Peter Cairns Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Don't know if Syria has theese as I haven't been able to track anything down, but I thought I'd post what I found just to spoil things for those who think SF will be a walk over for the US... Peter. The Gran Guided Weapon System for 120mm Mortars Maximum range, km 1.5 - 9 Caliber, mm 120 Weight, kg projectile 27 warhead/explosive 11.2/5.3 Warhead HEF The system comprises: a 120mm guided HEF mortar projectile; a propelling charge; a laser designator/range finder. [crossreferences: used by ] 2s12 Sani 120mm TOWED MORTAR The system is designed to defeat single and group, stationary and moving, armoured and soft-skinned targets and engineer facilities by firing 120mm smoothbore and rifled mortars. Gran kills stationary and moving targets by the first shot without fire adjustment. Targets located at a considerable distance from each other (up to 300 m) are killed at a single fire angle and without changing settings in the projectile. Simultaneous fire by several mortars at several targets (without hampering each other's operation), a capability of firing with incomplete meteorological data, defeat of targets moving in defiles, located behind high crests or on reserve slopes of the terrain, and high-accuracy fire at night significantly enhance mortar effectiveness, especially in irregular terrain where the application of guns is complicated. Gran is a mobile system as it has a portable automated fire control system, which can be carried by a crew of two men. The fire control system is designed to detect and illuminate targets (including at night and in rough terrain) and provide for topographic control and orientation of the fire position and the command and observation post, as well as automated computation of fire mission settings. The analysis of Gran's combat efficiency shows that, featuring high capabilities and modest demand for resources and ammunition, it can ensure a high target kill level in conditions where conventional mortars and guns are actually ineffective. KITOLOV-2M and KITOLOV-2 Max. firing range, km 12 9 Hit probability 0.8 ... 0.9 0.8 ... 0.9 Projectile calibre, mm 122 120 Projectile weight, kg 27 25 Projectile length, mm 1,225 1,225 Warhead type HE-Frag HE-Frag Warhead/explosive weight, kg 12/5.5 10/5 Illumination range for tank - type target, km 7 7 Artillery systems capable to fire: KITOLOV-2M projectile: 122 mm D-30A Howitzer 122 mm 2S1 Self-propelled Howitzer KITOLOV-2 projectile: 120 mm "Vena", "Nona-SVK", "Nona-K" "Nona-M" Artillery Systems The 122mm KITOLOV-2M and 120 mm KITOLOV-2 guided artillery systems effectively destroy moving and fixed armoured targets and fortifications by first shot without fire adjustment. They provide 10 to 15- fold reduction of ammunition expenditure and 5 to 10- fold reduction of time required to fulfil the combat mission. The KITOLOV-2M/KITOLOV-2 guided projectiles can be used by conventional artillery units ensuring destruction of dispersed targets (up to 800 m from each other) without readjustment of fire settings . No checks are required for deployed system. Fire preparation and firing are identical with standard procedures set for conventional projectiles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtweasle Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Hmm, on a simaler note...The Mortar War in Iraq October 11, 2005: The war against terrorist mortar teams in Iraq continues, despite two years of strenuous efforts to stop terrorist mortar attacks. U.S. and Coalition troops have been very successful in using technologies that net radars, computers, and weapons to permit rapid concentration of artillery fire on the site from which incoming mortar rounds originated. When attackers fire a round, the radars quickly detect it, feed the incoming data to a computer that quickly calculates the trajectory and point of origin, which is then used as an aim point by friendly troops. As a result, within seconds of firing a mortar shell, the location of the mortar gets hit by artillery fire. For a while, these tactics reduced the rate of mortar attacks, since they placed the attackers at considerable risk. There are, however, some terrorists who have come up with new tactics to counter the Coalition capabilities... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Cairns Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 A mortar on a pickup truck seems to be the option, that and things like the old Chinese 105mm 4x2 towed rocket launcher that can be abandoned. In addition heavy counter battery fire into built up area might be exactly the response they are after. The point of a laser guided round is that if you can take out a Stryker with one round, then you give the CB teams less time and targets to get a fix on. Of course the other possibility is for someone to come up with a "HARM" style artillery round which homed in on the CB radar, which in order to be effective has to be kept on all the time. Peter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtz Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 And will there be proximity fuze jammers? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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