Russian Military Photos and Videos #1

I like to ask one question.. To experts on this topic..

What is the relation between 2 vehicles which are now been produced .. I mean in parameter terms..

Think of Kornet-EM as being a super TOW or Trigat-ER... it is a 33kg missile that has evolved from man portable but got too heavy to be really man portable like Metis-M1 so it is mounted in a light vehicle.

The Krysantema is more like Hellfire, especially because its previous versions (ATAKA and SHTURM) were helicopter launched and in the 40kg weight range and were never man portable.

One is a SUV type Tigr vehicle with 4 KBP Tula Kornet missiles ..? 4 kornet launchers on Road vehicle
They have optical means of targeting..

Other one is a tracked vehicle .. Khryzanthsema-S ..they have only 2 launchers from they are produced from different company..

is their any particular reason that Russia is producing both vehicles which have different means of targeting ??

First of all the Kornet uses laser beam riding guidance, and the SHTURM and ATAKA both use radio command guidance but the Krisantema uses MMW radar command guidance in the form of semi active radar homing, but it also has a backup laser beam riding guidance method... so their guidance is not that different... the Krisantema can be fired at targets 6km away in a sand storm or blizzard where the target is not visible in any optics (including IR or thermal).

The Krisantema is based on a helicopter launched heavy ATGM and is basically a new BRDM. The first BRDM had primitive AT-1 missiles but these were quickly replaced with AT-2 radio command guided missiles. The BRDM-2 had AT-3 and then the combined AT-4 and AT-5 launchers all on wheeled vehicles.
On IFVs the AT-3 was used on the BMP-1 and then in the BMP-2 the AT-4/-5 launcher was adopted.
With the BMP-3 the gun tube launched laser beam riding missiles were adopted so in many ways the Tigr-M with Kornet missiles is the light BRDM-4 vehicle in the anti tank formation, but AFAIK it has not been adopted yet.

The Shturm/Ataka and now Kristantema on the other hand are in service and likely operate in the place of the lighter BRDM-2 vehicles with better mobility and improved performance.

But fire power is less in case of Khrysanthsema-S because it has only 2 launchers then why is it in Production..? exports ..?

Both vehicles (Kristantema and Kornet-EM) have internal storage for more ammo.. Kris has 12 missiles ready to fire on board in a rotary storage magazine and I suspect Kornet has onboard reloads too.

The main difference is that Kris is armoured against small arms and can hit targets day or night in any weather conditions including whiteout, and likely also has a significant capability against light aerial targets like helos.

Kornet-EM has an improved range, but a new model Kris is likely as it will probably be the first fire and forget missile for current Russian attack helos with its SARH guidance options.

How potent a little vehicle could this vehicle be... imagine a support vehicle with small 20km range UAVs with laser target marking capability...

This gun mount appears to be a gun/mortar in 120mm calibre. It is rifled and should be compatible with the Gran guided 120mm mortar round, but also the Kitilov guided 122mm shells too.

Gran can hit point targets to about 9km and Kitilov in its early models 12km and later models rather more.

A UAV to find and mark targets and you can rain down guided 120mm rounds and you have a powerful mobile little force...