Successful final tests for Poland's Poprad self-propelled VSHORAD anti-aircraft system
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| Successful final tests for Poland's Poprad self-propelled VSHORAD anti-aircraft system | |||
According
to Defence24, commission organized by the Polish Armament Inspectorate
has tested, with a positive result, the sample batch of the Poprad self-propelled
VSHORAD anti aircraft systems, which has been manufactured by the PIT-RADWAR
SA company. |
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Poprad self-propelled
VSHORAD anti aircraft system during firing tests at Ustka test range,
Poland |
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Scope
of the additional hand-off-acceptance examination included test firing
and assessment of the remarks and recommendations contained within the
“Final protocol of the commission acceptance/hand-off examination
of the test lot of the POPRAD Self Propelled Anti Aircraft Systems”.
It has been determined that the Poprad systems are capable of destroying
moving targets and that they have been manufactured in line with the technical
specification – as the Armament Inspectorate claims.
The commission consisted of the Heads of Armament of the Armament Inspectorate, Presidents of the Board of the Air- and Anti-Missile Defence of the general staff of the Inspectorate of the Armed Services from the General Command of the Armed Services, members of the 15th Regional Military Representative Office and employees of the PIT-RADWAR S.A. company. The tests have been executed within the period between 15th September and 21st November 2014. The achieved results are positive and the system has been certified to be safe to use. The test batch consisted of two Poprad anti-aircraft systems. In total, acquisition of 79 examples is planned by the Polish army, in accordance with the “Plan of the Technical Modernization of the Armed Forces within the Period between 2013 and 2022”. Poprad
system will be, according to the information available, armed with four
Grom/Piorun anti aircraft missile launchers. Additional equipment would
include electro-optical fire control system. All that has been embedded
within a chassis of the Zubr armoured vehicle, which is being manufactured
by the AMZ Kutno company. According to the information provided by colonel
Adam Duda, during the meeting of the parliamentary Commission Of National
Defence, which took place in October this year, the agreement regarding
the purchase of this type of VSHORAD’s is planned to happen in the
next year. |
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