2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16
The role of coastal artillery in military conflicts of past centuries has always been important. Suffice it to recall the decisive actions of the young warrant officer Shchegolev, who managed to repel the attack of the Anglo-French squadron on Odessa in 1854, during the Crimean War. Then a very small battery, with its well-aimed fire, completed a task beyond the strength of other numerous garrisons.
Today the technique is different, but the threats are the same. The descendants of the valiant defenders of Sevastopol and Odessa are armed with modern batteries.
Coastal missile systems are a relatively new type of weaponry. The fact that the countries - potential adversaries - have powerful fleets, which include ships of various classes (aircraft carriers, missile cruisers, artillery battleships capable of delivering strikes from distances of tens of kilometers), forces the Russian defense complex to develop systemsnot only sea-based, but also ground-based countermeasures.
Fortified position, reliably covering the lines of defense. In other words, a bastion. The missile system bearing this name fully corresponds to this definition, having new capabilities. Plus, he can move, and he does it quickly.
In the stowed state, the coastal defense system looks like a convoy of vehicles. The command vehicle, on which the launcher is installed, is a heavy four-axle, in its cabin, in addition to the head of the calculation, there is a driver and three crew members. On the platform there are transport-launching glasses (there are two of them), which in the combat position rise vertically, leaning into the ground with special rods. The driving characteristics of the Astrologer MZKT-7930 allow you to move at a speed of 80 km / h, overcome impassability and move away from the starting point by 1000 km.
The launcher is the main element of the Bastion system. The missile system must be controlled and provided with stable communication with the central command post. The container, mounted on the KamAZ-43101 chassis, contains a set of radio equipment and computer equipment, which together represent a combat control system. Calculation - four people.
There is one more vehicle that is part of the column that makes up the coastal mobile battery "Bastion". The missile system, having fired the ammunition in the transport and launch cups, canbe recharged. To perform this operation, you need a crane and additional rockets. All this is in the third car of the caravan, transport-loading.
In the event of a hypothetical threat from the sea, after the appropriate order, "Bastion" begins to operate. The missile system is advanced to the firing position, then combat deployment is carried out, for which no more than five minutes are allotted. Shooting can be carried out with an interval of 2.5 seconds between launches, after which the entire system is again transferred to the transport state and, in order to avoid being hit by return fire, leaves the area in which it “lit up”. The ammunition load is 36 Yakhont or Onyx cruise missiles.
The over-the-horizon nature of the action involves the use of helicopters as additional means of target designation. The effective range reaches 300 km.
Control the technical condition of the projectile allows a convenient connector panel on the outer surface of the shipping container.
Unpretentiousness of technology, ease of maintenance, high reliability were noted by experts who visited international exhibitions where Bastion was presented. The coastal missile system was of interest to the delegations of countries interested in a high level of security, especially from the sea side.
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