The Russian army again does not have time to be modern
For some reason, few people are very surprised by the alarm of an “independent military review” about modern anti-tank missile systems.
The newspaper "NVO" drew attention to the depressing pattern in the field of anti-tank defense. What happens in reality, try to understand this article.
It so happened that the military department of the Russian Federation missed one aspect of development in the field of defense weapons - anti-tank missiles. The world has long acquired new systems and complexes in this area that provide contactless solutions for defense and attack.
Yes, we have something to fight against the potential armor of a potential enemy, helicopters included in the armament program before the 2020 of the year - Ka-52 and Mi-28H. But the 2-generation VTRV-M and “Attack” ATGMs by the year 2020 will drastically lag behind the third-generation ATGMs of foreign helicopters. Domestic anti-tank systems, launched into mass production in 90, they already require modernization and improvement.
The situation is approximately the same in tank troops, if quite recently the Chief of the General Staff N. Makarov criticized the T-90, what can we say about the basis of the tank forces - the T-72.
It is clear that the statement of the Western media that the NATO troops have worked out the technology for the defeat of domestic tanks should not be taken as truth, but they have enough reason for such statements.
ATGMs that are in service with Russian tanks were designed to destroy the Abrams-М1 and Abrams-М1А1 US tanks twenty years ago. And over the past 20 years, the protection of tanks has increased so much that even a few direct hits from existing anti-tank systems do not guarantee the destruction of foreign tanks.
The chief of the General Staff stated openly that with the money that goes to purchase the T-90, it is easier to acquire foreign Leopards, again, then talking about the T-72.
Yes, domestic developments in this area are progressing successfully, but, unfortunately, they are not and most likely will not be in the weapons program, since it has already been approved and is working.
The NVO newspaper also draws attention to the changing nature of military operations. Virtually all recent military conflicts are non-contact, weapons are used by self-propelled vehicles or used from long distances to destroy enemy armored vehicles. Under these conditions, it is not clear how our military justified the use of morally aging anti-tank systems and their ability to stand up to modern armaments of foreign countries on equal terms.
Recall that all domestic ATGM, both helicopter and ground, will not be able to overcome the bar to defeat the enemy more than 15 kilometers.
The UK is actively working to modernize the 3 generation Brimstone ATGM to increase the range of destruction. The ATGM is equipped with a rocket with an active radar homing head, a digital autopilot, an inertial guidance system, a tandem warhead that penetrates 1200 mm armor, and a missile range of about ten kilometers.
The United States already has an X-NUMX JAGM, the destruction range is 3 kilometers, and when it is fired by a rocket from an aircraft, the range increases to 16 kilometers.
At this time, domestic ATGMs belong to the 2 generation, except perhaps Chrysanthemums, but its experts do not belong to the third generation, rather to the intermediate generation 2 +.
Today’s anti-tank systems and anti-tank guided missiles do not cope with modern foreign dynamic defense, and tandem neutralizes the combat units of modern domestic missiles to destroy enemy armored vehicles, and the absence of anti-tank systems with long-range and inaction in this area will make itself felt in the near future.
The newspaper "NVO" drew attention to the depressing pattern in the field of anti-tank defense. What happens in reality, try to understand this article.
It so happened that the military department of the Russian Federation missed one aspect of development in the field of defense weapons - anti-tank missiles. The world has long acquired new systems and complexes in this area that provide contactless solutions for defense and attack.
Yes, we have something to fight against the potential armor of a potential enemy, helicopters included in the armament program before the 2020 of the year - Ka-52 and Mi-28H. But the 2-generation VTRV-M and “Attack” ATGMs by the year 2020 will drastically lag behind the third-generation ATGMs of foreign helicopters. Domestic anti-tank systems, launched into mass production in 90, they already require modernization and improvement.
The situation is approximately the same in tank troops, if quite recently the Chief of the General Staff N. Makarov criticized the T-90, what can we say about the basis of the tank forces - the T-72.
It is clear that the statement of the Western media that the NATO troops have worked out the technology for the defeat of domestic tanks should not be taken as truth, but they have enough reason for such statements.
ATGMs that are in service with Russian tanks were designed to destroy the Abrams-М1 and Abrams-М1А1 US tanks twenty years ago. And over the past 20 years, the protection of tanks has increased so much that even a few direct hits from existing anti-tank systems do not guarantee the destruction of foreign tanks.
The chief of the General Staff stated openly that with the money that goes to purchase the T-90, it is easier to acquire foreign Leopards, again, then talking about the T-72.
Yes, domestic developments in this area are progressing successfully, but, unfortunately, they are not and most likely will not be in the weapons program, since it has already been approved and is working.
The NVO newspaper also draws attention to the changing nature of military operations. Virtually all recent military conflicts are non-contact, weapons are used by self-propelled vehicles or used from long distances to destroy enemy armored vehicles. Under these conditions, it is not clear how our military justified the use of morally aging anti-tank systems and their ability to stand up to modern armaments of foreign countries on equal terms.
Recall that all domestic ATGM, both helicopter and ground, will not be able to overcome the bar to defeat the enemy more than 15 kilometers.
The UK is actively working to modernize the 3 generation Brimstone ATGM to increase the range of destruction. The ATGM is equipped with a rocket with an active radar homing head, a digital autopilot, an inertial guidance system, a tandem warhead that penetrates 1200 mm armor, and a missile range of about ten kilometers.
The United States already has an X-NUMX JAGM, the destruction range is 3 kilometers, and when it is fired by a rocket from an aircraft, the range increases to 16 kilometers.
At this time, domestic ATGMs belong to the 2 generation, except perhaps Chrysanthemums, but its experts do not belong to the third generation, rather to the intermediate generation 2 +.
Today’s anti-tank systems and anti-tank guided missiles do not cope with modern foreign dynamic defense, and tandem neutralizes the combat units of modern domestic missiles to destroy enemy armored vehicles, and the absence of anti-tank systems with long-range and inaction in this area will make itself felt in the near future.
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