SAM "Gibka-S" in production, in service and in Special Operations

Complex "Gibka-S" at the exhibition. In the foreground - a combat vehicle, behind it - MRUK

Not so long ago, a new anti-aircraft missile system "Gibka-S" began to enter service with the military air defense units of the Russian army. According to the latest reports, combat vehicles of this type are already being used in the zone of the Special Operation and, together with other equipment, provide protection for troops from air attack weapons. According to the results of combat use, the new air defense system receives good reviews.

From exhibition to production

A promising self-propelled short-range military defense air defense system with the code "Gibka-S" was created in the middle of the last decade. The development was carried out by NPK "Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering" (Kolomna) from the holding "High Precision Complexes" ("Rostec") in cooperation with a number of other enterprises.

The purpose of the new project was actually to place the existing portable air defense systems "Igla" or "Verba" on self-propelled platforms in the form of armored vehicles "Tiger". A combat vehicle was developed with a new launcher for Verba missiles and appropriate controls, and the so-called. reconnaissance and control vehicle of the platoon commander with existing radar facilities and a communication system.

The finished SAM "Gibka-S" was first presented to the customer in the closed part of the military-technical forum "Army-2016". In the future, the experimental tools of such a complex were repeatedly shown at other exhibitions. In parallel with this, the customer and contractor tested prototypes.

Combat vehicle on trial

At the very end of 2019, the Ministry of Defense spoke about the successful testing of the Gibka-S product. Experienced armored vehicles with missiles confirmed the calculated characteristics and showed their potential. Based on the results of these events, the issue of adopting a new air defense system for service was to be decided.

After that, for a long time, new information about the promising complex was not received. Only at the beginning of 2022 did the Ministry of Defense disclose relevant information. As it turned out, a contract for the production of Gibka-S was signed and assembly was launched. The arrival of the first platoon kits to the troops was expected within a year.

Technique in the ranks

Details of the contract for mass production of new air defense systems have not yet been disclosed. Both the ordered quantity of equipment and the timing of its delivery are unknown. At the same time, it is clear that the first complexes are already ready, handed over to the customer and mastered by the operating units. Moreover, it is already known about their combat use.

On August 17, 2023 RIA reported about it News with reference to "High-precision complexes". The organization-developer and manufacturer confirmed that Gibka-S is mass-produced as part of the state defense order. The equipment is used as part of the Special Operation to Protect Donbass and has proven itself well.

The manufacturer provides support for new air defense systems. It collects user feedback, as well as systematically organizes specialist visits to the war zone.

Platoon commander's reconnaissance and control vehicle

Detailed information about the use of Gibka-S products at the front and their combat account has not yet been given. However, judging by the general reviews, the equipment copes with the tasks set and hits air targets. The Ministry of Defense regularly reports on the destruction of certain enemy aircraft, and, obviously, some of them are affected precisely by the calculations of the new Gibok-S.

On the existing base

"Gibka-S" is a short-range self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system designed to cover troops on the march, in positions and during combat operations. On its own or together with other means, it must detect and destroy a wide range of air attack means - from tactical aircraft aviation to precision-guided munitions and unmanned aerial vehicles.

When creating Gibka-S, ready-made components were widely used, as well as developments on existing projects. In particular, the land-based air defense system inherited the name and part of the technical solutions from the ship-based 3M-47 Gibka. In addition, the new complex uses serial chassis of the Tiger type, missiles of the main domestic MANPADS, including the latest Verba, as well as modern radio equipment.

Such an approach to shaping the appearance and composition of the complex has obvious advantages. Due to it, the air defense system has a minimum of new components, which simplifies its production and operation. In addition, the technical and combat characteristics are at the level of other common samples.

Joint use of MANPADS and radar 1L122 in a portable version

The Gibka-S combat vehicle is equipped with an original launcher with mounts for Igla or Verba MANPADS, as well as an optoelectronic system for searching for targets and aiming. The design of the installation provides circular horizontal guidance and allows you to change the elevation angle of the containers with missiles. In the stowed position, the installation folds up and rests on the roof of the armored car. Ready-to-use ammunition - 4 missiles. 4 more are being transported inside the car.

The installation and missiles are controlled from the operator's console, placed in the interior of the carrier armored car. The control system and optics provide combat use at any time of the day in a wide range of weather conditions. The operator also has communication devices at his disposal to receive data from the platoon leader.

The crew of the combat vehicle includes a driver, a commander-operator and two anti-aircraft gunners. If necessary, the latter can dismount and independently use the available MANPADS from the stack. Due to this, it is possible to simultaneously launch at three different targets or up to three missiles one at a time.

The combat qualities of Gibki-S depend on the type of missiles used. Thus, the product 9K338 "Igla-S" allows you to attack air targets at ranges up to 6 km and altitudes up to 3,5 km on a collision course and overtake. A missile weighing less than 12 kg carries a 2,5-kg high-explosive fragmentation warhead. The dual-spectrum infrared homing head provides high tracking reliability and the probability of hitting the target. When using MANPADS 3K333 "Verba", the range increases to 6,4 km, height - up to 4,5 km. The three-channel IR seeker is characterized by increased reliability and noise immunity.

Exercises with the use of air defense systems "Verba"

The reconnaissance and control vehicle of the platoon commander (MRUK) is made on the same chassis, but has a different equipment. To monitor the air situation, detect and track targets, this machine carries a small-sized 1L122 Harmony radar. The antenna device of the station is located on the roof of the armored car, and the operator's console is located in the cabin.

The Harmony product detects large air targets at distances up to 40 km and altitudes up to 10 km. The maximum speed of the escorted object is 700 m/s. Data from the station is processed and used to organize the work of the platoon. With the help of regular means of communication, target designation is issued to combat vehicles and their crews.

MRUK interacts with the higher command post, and also coordinates the work of the entrusted unit / units. Provides control of six combat vehicles "Gibka-S" or four squads of anti-aircraft gunners with the necessary means of communication. Communication between the means of the complex is maintained at distances up to 8 km in motion or up to 17 km in the parking lot.

Preliminary results

Thus, the Russian ground forces received a new military air defense air defense system that combines the best qualities of self-propelled and portable systems. To date, a number of the latest Gibka-S products have come into the Special Operations area and are solving real problems, demonstrating their characteristics and capabilities.

It is reported that "Gibki-S" cope with their functions and receive good reviews. This contributes to continued operation and serial production. It can be expected that the fleet of such equipment will gradually increase and positively affect the overall potential of military air defense.

Comments

[Vadim S]

Well, finally, they began to make small, light, highly abundant complexes, the most on the tiger. It is easy to hide it, and what speed, and easy to shoot on any ferry. And dig a trench for him quickly.

[Alexey RA]

Quote: Vadim S

Well, finally, they began to make small, light, highly abundant complexes, the most on the tiger.

Isn't it easier to give normal transport to MANPADS foot crews (at the rate of one vehicle for two crews) and air situation and target designation tablets? And not to make a seven-ton air defense system with characteristic outlines with low-power missiles?

[abc_alex]

Quote: Alexey RA

Quote: Vadim S

Well, finally, they began to make small, light, highly abundant complexes, the most on the tiger.

Isn't it easier to give normal transport to MANPADS foot crews (at the rate of one vehicle for two crews) and air situation and target designation tablets? And not to make a seven-ton air defense system with characteristic outlines with low-power missiles?

Easier. But it won't do anything. The main problem of MANPADS is that the operator notices the target too late with his eyes. And if you can still somehow really see the plane, and the helicopter is the very thing, then you can’t see the UAV at a height of a kilometer already. Need "enhancers of vision." OLS acts as such at the PU. If you are ready to carry such a burden on yourself - you are welcome, but keep in mind it must be stabilized :) and powered by electricity. But this is also a half measure. The OLS has a narrow sector of "vision", especially in the guidance mode. Therefore, they made a car with a radar. The radar is basically wearable. Three people can do it. But it needs to be moved somewhere farther ahead, so that when the target is found, the calculation gives a command to the launcher, and the crew of the launcher could deploy the OLS to the desired azimuth.

And by the way, why do you need a low-powered MANPADS missile? Helicopter and plane crashes. And with a double shot, it’s completely guaranteed. Yes, the distance is not great, well, but the drones bring down reliably. And this kit costs any less than the Shell.

By the way, ALL the main components of the complex have already been developed earlier. In fact, this is a continuation of the themes "Archer", "Sagittarius" and "Dzhigit".

[chingachguc]

-Do you see Gibka? - no - and I don’t see. And she is.

[garri-lin]

In theory, Gibka's PU optics should be good at seeing small drones. But missiles with thermal seekers will not be able to target them.
There would be a couple of the most primitive missiles with a "laser path" so that drones could be hit.

[abc_alex]

Quote: garri-lin

In theory, Gibka's PU optics should be good at seeing small drones. But missiles with thermal seekers will not be able to target them.

They see it, they hit it. It's a nitrogen cooled sensor. The piston motor of the drone sees.
https://youtu.be/ZwBtswyHdPg

[garri-lin]

I meant a trifle on an electric course. There is a lot of harm from them. And either electronic warfare or someone advanced like Shell or Thor fights. Bending will be able to see them visually. It would be nice to be able to bring something.

[Alexey RA]

If we omit the praises, then "Bending-S" is a multiply charged MANPADS on a wheelbase. Or a self-propelled target.
All the advantages of MANPADS (stealth and maneuverability, determined only by where the calculation on foot can get) are lost - the complex is mounted on a seven-ton wheelbase, used only in the army. But all the shortcomings remained - a low-powered missile defense system with a range less than that of ATGM helicopters and UAVs, because the performance characteristics of MANPADS missiles were sacrificed to the MGH to ensure the portability of the complex.
The experience of 30 years of development of the Soviet army air defense systems MD - into the furnace. But back in the 60s, when developing Strela-1, the developers refused to install missiles of the Strela-1 MANPADS that lost the competition on the "mess" and developed a new, heavier and longer-range missile defense system (while leaving the name).

[garri-lin]

This is the transport of the calculation of MANPADS. If you want to march from the car, let them. If you want, dismount and sit in the bushes. Each machine is, in theory, 3 launchers in different places.

[moreman78]

MRUK interacts with the higher command post, and also coordinates the work of the entrusted unit / units. Provides control of six combat vehicles "Gibka-S" or four squads of anti-aircraft gunners with the necessary means of communication

If this is a platoon commander vehicle, then there are a lot of 6 combat vehicles, we have never had such platoons! 6 combat vehicles - this is already an anti-aircraft missile battery! So nothing is clear...

[George Sviridov]

Good technique.
It would be absolutely super if it could be unified with the Attack Ptur, of the same plant.
That is, it would be possible to put both ATGM and MANPADS cases, and with the ability to combine them. Let's say 2 of those and 2 of those. If, for example, the vehicle helps to repel the enemy’s advance, or vice versa, it covers our offensive, and when there is no ground enemy activity, then set the maximum willow ...
It would turn out to be a universal support car, for not expensive.

[Scharnhorst]

I agree with you, it's a great system. Even if without anti-tank capabilities. It may seem ridiculous, but in terms of self-defense of the complex itself, I would add the simplest set of eight RPK-74s installed on the same swinging launcher for MANPADS missiles. The target detected by the radar will not always be able to capture the IR seeker of the missiles. But since there is an optical channel and a preliminary control center from the radar visually, even small drones against the sky can be seen at a distance of 300-500 meters. And this is the range of a direct shot for the RPK-74 caliber 5,45 mm and with an initial bullet speed of 960 m / s. Get "Shell in miniature"! And the rate of fire is high and firepower, as they say, at a distance of a pistol shot.

[Rus_80]

Why combine rockets? It is enough to introduce the same tigers into the ATGM platoon on a wheelbase and equip them with operator consoles to receive target designation from the command vehicle.

[garri-lin]

On the marine version of Bending, this has long been implemented. Attack can be set regularly.

[Mikhail Maslov]

It seems to me that "Bending" should be on an armored personnel carrier with 23mm cannons. And this turns out two products. The armored personnel carrier has advantages over the "Tiger", and 23mm cannons are just for working both in the air and, if necessary, on the ground.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

Or, at least, according to the PRP-5 model, a machine gun was installed at the launcher.

If the installation has the possibility of circular rotation, why not rotate it and the machine gun at the same time.

[George Sviridov]

On the ground ptur attack. In general, an interesting car turns out ..

[AlOrg]

And Rostec designers didn’t think of putting missiles in a metal case like the Avenger? And so any fragment or ricochet can damage the rocket body

[Pavel57]

To what extent the complex corresponds to the most urgent task - to cheaply hit UAVs of various classes.

[vladimmiroff]

Not how much. He seems to have a different concept of application. Missiles with infrared seeker are powerless against drones. There would still be a ship's six-barreled shotgun, and then from dagger distances you can cut drones into strips. Yes, and the question of recognition is relevant. Where is your drone and where is someone else's, on the march, for example, how to understand?

[Rus_80]

Well, another eleven years and they will finish the derivation and pine, and everyone will be happy (sarcasm)

[abc_alex]

Quote: vladimmiroff

Missiles with infrared seeker are powerless against drones.

It only seems to you :) The IR complex of the Mi-28N helicopter, created by the same KBM, clearly sees a tree against the background of the earth.

[chingachguc]

I am categorically against mounting MANPADS on the chassis. Killed all his advantage - secrecy. What prevents you from throwing MANPADS into the car, and then dispersing and disguising the crews in the duty zone?

[abc_alex]

Quote: chingachguc

What prevents you from throwing MANPADS into the car, and then dispersing and disguising the crews in the duty zone?

Nothing interferes. That's what they do. See my post above, I explain there why such a machine was made.

[Vasya Vasiliev_3]

I wish the 1L122 Harmony radar could still work in counter-battery combat, and also put a jammer on this machine

[George Sviridov]

Although they write that yes, they can put an attack attack instead of MANPADS, well then this is a super car. Will be in great demand.

[Maize]

And if you put a MANPADS on a cart with a horse, you get a new air defense system with a minimal reflective surface and without dangerous fuels and lubricants.
The performance characteristics of MANPADS are limited by the physical capabilities of a person to launch a missile from the shoulder.
If an anti-aircraft missile is installed on a motorized platform, the limitations of MANPADS are removed from it, and the missile system should show significantly improved characteristics.
Therefore, the assessment of the “new air defense system” is unsatisfactory.