Rostec supplies Russian Army with 1V198 artillery fire control system


The High-Precision Systems holding of the Rostec State Corporation handed over to the Russian Ministry of Defense another system of automated fire control of artillery units 1В198. The shipment took place as part of the 2021 state defense order.
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1B198 artillery fire control system on BTR-80 chassis (Picture source: Rostec)


The system, the developer and manufacturer of which is VNII Signal, allows performing fire missions, performing anti-fire maneuvers, and, in the shortest possible time, identifying and hitting a target sequentially from two or more firing positions with an accuracy of up to 10 meters.

“The 1V198 system delivered in the framework of GOZ-2021 ensures high efficiency of artillery control, and in particular the Tornado-G multiple launch rocket system. The system has modern software, is equipped with the latest artillery fire control systems, which makes it possible to automatically detect a target with high accuracy, aim guns at it, and destroy it, ”said Bekkhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the Rostec armament complex.

The delivery includes 1В1003 command and observation vehicles based on BTR-80, and 1В1004 command and staff vehicles based on Ural trucks. The equipment provides full automation of fire control for up to four artillery batteries of various types. The 1В198 system has been in service with the Russian army for several years.