“Izdeliye-305” or LMUR: a high-precision Russian drone missile used in the Northeast Military District zone

History The Light Multi-Purpose Guided Missile (LMUR), popularly called the Lemur, began in 2003 when a senior Defense Department official read an article about the American drone Predator and proposed to create a similar aircraft for the Russian armies.

Ultimately, it was thanks to the above-mentioned initiative that the Russian Armed Forces appeared Drone "Pacer". Meanwhile, even before the UAV was created, the Russian Defense Ministry thought about what it could be armed with.

As a result, in 2011, the Russian military The department ordered the development of a missile, which received the index "Product-79". Despite the fact that the missile was ready by 2016, "Inohodets" began to be equipped with "Kornets".

However, “Product-79” was not wasted. The FSB became interested in the missile to equip regular helicopters. At the same time, the ammunition was supposed to become “smart” with the ability to select a target and cancel the “task” already in flight if necessary.

This is how the LMUR or “Izdeliye-305” missile appeared, which was first presented at the Army-2021 forum. The first combat use of the Lemur ammunition took place in June 2022, when an Mi-28 hit a hangar in the village of Yakovlevka.

It is worth noting that LMUR is a kind of hybrid between a rocket and a drone. The ammunition can either follow a target, the parameters of which are set before launch, or select a “victim” under the control of the operator. This feature is available thanks to the optics built into the homing head.

The launch weight of the Izdeliye-305 is 105 kg, 25 of which is the warhead. The maximum launch range is determined to be 14,5 km at speeds of up to 220-230 m/s.

Comments

[expert]

A wonderful product. There would be more of these. All kinds and different!

[Andy_nsk]

It is not clear why the FSB was interested in the product and left the Moscow Region indifferent? - although after the corruption scandals in the Ministry of Defense one can guess why - the heads of the generals were not occupied with that.

[Voronezh]

It’s good that someone at the enterprise thought to make an offer to the FSB, they would have sent it to the archives

[Shelest2000]

An interesting option would be a ground launch from a mobile platform from a combat transport container.

[DMFalke]

The range will be similar to that of an ATGM due to a ground launch from a stationary position. There is an ATGM. Apparently what was needed was low-power, air-launched ammunition with low speed and a video channel, similar to a helpfire.

[igorbrsv]

Or like a vortex.......

[Shelest2000]

The ATGM is still for other purposes and its warhead is different, mostly cumulative. And 25 kg of Lemur is still 25 kg of OF or ODAB! Putting a launcher complex of 1-2-4 pieces on a light vehicle, like a Tiger, and at 14 km you can very quickly respond to the changing situation of the battlefield. With aviation it’s more complicated. More than one hour will pass from identifying the target, reporting, bringing it to aviation, time for the flight. plus you shouldn’t forget about enemy air defense, because The missile's flight range is very short.
I may be wrong, but a ground-based option would definitely not hurt.

[wladimirjankov]

began in 2003, when a senior Defense Ministry official read an article about the American Predator drone and proposed creating a similar aircraft for the Russian army.

The US launched the Predator into production and entered service in the 90s. For a long time, our “major Defense Ministry official” received information about this. But even if in 2003 our military-industrial complex and the Defense Ministry began to do something in the field of creating their own Predators, then already in the early 10s they appeared in our army. But no, they began to move and begin to itch, it seems, only after Syria, Karabakh and Libya. When it became clear to fools that UAVs are a really effective weapon and the army cannot do without it. And Product 305 is a good and necessary missile. She could double her range.

[KCA]

So “Kronstadt” did not have its own facilities, there was only pilot production, the plant was bought in 2021, production of UAVs began in 2022, before that they assembled prototypes for testing, I saw them several times in flight in army paint, gray with stars, from me 10 km away is a small aviation airfield, apparently they fly from it, one flew very low, below the clouds

[DMFalke]

It is worth noting that LMUR is a kind of hybrid between a rocket and a drone. The ammunition can either follow a target, the parameters of which are set before launch, or select a “victim” under the control of the operator. This feature is available thanks to the optics built into the homing head.

A conventional guided projectile/missile with the possibility of manual guidance via a video channel. How to turn the unprecedented into a miracle? call it a hybrid with a drone.

[AC130 Gunship]

Meanwhile, the Americans have been testing an attack drone for the 3rd year already, which carries as many as 16 air-to-surface missiles

[Skobaristan]

Quote: AC130 Ganship

Meanwhile, the Americans have been testing an attack drone for the 3rd year already, which carries as many as 16 air-to-surface missiles

They also have a railgun and lasers... all on the Death Star. I haven't seen this account for a long time. By the way, why have they been testing for 3 years? Why is it taking so long? What will happen to him with normal air defense, and not the Taliban with Kalash?

[fiv]

And they also have a robot as president. Only his software stumbles, freezes and crashes.

[Skobaristan]

Quote: fiv

And they also have a robot as president. Only his software stumbles, freezes and crashes.

The punched cards are old .. and a new input device cannot be mounted, there are no protocols.