All about the “Ratnik” combat equipment. Radar complex for reconnaissance and fire control "Zoo Cruz Sagittarius description

According to General Designer Alexander Kaplin, the new equipment was tested during the landing, the soldiers ran with it along the airborne assault strip, made their way through the thicket and even climbed Elbrus. Based on the test results, the complex was seriously modified. Only after it received a positive conclusion from the military was Sagittarius included in the state defense order. “Several thousand sets have already been delivered to the troops,” Kaplin told Interfax-AVN.

First of all, they are equipped with peacekeeping units, reconnaissance officers and paratroopers. For example, this fall, the 15th Blue Helmets Brigade from the Samara Region received more than 250 such kits. A few months earlier, they entered the peacekeeping battalion of the Eastern Military District. Siberian intelligence officers and representatives of other types and branches of the military are also mastering new equipment.

The complex includes a commander's personal computer, a satellite communications radio station, a VHF radio station, a rangefinder and inclination device, a portable short-range reconnaissance radar "Fara-VR", unified information transmission equipment, as well as individual and group navigation systems operating using GLONASS and GPS data. In addition, "Sagittarius" is equipped with a "friend or foe" identification system. It can interface with all domestic reconnaissance and target designation equipment, radars, targeting devices and drones.

All this together makes the complex a fairly universal assistant to tactical commanders. It is no coincidence that it was he who was included in the new combat equipment"Warrior" and completely linked with other subsystems of this ammunition. The main task of Strelets is to prepare information for effective combat by a company, platoon, squad and individual military personnel. At a human command, the complex identifies enemy objects, determines their coordinates, performs target designation and prepares data for firing.

If, for example, we are talking about separating soldiers, then Strelets will provide communication and interaction between them at a distance of up to 1.5 kilometers. And an autonomous positioning module with an inertial system will help the fighter determine his coordinates even outside the coverage area of ​​​​satellite navigation. If necessary, "Sagittarius" also works as a repeater, significantly increasing the range of signals passing through secure communication channels.

The Strelets personal computer is included in the combat equipment of every squad, platoon or company commander. One of its functions is to display the tactical situation against the background of a digital map of the area. The computer generates commands that are sent to subordinates in the form of voiced text messages. It can also transmit images and videos.

According to Kaplin, thanks to Sagittarius, the commander sees a complex picture, based on which he either makes a decision himself or transmits information to senior commanders using shortwave or satellite radio stations. As for the privates, they are equipped with multifunctional information devices built into the so-called “smart” unloading vests.

And another one important detail. Experts claim that our “Sagittarius” is not inferior to the French “Owl” and the German “Gladius” in its main indicators. But it costs much less. In addition, due to the open architecture of devices, this complex has good resource for modernization.

More recently, the 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade near Moscow began to master control and communications intelligence complex (KRUS) “Strelets”. The complex is produced at the domestic enterprise Radioavionics. The tested individual complex is a kind of mobile computer. Almost any device can be connected to it.

When creating a network from the data of individual complexes, the unit commander’s computer will display the necessary information about his subordinates, as well as information about the enemy coming from them. To do this, an ordinary soldier only needs to press a couple of buttons and the coordinates of his location or the location of the enemy will appear on the commander’s computer.

The unit commander will be able to easily combine the received data with an electronic map of the area, or with a photograph of a given area received from a satellite. First, such complexes will be received and mastered by military intelligence officers. According to the designers, the Sagittarius complex is practically a mobile personal BIUS.

The Radioavionics enterprise at one time introduced the Strelets KRUS as a means of solving a wide range of information support problems. The Sagittarius complex provides:
— combat control;
— identification of detected objects and calculation of their coordinates;
- target designation;
— development of data for the effective use of personal weapons and means for close combat;

The Strelets complex is interfaced with all Soviet and by Russian means intelligence. In addition, the complex interacts with inclinometers, radars, target designation devices, aiming devices and UAVs.

The complex was put into service in 2007 and is supplied serially. It goes primarily to ground reconnaissance units. The first samples of the complex, after passing various field and combat tests, are sent for revision. Our scouts, having operational experience foreign analogues"FELIN", "IdZ-ES" and "Normans" asked the developers to improve the existing model of the Strelets complex.

First, the base of the first samples was made on the basis of elements from 2000. The designers responded with understanding to the military’s request and the modernized KRUS “Strelets” is being tested. After successful tests, the complex began to be massively provided to ground units. More than one thousand units of the Strelets complex have already entered the Russian Armed Forces.

General designer of the Radioavionics enterprise A. Kaplin, speaking about the Strelets complex, noted that the first KRUS samples were somewhat inconvenient for soldiers - they had a fairly decent weight of 5.4 kilograms, interfered with the serviceman when passing the assault strip, covered access to pouches and first aid kit.

Now, after the modernization, the complex began to weigh 2.4 kilograms, received smaller overall characteristics, and large blocks are attached so as not to interfere with other tasks. On this moment There are no significant comments on the use of the Strelets complex from military personnel of the ground units, where the complexes are mainly supplied.

KRUS "Sagittarius" may have several configuration levels. The simplest configuration option is intended for military personnel of squads, up to the squad commander. The next level of equipment is intended for the platoon commander, the package includes a powerful computing complex with a multifunctional remote control. The third, most complete level of equipment is for the unit commander - battalion commander, brigade commander.

The interaction range of the complex as part of a department is about 1.5 kilometers, but any of the individual Strelets complexes works as a repeater, which significantly increases the range and information control of a given area. In addition to voice messages, built-in standard commands can be transmitted via radio, and the recipient can view or listen to them after receiving them.

This innovation was introduced specifically to ensure that scouts were not distracted from completing the mission and did not lose visual control. KRUS "Sagittarius" includes an autonomous navigation module, which is provided with an inertial system. It makes it possible for a serviceman to know exactly his coordinates, even if he has left the coverage area of ​​​​satellite navigation. Switching between navigation systems occurs automatically in the complex.

The complex can be equipped with a helmet-mounted display subsystem for producing fire from cover. For example, when interacting with thermal imager "Shahin", information from it is sent to the serviceman’s indicator, which allows him to conduct accurate and targeted fire without leaving cover.

The complex also includes a “friend or foe” identification subsystem.. The range of the subsystem depends on the characteristics associated sighting devices. The subsystem sends to unidentified object request, and if the object is “friends,” the serviceman will hear an audio alert in the earpiece. If, after sending the request, the subsystem is “silent”, then the object is defined by the “Sagittarius” complex as “alien”.