Optoelectronic complex "Irony" in the Special Operations

One of the first complexes "Ironiya" in the army (left), 2015. Photo by the Russian Ministry of Defense

A few years ago, the supply of special forces and intelligence officers began to receive the latest optoelectronic complex "Irony" in different versions. This product is intended for monitoring the terrain, searching for various objects and determining their coordinates. Right now, such complexes are used by Russian intelligence officers and spotters employed in the Special Operation to Protect Donbass.

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Reconnaissance units and special forces participate in the Special Operation from the first day - and use all standard weapons and equipment. In particular, the existing means of observation, including modern optical-electronic complexes, will do their job. The use of such systems is regularly reported and sometimes results of one sort or another are demonstrated.

The first reports about the use of the Irony complex in the zone of the Special Operation appeared in the spring. Such devices were mentioned by different sources. In addition, in April, a curious video appeared in the public domain, presumably filmed by the optical-electronic complex itself. It demonstrated firing a guided missile at an enemy stronghold. Such a target was discovered with the help of the Irony, which then provided a fixation of the launch result.

Similar videos were published later. For example, in September, in the Kherson direction, the operator of the complex removed the enemy infantry advancing in chains. The scouts transmitted the necessary artillery data, and shell explosions in the middle of the enemy formation fell into the frame.

The operator of the "Ironia" complex during the exercises, 2016. Photo by Arms-expo.ru

Another curious episode of the use of the Irony complex took place on the night of November 13th. At night, the enemy tried to land troops on the Kinburn Spit. However, our operators of optical-electronic and radar reconnaissance and surveillance equipment detected the threat in time, and the troops responded to it. The landing attempt failed, the enemy suffered heavy losses.

The other day, on December 19, RIA wrote about the Irony complex News. It spoke with an unnamed special forces soldier from the Western Military District and revealed some of the features of the use of such a device. A serviceman with his unit works in the Kupyansk area and uses a portable surveillance complex.

The commando recalled that the "Irony" allows you to monitor and collect information about the area, identify various objects and make video. The device also calculates the distance to the found object and determines its coordinates. These functions are used to direct and correct artillery fire and aviation strokes.

New generation

Optoelectronic complex "Ironia" was developed by the Russian industry in the first half of the last decade. The aim of the work was to create a new multi-channel surveillance and reconnaissance means of a new generation for wide use in the ground and airborne troops. Due to modern components, it was planned to obtain high performance, as well as ensure effective use in current communication and control loops.

By the middle of the decade, the Irony had passed the necessary tests and received a recommendation for adoption. The industry has mastered the production of such devices, and since 2015 they have been supplied to the troops. The Ministry of Defense has repeatedly reported on the transfer of new surveillance systems to various units - the products are delivered to special forces and intelligence in all military districts.

The defeat of the enemy object. Presumably, shooting by the Ironia complex, April 2022. Photo by Telegram / ChDambiev

In 2019, for the first time, an improved version of the complex called "Ironia-M" was presented. Apparently, by now he has passed the necessary tests and was accepted for the supply of the army.

Since its appearance in the troops, the Ironia complexes have been regularly used in exercises at various levels, incl. in the largest. Operators work out the search for targets and interaction with artillery and aircraft. Now scouts and special forces use their skills in a real military operation. A modern surveillance system simplifies the search for targets and aiming fire.

Multichannel Surveillance

According to known data, within the framework of the Irony project, two versions of the observation complex were developed at once - portable and portable. They have similar functions, but differ in configuration, weight and overall parameters. So, the portable version of the complex has a mass of about 15 kg and is designed for mounting on cars or other self-propelled platforms. The portable version weighs only 3,2 kg and is included in the operator's equipment.

It was the manual version of the complex that received the greatest attention and fame. This product is built in a compact rectangular plastic case with protruding optics, controls, etc. On the front wall of the case there are lenses of optical instruments with removable covers, on the back there is an eyepiece.

The optical part of the Irony includes a television camera, a thermal imager and a laser rangefinder. Signals from all means are processed by built-in electronics and transmitted to the monitor in the eyepiece. Also, the video signal can be output to a separate monitor. It is possible to transmit a picture via a secure radio channel to a command post or to a consumer.

Attempt to attack the enemy, September 2022. Photo by Telegram / "Turned in the war"

It is reported that the optics of the complex allows you to see equipment at distances up to 7 km or a person at a distance of up to 2,5 km at any time of the day. Within the same limits, accurate laser range measurement is also provided.

The Irony complex includes its own navigation aids. Based on its own location, direction to the target and distance to it, the automation calculates the coordinates of the detected object. Then, using regular means of communication, data on the target are transmitted to a higher headquarters or directly to fire weapons.

To expand the detection capabilities and to ensure the safety of the calculation, the complex includes several additional motion sensors. By placing them around the position, the scouts can control the area with a radius of 3 km and timely learn about the approach of the enemy.

Obvious benefit

Optoelectronic complex "Ironia" is capable of solving a wide range of tasks related to monitoring the area or reconnaissance of targets. With its help, scouts can search for important enemy targets and collect data on the situation, as well as direct and correct the fire of various means. In general, the potential and benefits of such a complex are obvious.

Irony has a number of strengths. First of all, this is a successful combination of small dimensions / weight and fairly high performance. Lightweight complex with an ergonomic body allows you to monitor at any time of the day and in any weather conditions. At the same time, the range of confident target recognition, depending on its type and external conditions, reaches several kilometers. The transportable version of the complex is also quite convenient in operation - a large mass is compensated by the lack of the need to carry the calculation forces.

"Irony" records the results of artillery fire, September 2022. Photo by Telegram / "Turned in the war"

Of great importance is the presence of built-in navigation and computing facilities, as well as a communication system. All this allows you to process incoming data as quickly as possible, determine the coordinates of the target and issue target designation or adjustment. In this regard, "Ironia" compares favorably with the means of intelligence of previous generations, which required, incl. and manual calculations.

"Ironiya" can be used together with other reconnaissance systems and complement them. The use of different systems with different principles of operation and characteristics will make it possible to more effectively monitor the situation, find various objects and hit them.

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It should be noted that the supply of special forces and reconnaissance consists of a number of portable and portable means of observation and fire adjustment. In addition to the Irony, the Intrigan optoelectronic complex, the Sobolyatnik radar, etc. are in operation. With the help of all these products, a developed multi-component reconnaissance and target designation system is created. In turn, such a system forms the basis of the so-called. reconnaissance and strike complexes.

All the advantages of both individual samples and multicomponent systems have been repeatedly worked out during tests and confirmed in exercises. Now the Irony operators and the crews of other modern systems use their skills in the Special Operations zone and help the crews of other branches of the armed forces solve combat missions.

Comments

[Grandfather]

All the advantages of both individual samples and multicomponent systems have been repeatedly worked out during tests and confirmed in exercises. Now the Irony operators and the crews of other modern systems use their skills in the Special Operations zone and help the crews of other branches of the armed forces solve combat missions.
Author:
Ryabov Kirill

would like to believe. but few have heard.

[Artyom Ratnikov]

No, the device is not bad, but very crude.
There are shortcomings, but no one with STC wants to contact the people who work for them, collect feedback and refine it.
Apparently people from above are not really interested in how their devices work there, and how they can help!!!

[Misha Kamensky]

A lot of things the army has in service is very useful. The only pity is that much is done in single copies. They were preparing not for war, but for parades. And now the guys are paying for it with their blood.

[Xnumx vis]

Quote: Misha Kamensky

A lot of things the army has in service is very useful. The only pity is that much is done in single copies. They were preparing not for war, but for parades. And now the guys are paying for it with their blood.

It was the same in the Crimean War, with rifles and steamboats, the Great Patriotic War - there were single copies of the Katyusha. T-34 tanks. and aircraft ... And now there are separate copies of the SU 57, T-14, all sorts of boomerang armored personnel carriers, etc., the Coalition art system, and much more has been created, but in small quantities ... We always do not have time to rearm .. And the West has time. That's why we pay in blood. The bad thing is that now we have no real allies. Belarus and all.

[begemot20091]

in 1941, by June 22, 1110 T-34s were produced. plus 30 pieces in 1940. On the eve of the attack on the USSR, the total number of tanks and assault guns in the active German army in the East, on June 22, 1941, amounted to (without flamethrower) only 3332 units (B. Müller-Hillebrand. Handbook "Land Army of Germany. so no need to tell that the Red Army had a single E-34. You, sir, before writing, read the history. Or is it not taught in Ukraine? On the eve of the Great Patriotic War on June 1, 1941, the Red Army had 1392 tanks of new types - T-34- 76 and KV-1. Another 305 tanks were produced in June 1941. By June 22, 16 divisions (10 rifle, 4 tank and 2 motorized) arrived in the western districts, in which there were 201 people, 691 guns and 2746 tanks. During the Great Patriotic War, the army had 1763 KV and T-1861 tanks, of which 34 were in the western border districts

[Sergey Venediktov]

The irony is that a person must enter the line of fire with Irony. As a rule, a sniper works in response, and we see enemies on YouTube with ironies perforated by a bullet when they are reviewed.

Irony is a good thing, but completely useless, if not included in the network-centric tactical level control system of the Constellation type.

I saw at the Archangel of the special forces (cart) how they fixed the launches of MLRS HIMARS missiles with this Irony, but naturally nothing came in response and HIMARS worked with impunity

Why?

Because it is not enough to see a single digital reconnaissance and strike complex, where people from the process of transmitting and processing information excluded. Their function is permission for fire damage, everything else is the work of reconnaissance and fire weapons in fully automatic mode. If so, then the combat control cycle is minimal - up to 1 minute. Everything else is already unacceptably slow.
Who does not want to believe in this, he should think about the question:

Why nomadic MLRS Grads (not even HIMARS) with impunity shelling Donetsk?

That is why they are shelling because they do not have time to suppress them, i.e. they (in NATO) demonstrate the complete impotence of the Russian army in the counter-battery fight.

What to do?

Teach people to use what is 100% and digitize our old art, as Rogozin is trying to do. Hope you understand the pictures...

[Aviator_]

how Rogozin is trying to do it.

This figure with a journalistic diploma loves to act on camera. Is he a big connoisseur of network-centric systems?

[bk316]

Is he a big connoisseur of network-centric systems?

I think small.
Are you big?
And everyone who here copy-pastes any blizzard, big ones?
A man for his great desire to help the country and dilettantism in the fulfillment of this desire received a splinter in the back.
And what did you commentators on VO on the topic of network centric, except for hemorrhoids?
And those who here on VO write about the elemental base and ACS of the NICHRENA battlefield, not only without understanding this at least at the level of Rogozin (he even had someone to ask from his official position) but without even understanding what it is?

Yes, militant amateurism is a terrible thing, but why do you all love it so much?

[filibuster]

A man for his great desire to help the country and dilettantism in the fulfillment of this desire received a splinter in the back.

Well, make the fool pray, Rogozin had exactly one desire to promote himself, and this was evident from his outfit (especially the knife “on the neck”).

And those who here on VO write about the elemental base and ACS of the NICHRENA battlefield, not only without understanding this at least at the level of Rogozin (he even had someone to ask from his official position) but without even understanding what it is?

I understand more about Rogozin and even know the problems from what can be said, the problem arises behind the element base, it is impossible to make a mass product purely on the domestic element base, everything else is clear and if this requirement is removed, at least five or six companies will rivet such systems in Russia. But according to the latest "rumors" in the ministry, gears began to spin in this direction, it is understood that our microelectronic industry will not be able to provide the necessary element base with the requested parameters (dimensions, power consumption, MTBF, price, etc.) in the foreseeable future and there is no other way out how to use foreign components.

[savage3000]

In the back? Right? And they say he had a booze in honor of his friend and got a splinter in J. Whom to believe? Definitely not a philologist.

[Alexey Lantukh]

As I understand it, ASUNO is an Automatic gun aiming control system, which probably implies that a self-propelled gun has a system that determines coordinates and directional angles. When you enter target coordinates, ASUNO will automatically point the gun with all the available corrections and the type of projectile-charge. But, this is if such automation is on the installation. Something on the Tornado is not seen as such. Ordinary aim. In general, such aiming elements have existed for a long time in the air defense and navy. So is there really no elemental base? It's hard to believe.

[Mavrikiy]

Mdyayayayaya, I want a drum roll, but it does not work.

The irony is that a person must enter the line of fire with Irony. As a rule, a sniper works in response, and we see enemies on YouTube with ironies perforated by a bullet when they are reviewed.

What kind of network-centric exchanges of information are there ..... The operator should, at worst, lie in a trench or behind a tubercle in a beam and fix the situation on a tablet. Yes, Irony will have to have an electric drive to scan the area, since there is no "panoramic eye"
And in front of the "Irony" anti-personnel mining should be carried out so that the Ukrainians do not hooligan.

[Zaurbek]

To the compass, 2 more people are laid with a ruler of 2m. He is sent away and the range is determined by the risks on the compass.

[Alexey Lantukh]

Well, the rangefinder rod is hardly used much. Coordinates can also be determined using GLONASS. The directional angle is what is left behind the compass, what is needed for aiming.

[filibuster]

Teach people to use what is 100% and digitize our old art, as Rogozin is trying to do. Hope you understand the pictures...

And how he tries to do it, in a good way this is the work of a company of at least 20-30 people, programmers, GIS specialists, testers, electronics engineers, to develop both hardware and software.

[Ulan.1812]

Quote from: filibuster

Teach people to use what is 100% and digitize our old art, as Rogozin is trying to do. Hope you understand the pictures...

And how he tries to do it, in a good way this is the work of a company of at least 20-30 people, programmers, GIS specialists, testers, electronics engineers, to develop both hardware and software.

So he has a team of specialists there, about the same number.
It is clear that he is trying to use his connections to enable those who have some experience to test them in real conditions. Also collect from those who are at the front what they really need.
Of course, he is not an expert, his business is organization.
By the way, with his team, he just lived for several months in that hotel in Donetsk, where they were covered.
To Rogozin, as to any official of this level, there are certainly complaints, but in this case, I think he is doing a useful thing and, most importantly, without any bureaucratic delays.

[filibuster]

So he has a team of specialists there, about the same number.

I have never heard to understand the “scale of the problem”, for such a team the average salary should be 150 thousand on hand (if we want there to be no turnover and the project really develops), that is, a monthly salary fund of 3 million rubles (excluding all taxes and deductions), then these 20 people have to sit somewhere, this is an office rental, okay, programmers can be sent remotely, but working with hardware, equipment requires space, and then additional staff, you can safely lay 1-2 million rubles of expenses and that very modest budget is 4-5 million rubles a month, where does Rogozin get such money from?

It is clear that he is trying to use his connections to enable those who have some experience to test them in real conditions. Also collect from those who are at the front what they really need.

And what special connections does he have, in general it’s clear what to do, how to do it, how to test it, and Rogozin is completely unnecessary, the main problem is the components, if you demand to use 100% domestic ones, then the project will actually never be done, if allowed, then you can in an emergency mode, the first release in a month to roll out.

To Rogozin, as to any official of this level, there are certainly complaints, but in this case, I think he is doing a useful thing and, most importantly, without any bureaucratic delays.

In my opinion, at best, it does not interfere with anyone, at worst, it diverts resources, creates unnecessary noise and interferes with real projects.

[Alexey Lantukh]

Works certainly exist. I am sure that the Artillery Academy defended more than one dissertation on this topic. I think even prototypes of systems and elements existed, and maybe more than one. Where are they? Hard to say. Show old systems with compass.

[savage3000]

What nonsense are you talking about? This philologist just makes window leaves. He obviously does not even know who and what is next to him in the photo.

[Georgy Sviridov_2]

Counter-battery combat will not help in any way from a nomadic RSZO. Even if a minute after the salvo they begin to respond, then the projectile will fly back for another minute, and this is generally if there is a weapon that can hit at the moment, but it most likely does not exist, because most of the artillery is pulled into the depth so that the enemy cannot hit her to work. But even if it exists, even if after 1-2 minutes they begin to respond (although this is unrealistic, but let's say the howitzers were going to fire at about the same area and it needs a minimum of time to redirect, and the projectile and the necessary charge have already been calculated in the barrel), all the same, this nomadic rszo will already have time to dump.
It is realistic to cover him only before he shoots back. Otherwise, you can work on wandering targets with either aviation, or a strike UAV or a bunch of UAV + Krasnopol when the projectile hits a car that is already leaving.
But this is not a classic counter-battery fight, but catching terrorists.
Counter-battery combat is when the enemy’s artillery either opens up the defense to support the offensive, and then it cannot go far and cannot stop fire for a long time, so as not to leave its troops without support, or vice versa, when the enemy is working to disrupt the offensive, and he cannot stop working for a long time, otherwise the attackers will achieve their goals, and then the counter-battery fight is waged. And yes, there, even the task, as a rule, is not to destroy, but not to let it work and, accordingly, to give its own the opportunity to successfully attack or disrupt the enemy’s offensive, depriving him of art support. And to destroy, well, if something was destroyed, it’s good, but it’s paramount that it’s not to allow the enemy to be supported by fire.
But wandering terrorists need to catch UAVs + high-precision weapons (krasnopol / lancet) or direct aircraft, well, or reconnaissance and strike UAVs, it is useless when breaking into defenses, but for catching "terrorists" this is an ideal weapon.
We just need high-altitude UAVs so that their army air defense (well, except for the s-300v) could not get it. You need about 30 of them for the entire front, precisely for catching terrorists ... Hymers are too deep, and they can easily click everything else.

[Sergei N 58912062]

It is ridiculous to see a compass on the battlefield in the XNUMXst century. Our soldiers should have had an analogue of this for a long time

[Zaurbek]

The most interesting thing is that comm (for industry) sales have almost all the necessary equipment (some use the RF) for topographic and geodetic work: tablets with maps, rangefinders, tripods with optics, etc. (linked to a computer). Unless, they just didn’t put a teplok on them.

[Alexey Lantukh]

Well, yes. Surveyors use both theodolites and rangefinders and satellite navigation. These are the people who need to be called up for mobilization.

[filibuster]

It is reported that the optics of the complex allows you to see equipment at distances up to 7 km or a person at a distance of up to 2,5 km at any time of the day. Within the same limits, accurate laser range measurement is also provided.

A small distance, which does not allow an observer to be unnoticed, up to 2.5 km, in reality means a shorter distance and the possibility of a sniper working on an observer. Here we need systems that allow us to recognize a person at least 5-7 km away.

[makmak]

On a theater of operations, where an average line-of-sight range of 5-7 km is of course needed, but here ... Yes, and to detect an observer 2 km away, a similar system is needed.

[Georgy Sviridov_2]

Well, in fact, how many places with a direct fork of 5-7 km? Well, I know, for example, from one bank to another across the Dnieper ... But in the field, something will always interfere with you. If you didn’t notice a sniper within 2 km, and he noticed you, it simply means that his competence is higher.

[czes]

Who gives stupid names to our technology?