The Prototype of the 2S38 "Derivation-Air Defense" Complex Unveils in the "Army-2018"

21 Agustus 2018

A prototype of the 2S38 combat vehicle self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery complex with a 57-mm automatic cannon in the "Army-2018" (photos : Mikhail Zherdev)

On August 21, 2018, at the Patriot Military Park in Kubinka, in the "Army-2018",  JSC "Central Research Institute "Burevestnik " (Nizhny Novgorod, is a part of joint-stock company Scientific and Production Corporation "Uralvagonzavod ") presents a prototype of the 2S38 combat vehicle self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery complex for R & D "Derivation-PVO" with a 57-mm automatic cannon based on the chasis of BMP-3.

Recall that the materials of the 2S38 combat vehicle were presented in August 2017 at the International Military Technical Forum "Army-2017" at the stand of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. In the materials it was reported that this product is being created as part of the development work "Derivation-Air Defense", which implies the appearance in the troops of a prospective 57-mm mobile artillery complex with passive means of reconnaissance and escorting air targets.

The prototype of the combat vehicle 2S38 of a self-propelled antiaircraft artillery complex for R & D "Derivation-Air Defense" with a 57-mm automatic gun was publicly "lighted up"in the shop of the Central Research Institute "Burevestnik" in January 2018. The 2S38 combat vehicle is based on BMP-3 and is designed to defeat air targets such as unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise missiles, air-to-surface missiles, tactical aircraft, and fire support helicopters. The anti-aircraft system is also capable of shooting down rocket launchers, destroying ground and surface targets.

The main characteristics, according to official materials: 

Maximum range of damage - 6 km.
The maximum height of the lesion is 4.5 km.
The rate of fire is 120 rounds per minute.
Full ammunition - 148 shots.
The vertical guidance angle is 5 deg / +75 deg.
Angle of guidance horizontally - 360 degrees. 
The maximum speed of the targets hit is 500 m / s 
Calculation - 3 people.

The combat vehicle 2S38 is equipped with an optic-electronic system for detection and targeting of OES OP, the development of Minsk OJSC "Peleng". It allows you to carry out panoramic observation of the terrain by 360 degrees, as well as to conduct a sectoral survey. Detection range through one of the television channels of a small unmanned aerial vehicle of the Bird Eye 400 type in the survey mode is declared at 700 m, in the narrow field of view - 4900 m. The A-10 attack aircraft is detected in the first mode already at a range of 6400 m, and in the second - at 12,300 m. The thermal imaging channel makes it possible to detect targets with a size of 2.3 × 2.3 m with a probability of 80% at a range of 10,000 m and recognize them at a distance of 4,000 m.

(BMPD)