The Grom Missile is a man-portable air-defense system produced in Poland. It consists of a 72 mm anti-aircraft missile set with a flight speed of 650 m/s, as well as a single-use launcher, re-usable gripstock and thermal battery coolant assembly electric unit. The full name of the system is PZR Grom, PZR standing for Przeciwlotniczy Zestaw Rakietowy (literally anti-air rocket-propelled system).
The Grom Missile is designed to target low-flying helicopters and aeroplanes. As such, the Grom missile is used by other surface-to-air defence systems of Polish design, including ZSU-23-4MP Biała, ZUR-23-2KG and POPRAD self-propelled artillery system. It should not to be confused with versions of the Zvezda Kh-23 air-to-surface missile built under licence in Yugoslavia/Serbia as the Grom-A and Grom-B.
The system is designed to be operated by one soldier. It consists of a single-stage projectile, a single-use tubular launcher, a starting mechanism, and an on-ground power supply. The rocket projectile uses solid propellant. The infrared aiming sensor is cooled with liquid nitrogen. There are options for identification friend or foe and thermovision.
| PZR Grom | |
|---|---|
| Type | Man-Portable SAM |
| Place of origin | Poland |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1995 - present |
| Used by | Poland, Georgia |
| Wars | 2008 South Ossetia war |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Military Institute of Armament Technology, WAT Military University of Technology, Skarżysko Rocket Design Bureau |
| Manufacturer | Mesko, Skarżysko-Kamienna |
| Produced | 1995 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 16.5 kg (10.5 for the missile itself) |
| Diameter | 72 mm |
| | |
| Warhead weight | 1.27 kg |
| Detonation mechanism | contact |
| | |
| Operational range | 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) |
| Flight altitude | 3.5 kilometres (11,000 ft) |
| Speed | 650 m/s |
| Guidance system | infrared |
| Launch platform | MANPAD |
No comments:
Post a Comment