The Polish Military’s thirty fifth Air Protection Missile Squadron acquired the PSRA Pilica Very Brief Vary (VSHORAD) air protection system, which features a ZUR-23-2SP 23mm automated artillery system. In December 2016, the Polish Military has confirmed a $180 million contract for the acquisition of six batteries of the PSRA Pilica for the Polish Armed Forces. The PSRA Pilica programs will probably be entered into service in 2017 with deliveries to be accomplished by 2020. The primary, which is the prototype of the system, was put into service with the thirty seventh Missile Squadron for Air Protection, primarily based in Sohachev.
The PSRA Pilica is a Very SHOrt-Vary Air Protection system (VSHORAD) developed by a consortium of Polish Protection Firms together with CRW Telesystem-Mesko, Jelcz, PCO, PIT-RADWAR, Prexer, and WZL underneath the lead of the Firm Zaklady Mechaniczne Tarnow (ZMT). The PSRA Pilica VSHORAD is designed to withstand aerial targets flying at medium or low altitude. The primary weapon system of the PSRA Pilica consists of the ZUR-23-2SP which is predicated on the Soviet-made ZU-23-2. The armament of the ZUR-23-2SP features a twin-barreled 23mm 2A14 automated cannon and two Grom or Piorun MANPADS (MAN-Transportable Air Defence Programs).
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The ZUR-23-2SP was carried out in Poland by the Firm Zaklady Mechaniczne Tarnow (ZMT). This artillery system is now electrically powered in elevation and traverse to permit sooner engagement of air targets. it is usually fitted with new sighting system, TV Digital camera , cooled thermal digital camera and laser vary finder. The 23 mm cannon has a cyclic fee of fireside of 1,600 to 2,000-rds/min with each barrels though sensible fee of fireside is 400 rounds utilizing each barrels. The ZUR-23-2SP can traverse by 360° and the elevation is from -10° to +75° for the 23mm cannon and 0° to 70° for the GROM/PIORUN missiles.
The Piorun (that means “thunderbolt” in Polish) is a man-portable air-defense system of Polish manufacturing, designed to destroying low-flying plane, airplanes, helicopters and unmanned aerial autos. The Piorun system together with the launch unit and the missile has a complete weight of 16.5 kg. The design is predicated on the Soviet-made 9K38 Igla (SA-18 Grail). The set is a deep modernization of the PPZR Grom set, due to this fact the second designation of the missile is GROM-M. It makes use of a brand new short-range missile together with a brand new warhead that may hit a flying goal at a distance from 400 m to six km and from an altitude of 10 m minimal to 4 km most.
