KAPUSTNIK-BMAutomated Fire Control System

Mission Automated Fire Control System

The Kapustnik-BM automated fire control system is designed to direct fire conducted by rocket and field artillery of any calibre and type, including foreign-made systems. Composition

•1V153M commonised fire control post mounted on the Ural-43203 chassis •1V152M commonised command observation post mounted on the BTR-80 APC’s command vehicle chassis

Capabilities

In automated mode, Kapustnik-BM ensures: •deployment from march on a makeshift firing position as well as topographical survey and orientation of the command post, fire control post and weapons on unprepared firing positions; •reconnaissance, target position pinpointing, ranging and fire adjustment; •conjunction with automated control and automated fire control systems of adjacent units, superior echelons of command and combined arms formations via wire and radio communications aids, integration with any surveillance and reconnaissance assets as well as intra-unit integration with command post, fire control post and weapons; •target data collection, processing, storage and transmission to fire control post and

weapons; •fire planning and control including doing that from remote automated command posts; •transmission of fire settings to automated laying and fire control systems of individual launchers; •surface weather forecast in the vicinity of firing positions.

Basic specifications

Battalion (battery) marching time into action, min max 6 Fire control post-to-launcher target data transmission,sec max 30 Reaction time (prepared firing position), min up to 1 Fire settings accuracy: range, % D max 0.5-0.7 direction, mil 2-4 Optical surveillance distance, km: day up to 10 night up to 3 Comms distance between fire control post (firing position), command post and external reconnaissance assets, km:

UHF/VHF comms channels up to 20

HF comms channels up to 350 Launcher deployment into firing position free Battalion (battery) fire control from remote command post available Unit and individual launcher self-sustained operation available Automated counter-battery fire avoidance feasible for battery and each individual launcher

Target data collection and processing, fire settings generation and fire planning for up to 30 targets Automated encrypted target data sharing among fire control post, command post, firing positions, external reconnaissance assets and superior echelons of command available