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KBM completes development of new Gibka-S short-range air defense missile system 21909161.
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KBM completes development of new Gibka-S short-range air defense missile system
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Russia's Machine-Building Design Bureau (Russian acronym: KBM, Konstruktorskoe Buro Mashinostroyeniya; a subsidiary of the Rostec state corporation) has developed the Gibka-S short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system.
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 The Gibka-S VSHORAD system is composed of up to six fully automatized self-propelled launching vehicles(Credit: KBM) |
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The Gibka-S SAM system is comprised of a mobile command-and-control (C2) post and up to six fully automatized self-propelled launching vehicles. Both C2 and mobile launcher are based on the VPK-233114 Tigr-M (M stands for Upgraded, Modernizirovanny) light multirole vehicle designed by the Military Industrial Company (Russian acronym: VPK, Voyenno-Promishlennaya Kompaniya).
A Gibka-S launching unit is equipped with four ready-to-launch 9K338 Igla-S (NATO reporting name: SA-24 Grinch) or 9K333 Verba short-range SAMs; four more missiles are transported in the ammunition load of the vehicle. It has a crew of four servicemen. The mobile C2 post equipped with a Garmon short-range portable radar can control the combat vehicles at an 8-17 km distance. The Gibka-S mobile SAM system is reported to be able to eliminate all types of aerial targets flying at low altitudes by day and night. |
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 And of one mobile command-and-control (C2) post(Credit: KBM) |
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According to the official specifications provided by KBM, the Igla-S SAM has a combat weight of 10.6 kg, a firing range of 6,000 m, and a deployment time of 13 sec. It can eliminate aerial targets flying at an altitude of 3,500 m. The missile is equipped with a dual-spectrum infrared seeker. The Verba SAM is believed to have a range of 6,000 m and a maximum operational altitude of 4,500 m.
The 1L122-1E Garmon radar has a target detection range of 40 km and a target detection altitude of 40 km. It is being produced by the Almaz-Antey Concern. According to the official specifications provided by VPK, the VPK-233114 Tigr-M light multirole vehicle has a combat weight of 7,800 kg, a maximum road speed of 120 km/h, an operational range of 1,000 km, a length of 5,700 mm, a width of 2,400 mm, a height of 2,500 mm, and a clearance of 400 mm. It is armoured at Level 1 (K) STANAG 4569 (all-round protection against 5.56 mm and 7.62 mm bullets at a 30 m distance). VPK-233114 is powered by single YaMZ-5347-10 (215 h.p.) multifuel diesel engine. The vehicle has a crew of one servicemen and a passenger capacity of up to eight soldiers. It is equipped with an air cooling unit and a filter installation. |
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