New engine and radar with AFAR: India carried out another modernization of the Soviet ZSU-23-4 “Shilka”

Recently, another version of the modernization of the ZSU-23-4 “Shilka” self-propelled anti-aircraft gun was presented in India. The show took place as part of a rehearsal for a military parade. In the USSR, this version of the air defense system was produced from 1964 to 1982. India is one of the countries in the world in whose armies the Shilka is used.

Today, the Indian armed forces have 75 ZSU-23-4. How many of them have undergone modernization has not yet been reported.

According to the latest data, an Indian defense industry plant installed an active phased array radar on the rear of the Shilka turret instead of the RPK-2 radar. It allows you to search and track targets at distances that are about a third greater than the previous version of the radar.

The Indian press writes that the efficiency of using the ZSU-23-4 “Shilka” at night, as well as in bad weather, is now increasing.

From the message:

Bharat Electronics, as a result of modernizing the ZSU, has provided the ability to identify, capture and track a target when working in an ECM (Electronic Counter-Measure) environment.

It is reported that the “Indian” Shilka will be equipped with an electronic gun control system and driver displays.

Also modernized by the Indian company, the Soviet Shilka received a new engine, which is said to reduce fuel consumption by 20%.

Additionally, the Shilka of the Indian Armed Forces received an updated NBC control system.

The official display of the next modernization of the Soviet Shilka self-propelled gun will take place in New Delhi at the military parade in honor of Republic Day.

Comments

[Lipchanin]

Shilka received a new engine, which is said to reduce fuel consumption by 20%.

I wonder who they bought the engine from.
They obviously couldn’t do it themselves

[faiver]

They obviously couldn’t do it themselves

- where did you get the idea, the Indians have long mastered the production of various equipment

[Lipchanin]

Quote: faiver

where did you get the idea, the Indians have long mastered the production of various equipment

Yes, you've mastered enough.
I can’t master the replacement for the old Shilka

[Nikolaevich I]

Quote: Lipchanin

I can’t master the replacement for the old Shilka

They don’t look for good from good!

[113262a]

Yes, any six-row tractor tractor has room there! In any case, the D-6 will be better and more economical. And even more so in terms of oil consumption!

[TermiNahTer]

Should the chassis be repaired or modified? Radar is good, but first you need to get to where they will shoot))))

[captain92]

Quote: TermiNahTer

Radar is good

It allows you to search and track targets at distances that are about a third greater than the previous version of the radar .

The probability of receiving a response in the form of an anti-radar missile has increased by a third.
For example SM 10,. PL 16.

[TermiNahTer]

Well, the Shilka used to have a guidance radar

[captain92]

Quote: TermiNahTer

Well, the Shilka used to have a guidance radar

Yes it was. Moreover, Shilka was modernized and received an antenna module for the Rogach AS radar with phased array and an optoelectronic channel.

Time does not stand still. The increase in the range of use of aircraft ammunition, their quality, combined with the development of cruise missiles and techniques for increasing the survivability of combat aircraft, the tactics of using PRR, negates the modernization of the same Shilka. That’s actually why it was replaced by “Tunguska” and then “Pantsir”.
A wide range of “traps”, “surprises” and special equipment that allow you to fool the best anti-aircraft systems by the nose.

For example, MALD, simulators of air targets, launched en masse into the air defense coverage area. For ground-based radars, they are practically indistinguishable from fighters and, especially, cruise missiles; they imitate simple maneuvers and radio communications of crews. They fly hundreds of kilometers.
The purpose of these “dummies” is to disperse and divert the attention of anti-aircraft crews from real targets. Force the radars to be activated, which will “fuck” the PRR. Let's add to this a low-power 23 mm projectile. (2.5 - 3km)
Let's take for example the Chinese PRR ("friend" of India) PL 16, range 80 km, speed about 3000 km/h.
As soon as the radar “turns on,” the installation is complete.
These are no longer the primitive Shrikes used by the Americans in Vietnam.
It’s another matter, given the Afghan experience, when ours removed the radar, increasing the installation’s ammunition capacity to 4000 rounds and using it at checkpoints.

[TermiNahTer]

Not only on blocks, they also walked in columns - a cool thing: “logging” in greenery

[Ros 56]

Well done Indians. The main thing is that it meets their needs and the requirements of the time.

[Victor_B]

It turned out to be a tough device!

[Flashpoint]

Green Christmas trees - you read the headline -

New engine and radar with AFAR

- and immediately thought about the fighter... And then the Indians got into trouble.
PS:
Well, they could have added wings. I can imagine the A-10 pilot screaming heart-rendingly: “Mayday, the bully is catching up with me!!! I’m ejecting!”

[Dauria]

radar with AFAR

- and immediately thoughts about a fighter

Soon microwave ovens for the kitchen using semiconductor modules will be cheaper than a magnetron. It's the 21st century after all.

[Quadro]

It looks like a cruel collective farm, it’s time to replace it long ago, and they’re still torturing the old man. It’s especially funny against the backdrop of purchasing expensive aircraft and tanks.

[Nazar]

Quadro - this “collective farm”, with a good UAV radar, will work normally, and this is exactly what our “new” (non-collective farm) terminator cannot do yet

[Zaurbek]

23mm is rather weak, it may not reach you.

[OgnennyiKotik]

It is clear that it is useless against MALE. But quite against flying little things. The main advantage is that it creates a “cloud” of projectiles. Excellent against kamikaze drones. In the absence of shells with controlled detonation.

[Quadro]

Quote: Nazar

Quadro - this “collective farm”, with a good UAV radar, will work normally, and this is exactly what our “new” (non-collective farm) terminator cannot do yet

Well, apparently our fools made the awl and the shell. And yes, you at least find out why the terminator was made, now it would be a vehicle to support tanks, to be attached to air defense. Why not T-72? There is also a cannon and tracks.

[U-58]

Not a collective farm at all.
Indians are meeting the challenge of the times. Shooting down all sorts of drones - pterodactyls - helicopters - quadrocopters from the S-400 in batches will somehow be expensive, but here it’s just on topic.

[113262a]

The car is excellent, there would be more of these in the Donbass. Even without modernization, it works perfectly in manual mode.

[Al_lexx]

Another harsh and merciless Indian disco. This is about the same as installing an over-the-horizon radar on a missile boat or equipping small arms with GPS-guided ammunition.

[garri-lin]

Well why not? Detection range increased by a third. This means the radar is not a super duper Wunderwaffle, but simply new but not redundant. In mountainous areas, Shilka may well be useful.

[d4rkmesa]

Yeah. For some reason, the cunning Israelis and Europeans are the only ones making money from modernizing Soviet technology. We can also admit that AFARs are still produced in single copies, mostly on prototypes, including the Su-57.

[rocket757]

So you can chase “tigers” through the bushes!
As air defense, well, very limited.
A good thing, but now the time has come for other systems.

[Andrey VOV]

I haven’t seen how it works against air targets in real life, but how it works against manpower and buildings....it’s a thing!!!

[Lipchanin]

Quote: Andrey VOV

but how about manpower and buildings.... thing!!!

Friends told me that in Afghanistan the spirits ran away at the sight of Shilka

[Israel]

Your friends exaggerate or leave out some important details.

[Andrey VOV]

What didn’t you like about the story about Shilka in Afghanistan?

[Israel]

The fact that spirits ran away from one sight of Shilka, it would have been possible to scare everyone away with Shilka alone.

[Andrey VOV]

Well, yes....they are not cowardly perfumes at all

[Quadro]

Against a modern enemy, it's a coffin. For air defense - outdated, for supporting infantry and tanks - paper protection and, well, very dispersion. This can and will work in Syria. For buildings, 23mm is useless.

[Doliva63]

Quote: Andrey VOV

I haven’t seen how it works against air targets in real life, but how it works against manpower and buildings....it’s a thing!!!

When the war was going on in Vietnam, in our club (well, sort of, a movie theater for the military), a chronicle from there was shown before the movie. Including, with the participation of Shilka. The spectacle, I tell you, is mesmerizing when the phantom scatters in splashes! A very, very effective weapon. Yes, in fact, we didn’t do anything else. As for manpower, I tried it myself once and liked it less.

[prior]

My heart feels that we will soon begin to restore the technological line for the production of modernized "Shiloks". Well, like TU-160, TU-76, T-72, T-80........

[Quadro]

What's the point? There is Tunguska and the shell.

[Kaw]

Their guns seem to be worthless

[FrankyStein]

With such dispersion it is only possible to shoot down airships.

[Guru]

Bharat Electronics, as a result of modernizing the ZSU, has provided the ability to identify, capture and track a target when working in an ECM (Electronic Counter-Measure) environment.

Quite a good technique for combating UAVs.

[Kaw]

We needed to do the same. IMHO the optimal and inexpensive remedy for loitering ammunition of the "Harop" type.