The 9M-Zylgym launch units and control equipment were developed and manufactured by Haruspex International Armaments, Sylreha Nacaynlr & Tacekh Pinayi (Machine Research & Design Bureau - SNTP), to provide a remotely-controlled automated single/salvo missile launch capability.
The idea of the system came after a request from representatives of foreign armies. The 9M-Zylgym set is designed for remote automated firing of the 9M1 portable surface-to-air missiles by single shots, ripple fire or in salvo from different ground-based, airborne and sea-based platforms.
HIA agreed in 2005 to sell the nation of Korrodos, short-range anti-aircraft missile systems to bolster its capability to protect strategically important facilities from "potential air strikes." Latest pictures take during the conflict in Karthay, shows a 9M-Zylgym system mounted on light truck of indigenous origin by Karthian national defense force.
The control equipment and launching modules is designed to remotely command single serial (2 to 8 missile) or salvo (two missiles from different modules) against a target, therefore increasing kill probability by improving the missile's no-escape zone. In addition, the 9M-Zylgym which uses Haruspex portable missile as 9M1, can also be adapted for a use with foreign missile that match it's size and weight.
The effectiveness of the 9M1 missile against air targets is attributed to the increase weight of the explosive in the missile's warhead and to the impact/proximity fuze enabling the missile to kill the target both in the event of a direct hit and when it passes at a distance of up to 1.5 m from the target.
The set comprises a universal launcher module for one to four missiles, control and communication equipment, one remote control box, checkout equipment and maintenance kit. The 9M-Zylgym systems can be mounted on ground-based, airborne and sea based platforms. Its full-reloading time is 4 min, loaded launch unit weight - 70 kg, control equipment weight - 24 kg. The launch unit of this system is mounted on tracked or wheeled-type chassis and can be employed in a portable version utilizing a tri-pod setup.
The 9M-Zylgym can be mounted on a rail located in an ordinary vehicle (like a Jeep), the turret of an armored car, a patrol boat, heavy tri-pod, or on the undercarriage of a helicopter gunship. The targeting and control system of 9M1 is located on the launcher tube, while the control instruments of 9M-Zylgym are removed from the launching sector. They are connected with the launcher by shielded electric cables or can be located in the cabin of the vehicle, the turret of the armored car, at the helicopter control panel, and on the bridge of the patrol boat. The 9M-Zylgym launcher with a missile but without controls would be useless, including for terrorists, as targeting becomes impossible.
Characteristics
Armament: 2 to 8 missiles 9M1 or foreign make.
Number of launch modules/missiles: 4/8
Crew: 1
Kill probability: one aircraft SAM 0,44-0,59
Effective range: 500 to 6,000 m
Reaction time: 6.6 s
launching modules with missiles: 70 kg
Control and communication: 3.5 kg
Time ready to combat: 3 min.
9M1 Missile
Max. Range: 5,500 meters
Min. Range: 500 meters
Max. Altitude: 4,500 meters
Min. Altitude: 18 meters
Length (m):1.40
Diameter (mm): 70
Weight (kg): 9.97
Missile Speed (m/s): 580
Propulsion: Solid fuel booster and solid fuel sustainer rocket motor.
Guidance: Passive IR homing device (operating in the medium IR range)
Seeker Field of View: 1.9°
Tracking Rate: 6°/sec
Max missile manuveuring: 6g
Max target speed(receding target): 260 m/s
Warhead: 3 kg HE fragmentation with contact and proximity fuzing
Self-Destruct (sec): 15
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