Over the past 100 years, it has always been a difficult problem to bomb and bomb, and the most difficult problem is whether or not we can accurately locate the enemy's artillery position; in the past, it was carried out through air-to-ground reconnaissance, but now, with the advent of air defense radar, people finally have a fast and effective positioning device.
Most air defense radars are bulky models, such as the Swedish-Norwegian Arthur, although there are smaller models, such as the Russian Stork 1L271, which is a portable anti-aircraft missile.
Although the 1L271 is a portable device, the overall weight is not light, it weighs 130 kilograms, and consists of a power supply, a tripod, a radar antenna, a main processor, a control panel, and a radio.
1L271 works in J-band, can work in rain, fog, fog, snow and other harsh conditions, its antenna angle covers 60 degrees, trim 3 degrees, can be adjusted on the bracket for lateral and longitudinal radiation, to achieve multi-directional scanning, no antenna rotation device, for simplicity, and 60 degrees scanning sector is enough for most positions.
Although, due to the trajectory of the mortar projectile, its effective range ranged from 750-5000 meters, plus the undulating terrain and other reasons, the deviation of the artillery when firing was within 30 meters.
Although 122 mm-155 mm howitzers can also be spotted, their effective detection range is only 10 km, so the data obtained is not accurate enough and must be compared with the firing positions of enemy artillery to determine their accuracy.
The 1L271 can also be used as a reconnaissance radar, which can detect tanks and armored vehicles above 20 kilometers, and can detect objects below 60 kilometers per hour with relatively accurate detection, while the 1L271 can detect objects in the water and at low altitudes.
Russia has modified (or used it with other vehicles) the 1L271 as a modified Tiger armored fighting vehicle and transformed it into a mobile and mobile radar capable of transmitting detected information to allies in real time. According to Russian ** reports, the type 1L271"This will greatly increase the accuracy of rocket artillery and artillery, and reduce the loss of shells without being suppressed by enemy fire"。
The 1L271 has been in service in the Caucasus since it was developed, and it has also appeared in some Russian exercises in the previous two years, but this time there was no news, perhaps because of insufficient production, or perhaps for secrecy.