Armament | The Pantsir-S2 armament consists of two 2A38M 30mm anti-aircraft guns and twelve 57E6-E ready-to-fire missiles in steered launch containers mounted at the rear of an 8x8 truck chassis. The cannons have a combined rate of fire of between 3,900 and 5,000 rounds per minute (1,950 to 2,500 rpm for each gun), and have a muzzle velocity of 960 m/s. Bursts of between 83 and 250 rounds are fired as determined by the target type, with an engagement range between 0.2 and 4.0 km and to an altitude of about 3 km. HE-T and HE-I shells are used and fitted with an A-670 time and impact fuze which includes an arming delay and self destruct mechanism. | Missiles | The Pantsir-2 fires the 57E6-E missiles which have a bicalibre body in tandem configuration, separable booster and sustainer with separation mechanism. The sustainer contains the warhead and contact and proximity fuses. The missile weighs 65 kg at launch and has a maximum speed of 1,100m/s. The range is from 1 km to 12km. It has expanded engagement zones up to 20 km in range and up to 10 km in altitude. The new missile of Pantsir-S2 will increase the system’s range of fire from 20 to 30 kilometers. | Mobility | The Pantsir-S2 uses a KAMAZ 6560 8x8 truck chassis. There is a two-man cab at the front of the truck chassis. The truck is motorized with KamAZ-740.35-400 turbocharged diesel engine, developing 400 hp. The truck has a total weight of 14,850 kg and can run at a maximum speed of 90 km with a maximum cruising range of 800 km. | Accessories | The Pantsir-S2 is fitted with a new SOTS S-band search radar increases detection range from 36 km to over 40 km with 360° coverage. The system can now track in excess of 40 incoming targets up from 8-10, and can now engage targets traveling at up to 1,200 meters per second up from 1,000 m/s. Search azimuth has also been increased from 80° to 90° owed to electronic beam steering. The shape of the new antenna has change and is mounted at the top of the turret. | | Close view of the new SOTS S-band search radar of Pantsir-S2 | | Specifications | Back to top | Armament | Twelve ground-to-air missile launcher 57E6-E, two dual 2A38M 30 mm autocannon guns | Country users | Russia, Serbia, Syria | Designer Company | KBP Instrument Design Bureau | Accessories | Radio commands with IR or radio direction finding, autonomous acquisition radar and tracking radar | Crew | 3 soldiers | Radar System | SOTS S-band search radar | Armor | No armor protection for the truck | | Truck | Kamaz-6560 8x8 a | Speed truck | 90 km/h | Range truck | 800 km | Dimensions truck | Length, 8.15 m; Width, 2.47 m; Height, ? m a | Range missile | 1 to 30 km | Weight missile | 90 kg with container | Range gun 30mm | 0.2 - 4,000 m | | | | | |