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Pantsyr-S1 is a close-in air defence system designed to defend ground installations against a variety of weapons including both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, ballistic and cruise missiles, precision-guided munitions and unmanned air vehicles. It can also engage light armoured ground targets. It was designed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau of Tula, Russia and is manufactured by the Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant, Ulyanovsk, Russia.
The United Arab Emirates has ordered 50 Pantsyr-S1 systems to be delivered by 2005. ARMAMENT Pantsyr-S1 carries 12 57E6 surface-to-air missiles on launchers. The missile has a bicalibre body in tandem configuration, separable booster and sustainer with separation mechanism. The sustainer contains the warhead and contact and proximity fuzes. The fragmentation rod warhead weighs 16 kg. The missile weighs 65 kg at launch and has a maximum speed of 1,100 metres per second. Range is from 1 to 12 km. Two 2A72 30 mm guns are fitted with 750 rounds of a variety of ammunition - HE (High Explosive) fragmentation, fragmentation tracer, armour-piercing with tracer. Ammunition type can be selected by the crew depending on the nature of the target. Maximum rate of fire is 700 rounds per minute. Range is up to 4 km. FIRE CONTROL The Pantsyr-S1 fire control system includes a target acquisition radar and dual waveband tracking radar, which operates in the millimetre and centimetre waveband. Detection range is 30 km and tracking range is 24 km for a 2 - 3 sq cm target. This radar tracks both targets and the surface-to-air missile while in flight. As well as radar, the fire control system also has an electro-optic channel with long-wave thermal imager and infrared direction finder, including digital signal processing and automatic target tracking. A simplified, lower-cost version of Pantsyr-S1 is also being developed for export, with only the electro-optic fire control system fitted. The two independent guidance channels - radar and electro-optic - allow two targets to be engaged simultaneously. Maximum engagement rate is 12 targets per minute. VEHICLE Pantsyr-S1 is mounted on a 10 ton Ural-5323 truck chassis with a turret that houses the armament, laying drives, sensors, control equipment and crew. The Ural-5323 truck is four-axle, 8 x 8 all-wheel drive with single tyre wheels. The first and second axle wheels are steerable. The engine is an air-cooled diesel Ural-745.10 providing 290 hp. The dual-plate mechanical clutch has a pneumatic booster and three-range five-speed gearbox. A two-stage transfer case has lockable symmetrical interaxle differential. Suspension is by rigid-axle bogie on longitudinal semi-elliptical leaf springs. Front suspension is fitted with hydraulic shock absorbers. The Ural-5323 can ford up to 1.75 m of water. A shelter-based version of the Pantsyr-S1 is also being developed. |
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  The Pantsyr-S1 Air Defence System. | |
 The 57E6 surface-to-air missile. | ||||
 Launch of the 57E6 surface-to-air missile. | ||||
 Firing of the two 30mm 2A72 guns. | ||||
 Targeting and fire control. | ||||
 Pantsyr-S1 carries 12 57E6 surface-to-air missiles on launchers. | ||||
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