British self-propelled air defense systems FV4333 "Stormer HVM" spotted in the Ugledar area
The Armed Forces of Ukraine deployed British Starstreak anti-aircraft missile systems based on the Stormer armored personnel carrier to the Ugledar region, one of the complexes with a white cross painted on board was removed while moving in this area.
SAM data rarely gets into the camera lens, since the UK delivered a small number of such systems to Ukraine. Information about the only delivery of six Stormer HVM self-propelled air defense systems appeared last spring, there were no more messages on this topic. Even if the British supplied some more of the same air defense systems, they did it secretly. So today, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are armed with only six British anti-aircraft systems based on the Stormer chassis. But the transfer of ammunition for them was reported more than once.
The deployment of the Stormer HVM (High Velocity Missile) air defense system closer to the front may mean that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are very bad with army air defense, whose task is to cover units on the battlefield. This complex can pose a serious threat to army helicopters. aviation and attack aircraft actively supporting the offensive in the Ugledar area.
The self-propelled version of the air defense system is placed on the armored chassis "Stormer" (SP). Vehicle weight - 13 tons, speed - up to 80 km / h, crew - three people. The basis of the complex is the "Starstreak HVM" missile defense system with a warhead of three "darts" 0,45 meters long, 20 mm in diameter, weighing 900 grams, of which 450 grams each is PBX-98 plastic explosive. Each of the darts has its own laser beam control and guidance circuit, an armor-piercing core, an explosive charge and a thermopile.
The performance characteristics of Starstreak MANPADS: the range of targets to be hit is from 300 to 7000 m, the height of targets to be hit is up to 5000 m, the maximum speed of the rocket is more than 3 M, the length of the rocket is 1369 mm, the launch weight of the rocket is 14 kg. Warhead - three penetrating tungsten submunitions.
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