0
    28 October 2020 10: 58
    The launch range is up to 6 km, in reality 3-4 km is of course a super weapon that does not have "analogs", the level of the WWII. The Turks from drones are just hurling bullets, but we, as always, have our own way of senseless and merciless.
    1. 0
      18 May 2023 19: 39
      Ur it’s good that the whirlwind, that the attack is excellent complexes, if it’s not anti-tank, then it’s the same LMUR, but on the target platform, NARs will give the best result ... A column on the march, a railway train, infantry in the trenches, attacking infantry with chains - bunks here will be several orders of magnitude more efficient.
  10. 0
    17 May 2023 16: 17
    Here with VO more useful information:

    https://topwar.ru/171651-s-8ofp-bronebojschik-novaja-raketa-iz-starogo-semejstva.html
  11. 0
    18 May 2023 19: 35
    A small launch range just allows you to achieve acceptable accuracy.
    In general, nurses are a useful thing, they work well for flat targets, the main thing is to work as a weapon for its intended purpose ...
    Again, if you notice a puppy with a stinger, the easiest and fastest way to hit him is with a handful of NARs ...

"Right Sector" (banned in Russia), "Ukrainian Insurgent Army" (UPA) (banned in Russia), ISIS (banned in Russia), "Jabhat Fatah al-Sham" formerly "Jabhat al-Nusra" (banned in Russia) , Taliban (banned in Russia), Al-Qaeda (banned in Russia), Anti-Corruption Foundation (banned in Russia), Navalny Headquarters (banned in Russia), Facebook (banned in Russia), Instagram (banned in Russia), Meta (banned in Russia), Misanthropic Division (banned in Russia), Azov (banned in Russia), Muslim Brotherhood (banned in Russia), Aum Shinrikyo (banned in Russia), AUE (banned in Russia), UNA-UNSO (banned in Russia), Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People (banned in Russia), Legion “Freedom of Russia” (armed formation, recognized as terrorist in the Russian Federation and banned)

“Non-profit organizations, unregistered public associations or individuals performing the functions of a foreign agent,” as well as media outlets performing the functions of a foreign agent: “Medusa”; "Voice of America"; "Realities"; "Present time"; "Radio Freedom"; Ponomarev; Savitskaya; Markelov; Kamalyagin; Apakhonchich; Makarevich; Dud; Gordon; Zhdanov; Medvedev; Fedorov; "Owl"; "Alliance of Doctors"; "RKK" "Levada Center"; "Memorial"; "Voice"; "Person and law"; "Rain"; "Mediazone"; "Deutsche Welle"; QMS "Caucasian Knot"; "Insider"; "New Newspaper"