Kalashnikov Group is developing the Redut-UR C-UAS system, which emulates the operating principles of a tank active protection system with airburst rockets.
Kalashnikov Group's new Redut-UR C-UAS system using rather simple unguided fragmentation rockets instead of missiles or guns with advanced targeting algorithms. The palletised system is available in deployed and mobile configurations for trucks with 5+ tons of capacity.
Sensors of Redur-UR include a pair of gimbal EO/IR systems and what appears to be fixed camera arrays for panoramic view, providing a detection range of 800 m against UAVs with a cross section of 0.5x0.5 m.
The effector for Redut-UR is a new type of 60 mm unguided rocket, seemingly using an airburst or proximity fuse to destroy incoming UAVs by fragmentation effect instead of a direct hit. A pair of 49-round launcher turrets is present for multi-target engagement.
It can be said that Redut-U emulates the operating principle of most hard-kill APS systems found on tanks and some AFVs using unguided rockets with a fragmentation warhead and airburst. In fact, some of the said systems have been recently adapted to engage nearby small UAVs alongside ATGMs.
Sophisticated radars used on modern APS (To engage incoming missiles reliably) are not prerequisites to engage slow-flying UAVs, even if a C-UAS radar can greatly contribute to the detection range.
Author: Kaan Azman
Editor: Özgür Ekşi
