9M133-1 / 9K135 - Kornet (AT-14 Spriggan) - Design
The missile 9M133 is made of canard aerodynamic configuration with a front two rudders, drop out niches forward flight. In front of the missile body leading the charge placed tandem warhead and elements of air-dynamic drive a semi-open circuit with frontal air intake. Further, in the middle section posted solid rocket jet engine to the air channels and tail arrangement of two oblique nozzles. For solid propellant is the main shaped-charge warhead. The aft control elements are arranged to include the light detector of the laser radiation. Four folding wing of thin steel sheets, after the start of the pull-down under the action of its own elastic forces placed on the housing and the tail section positioned at an angle of 45 ° relative to the rudders. ATGM and expelling propulsion system placed in a sealed plastic TPK with hinged lid and handle.
Storage time ATGM TPK without checking - up to 10 years.
Powerful tandem shaped-charge warhead ATGM 9M133-1 is capable of hitting all current and future enemy tanks, including those equipped with hinged or explosive reactive armor and hit concrete monoliths and prefabricated concrete thickness of 3 - 3.5 m A distinctive feature of the layout ATGM 9M133-1 - the main engine placement between the leading and basic shaped charges that, on the one hand, protects the main charge of leading fragments, increases the focal length and, consequently, increases the armor, and on the other - allowing a powerful leading the charge, providing bridging mounted and built-in protection. Provides reliable overcoming mounted and built-in protection.
Probability of defeat tanks such as the M1A2 "Abrams", "Leclerc", "Challenger-2", "Leopard-2A5", "Merkava Mk.3V" 9M133 missile complexes "Kornet-P / T" on the corner of shelling ±90°, is an average of 0.70 - 0.80, that is to defeat each tank needs one or two missiles. In addition, tandem HEAT warhead can penetrate concrete monoliths and prefabricated reinforced concrete with a minimum thickness of 3-3.5 m. And the high level of pressure that develops in the collision HEAT warhead in the target, with both axial and radial directions, leads to crushed concrete in areas cumulative jet breaking the backsheet barrier.
For complex "Kornet" created rocket 9M133F (9M133F-1) with a thermobaric warhead explosive action on mass-dimensional characteristics completely identical with HEAT warhead missile. Thermobaric warhead has a large radius of destruction by the shock wave and the heat of the explosion products. With the explosion of warheads produced more extended in time and space than conventional explosives, the shock wave. Such a wave is called a consistent involvement in the process of detonation transformations of oxygen in the air, it penetrates beyond obstacles, trenches, through the loopholes, etc., affecting manpower, including protected. In the area of detonation transformations thermobaric mixture is almost complete burning of oxygen and develops temperature 800-850° C.
Thermobaric warhead missiles 9M133F (9M133F-1) have TNT equivalent of 10 kg, its high explosive and incendiary effects on the target warhead yields regular 152 mm CFC. The need for such a warhead on precision weapons confirmed by the experience of local conflicts. ATGM "Kornet" by picking ATGM 9M133F (9M113F-1), became a powerful assault weapons, and that in the city, and in mountains, and in the field is able to effectively destroy fortifications (bunkers, pillboxes, bunkers), hit firepower and manpower placed in residential and commercial buildings and structures, their fragments, in the folds of the terrain, trenches and buildings as well as to destroy these objects, trucking and lightly armored vehicles, causing them and the open countryside, in the presence of flammable materials, fires.
The vehicular-portable version ATGM "Kornet-E" is placed on 9P163M PU-1 launch unit, consisting of tripod machine with precision mechanical drives, sight-homing device 1P45M-1 and the mechanism of a missile launch. Sight-guidance device - periscope: the actual device installed in a container under cradles PU, turning the eyepiece - bottom left. ATGM mounted on a cradle on top of IP, after the shot can be changed manually. Height of the line of fire can vary widely, and it allows you to shoot from different positions (lying, sitting, from the trench or building windows) and to adapt to the terrain. To ensure the fire at night in transportable laptop-complex can be used thermal imaging (TPR) HYPO sights development NGOs.
The export version of the complex "Kornet-E", is offered with a thermal imager 1PN79M "Mixed-2." The sight consists of an opto-electronic receiver unit with infrared wavelengths, controls and gas cylinder cooling system. The power supply uses a nickel-cadmium battery. Detection range up to 4000m type MBT, recognition - 2500m, the field of view - 2,8 ° x4, 6 °. The device operates in the wavelength range of 8 - 13mkm has a total weight of 11kg, the dimensions of optical-electronic unit 590 x 212 x 200mm. TPR rear sight is mounted cylinder cooling system, the lens is covered by a hinged lid. The sight is mounted on the right side of the UE. There is also a lite version of this TPV - 1PN79M-1 with a mass of 8.5 kg.
For the variant complex "Kornet-P", intended for the Russian army has TPV sight 1PN80 "Kornet-TP", which allows firing not only at night but also when confronting the adversary's combat smoke. Target detection range of "tank" to 5000 meters, recognition to 3500m. For transportation complex "Kornet" and usability combat crew 9P163M PU-1 develops into a compact stowed position, the thermal sight is housed in a pack device. Weight launcher - 25 kg. It can be delivered in a combat zone by any mode of transport. If necessary, use the transition bracket complex "Kornet" 9P163M with PU-1 is easily installed on all mobile carriers.
"Kornet" implements the principle of direct attack missiles in the frontal projection target with a semi-automatic control system and guided missiles on a laser beam. Operatorship in combat work reduced to target detection via optical or thermal sight, taking it to support, production shots and keeping crosshairs on target until its destruction. Conclusion missiles after launch the line of sight (the axis of the laser beam) and further holding it at her place automatically. The complex implemented almost complete immunity from active and passive (in the form of military smoke) optical interference. High immunity to active optical interference by the enemy realized that the photodetector missiles faces towards the shooting complex. In the presence of combat almost always smokes operator observes a target in a thermal sight, and the principle of "see - shoot" provides a high energy potential of laser-beam control channel.
The complex is multipurpose, ie its characteristics do not depend on the kind of signature targets in the optical and infrared range of electromagnetic waves. Equipping missiles warhead - or thermobaric explosive action allows to strike a large class of objectives - engineering structures, silos, bunkers, machine gun nests, etc. Such opportunities in the developed to the west complex long-range ATGW - 3/LR absent because of the use of passive homing missile seeker target acquisition at the start because of the low thermal signatures.
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