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Defence Industry News - Bumar Amunicja
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| Tuesday, January
1, 2013, 04:26 PM |
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Company Bumar Amunicja manufactured 2000th GROM anti-aicraft missile set. |
Bumar
Amunicja S.A. (Eng. Bumar Ammunition) manufactured its 2000th GROM Anti-Aircraft
Missile Set. Those anti-aircraft missiles are used in the POPRAD anti-aircraft
system (used by the Polish Armed Forces).
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POPRAD air
defence missile system mounted on Zubr 4x4 light armoured vehicle at MSPO
2012, defence exhibition in Kielce, Poland. |
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GROM Anti-Aircraft Missile
Set is used to destroy visually observable air targets including aircrafts,
helicopters, and other targets that emit infrared radiation flying on
rendezvous courses at the speed of up to 400 m/s and pursuit courses
at the speed of up to 360 m/s and are in the destruction zone with the
following parameters limits:
The minimum height of a target – 10 meters
The maximum height of a target – 3000 – 4000 meters
Farther striking distance – up to 5500 meters
Closer striking distance – 500 meters
The system is portable, it can be operated by one soldier and it can
also be mounted on land platforms and helicopters. This fire-and-forget
missiles are equipped with a seeker, which has options for identifying
a target as friend or foe and thermovision.
POPRAD is a short-range anti-aircraft system capable of destroying air
targets at low and middle altitudes, using homing guidance missiles.
It is suited for interoperation in an automated air defense command
and control system, from which the data of targets to be engaged are
acquired via digital links.
The POPRAD missile launching system is mounted on the rear part of the
Zubr (AMW) 4x4 light armoured vehicle.
The high dynamic performance of the tracking head makes it possible
to engage fast and maneuvering targets. An infrared (FLIR) camera has
been employed for target acquisition and tracking, enabling effective
use of the system in day and night conditions. An IFF interrogator has
been incorporated into the tracking head to minimize the possibility
of mistakable engagement of friendly aircraft, which gives POPRAD the
possibility of operating more autonomously in the battlefield.
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GROM MANPADS
man portable anti-aicraft air defense missile system at MSPO Defence Exhibition
in Kielce, Poland. |
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