Latvia installs new team trainer for Spike LR2 and Spike SR missiles.

The Latvian army has completed the installation of a new state-of-the-art Team Trainer for Spike issiles. The new system will train Latvian forces to use Rafael Advanced Defense System's Spike LR2 and SR missiles, procured from EuroSpike (a joint venture between Rafael, Diehl Defence, and Rheinmetall Electronics).
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The Latvian army has completed the installation of a new state-of-the-art Team Trainer for Spike issiles (Picture source: Rafael)

Spike LR2 is a 5th generation missile with an engagement range of 5.5km, and Spike SR is a company-level fire-and-forget light missile for 2km.

The STT (Spike Team Trainer), was installed at the end of August 2020 by teams from Rafael and EuroSpike. The STT provides the missile gunners,squad and section commanders,fully-simulated battlefield training, improving both gunnery and command and control proficiency levels, leading the gunner through all stages of the firing sequence from VIS or IR surveillance of a simulated image up to target impact.

The STT can simulate real-time battle management challenges, such as command and control of multiple launchers, training in synergy between observation and fire positions trains the gunners and commanders in handling different scenarios. It simulates different environmental scenarios on a real terrain database, with varying visibility conditions, simulating the different seasons of the year, and it can be developed and adjusted following the customer’s specific requests, such as real threat analysis, fighting doctrine and expected enemy course-of-action.

The training Spike platoons go through a full cycle of mission planning, mission execution and detailed debriefing after action according to the data collected during the scenario, which is fully documented (including video, audio and & radio recordings), allowing optimal post-mission debriefing.

The Spike SR is a light shoulder-launched disposable fire-and-forget missile, effective up to 2km. Weighing only 10 kg, and with a dual seeker, it allows the maneuvering infantry to acquire and engage fast-moving targets at short range, thanks to its advanced tracker.

The Spike LR2 is a fifth-generation multipurpose missile. Featuring improved engagement ranges of up to 5.5 km, it weighs only 13 kg, possesses enhanced lethality, advanced target tracking capabilities, and a new network-enabled third-party target allocation enhancement with an embedded inertial measurement unit (IMU) assembly.