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It is designed to provide day and night protection for infantry and tank regiments against low-flying aircraft, helicopters, and cruise missiles in all weather conditions. The NATO reporting name for the missile used by the weapon system is SA-19 "Grison". [2]
The 2S6 Tunguska is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and SAM system of Soviet origin. It was developed in the 1970's as a more capable successor to the widely used ZSU-23-4 Shilka. The main role of the Tunguska is to protect armor and infantry units against helicopters and ground attack aircraft. The Tunguska was to be more than twice as ...
The 2S6 Tunguska (Western reporting name SA-19 or Grison) is a Russian low-level air-defense system designed to replace the ZSU-23-4 Shilka and 9K31 Strela-1/1M2 systems. It was developed in the mid-'70s and first prototypes were completed in 1980.
The ZSU-23-4P Shilka was a mainstay of Red Army and Warsaw Pact air defences from the mid 1960s until the 1980s, when it was progressively replaced in Soviet service by the 2K22 Tunguska / SA-19 Grison. The system is armed with four AZP-23 23 mm water cooled automatic guns.
In modern conditions of combat use the SA-19 “Grison” anti-aircraft gun missile system fires at small targets (drones) and typical targets (helicopters and attack aircraft), so a number of problems arise.
Pantsir missile system. The Pantsir (Russian: Панцирь, lit. 'Carapace') missile system is a family of self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery systems. Three types of vehicles make up one system: a missile launcher, a radar truck and a command post.
The 9K31 Strela-1 (Russian: 9К31 «Стрела-1»; English: arrow) is a highly mobile, short-range, low altitude infra-red guided surface-to-air missile system. Originally developed by the Soviet Union under the GRAU designation 9K31, it is commonly known by its NATO reporting name, SA-9 "Gaskin".
