Michele Capeleto - IHS Jane's Navy
International
02 July 2017
Rostec unveiled an export version of the Russian
Instrument Design Bureau (KBP)-designed integrated gun and surface-to-air
missile (SAM) naval weapon system Pantsir-M, designated Pantsir-ME, at the
International Maritime Defence Show (IMDS) in St Petersburg.
Pantsir-ME is a fully automated pedestal-mounted close-in
weapon system (CIWS) that can carry two six-barrel 30 mm guns and eight
infrared guided missiles, equally split on either side of the turret
superstructure. A tracking radar antenna with a centrally mounted electro-optic
suite completes the gun/missile combined armament suite. Each system is capable
of engaging four targets simultaneously and can operate independently, as well
as within a battery of up to four modules.
The system, developed by High Precision Systems’ KBP –
part of Rostec State Corporation – is described by Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov
as “an evolution of the Kashtan and Kashtan-M”, having probability of kill
“three-to-four times higher than its predecessor [Kashtan-M], with a reaction
time [upon threat detection] of 3-5 seconds”.
The two navalised versions of the weapon, Pantsir-M for
domestic market and Pantsir-ME for exports, appear to be derivatives of the
land-based Pantsir-S system. Rostec claims that the ship-based versions are the
only CIWSs currently available that “combine [a gun plus the SAM armament] and
an integrated radar-optical armament control system in a single turret mount”.
According to the manufacturer, the Pantsir-ME is
compatible with the Hermes-K missile, providing a maximum engagement range of
20 km (10.8 n miles) for targets at altitudes 0.002 km and 15 km, and a minimum
range of 1.2 km. The combined use of radar and optical control systems provides
an all-weather 24/7 operation capability.
Source: janes.com
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