Hermes - Izdeliye 70 (Product 70) - Design
The rocket of the Hermes complex is a two - stage bicaliber supersonic guided missile. The GRAU index of the rocket is not yet reliably known. The missile outwardly resembles the 57E6E missile of the Pantsir-S1 air defense system. The caliber of the accelerator differs depending on the flight range and can be either 170 mm or 210 mm. The complex is designed to destroy modern and promising objects of armored vehicles, unarmored vehicles, stationary engineering structures, surface targets, low-flying low-speed air targets, manpower in shelters.
A combined missile control system - inertial or radio command (when firing at a distance of up to 100 km) at the march stage and the seeker at the final stage of the trajectory. The "fire and forget" principle has been released. At the same time, it is possible to hit two targets when using missiles with semi-active laser seeker or up to 12 missiles in a salvo when using other types of seeker. With radio command guidance on the marching stage, the complex includes a radar and a compand transmission station.
The control system ATGM "Hermes-S" and "Hermes-A" / "Klevok-A" ensures the destruction of ground armored targets from above to the central part. This also ensures the overcoming of air defense and missile defense systems. It is possible to use external means of target designation with a laser designator - a mobile portable complex of automated fire control means "Malakhit", UAVs, etc. EPR target area - from 0.01 m2.
For long firing ranges (up to 100 km), the missile is equipped with an increased caliber launch stage. Control system - combined: at the initial stage of flight, the rocket is controlled by an inertial system (for versions with a flight range of 15-18 km) or a radio command system (for versions with a flight range of 40 and 100 km), in the final section, the missile is semi-active homing at the target by laser radiation reflected from it or other types of homing. Target designation for "Hermes" can be issued by both their own control vehicles mounted on a tracked armored chassis and capable of operating directly in battle formations, as well as manned and unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with appropriate equipment, as well as infantrymen with a mobile portable complex of automated fire control means " Malachite".
Combined-arms reconnaissance assets can also be used for target designation. This provides Hermes with high flexibility of use and a short reaction time to a fire call. mounted on a tracked armored chassis and capable of operating directly in battle formations, as well as manned and unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with appropriate equipment, as well as infantrymen with a mobile remote complex of automated fire control "Malachite".
The complex equipment includes:
- a stabilized day-night optoelectronic system with television and thermal imaging channels (information exchange standard MIL STD 1553);
- an associated computer system with a two-channel laser designator and automatic target tracking;
- additional equipment - multifunctional color liquid crystal display and control panel, display and documentation facilities.
The layout of the matrix on the corrected gyroscope, where 1 is the lens, 2 is the matrix, 3 is the electronic switch, 4 is the analog-to-digital converter of the ADC, 5 is the coordinate converter of the matrix elements from the polar to the Cartesian coordinate system, 6 is the random access memory (RAM) , 7 - target selector, 8 - amplifier, 9 and 16 - moment sensors of the heading and pitch channels, respectively, 10 - corrected gyroscope, 11 - matrix elements switch, 12 - rocket roll angle sensor , 13 - rocket body, 14 - rotating gyroscope rotor , 15 - internal gimbal frame, 17 - missile control equipment.
Controls are aerodynamic rudders. Warhead is a universal high-explosive fragmentation warhead of increased power with an adaptive fuse with a different (depending on the type of target) detonation delay is used on the rocket. It is possible that a cumulative warhead for the complex will not be developed. As of 2010, different types of warheads had been developed for ATGMs; for export supplies, only the version with an OFB is advertised.
Hermes missile is equipped with a combined guidance system capable of detecting enemy targets even in the most difficult weather conditions. The Hermes has a combined homing head (GOS) with an infrared sensor and a laser guidance channel,” says Kornev. - The target of the rocket can be "illuminated" from the ground. That is, an aircraft controller, a helicopter or an airplane will aim a laser beam at the target, and the Hermes seeker will “see” the laser spot and take the target. But if the laser has no backlight, then infrared sensors come into action, which will detect enemy targets by the heat generated. In the future, miniature radar stations may appear on Hermes missiles, which, in combination with infrared guidance, will ensure the unique accuracy of the latest products.
At present, great importance is attached to guided missiles with passive homing heads (GOS) in the infrared (IR) wavelength range. Passive IR seekers carry out autonomous search, recognition and tracking of targets by their thermal radiation, which makes it possible to fire missiles according to the "fire and forget" principle. This principle ensures high survivability of the weapons complex due to the secrecy of the use of weapons and the ability to fire from closed positions or make an immediate maneuver after a shot.
The use of external reconnaissance and target designation means, including those deployed on remotely piloted aircraft (RPV), allows the most complete implementation of the main provisions of the concept of "contactless war", to reduce the time frame and expand the range of tasks to be solved with the involvement of the minimum required number of forces and means, and also minimize material costs for operations.
The Hermes missile has an autonomous targeting system based on the "fire and forget" principle. "The complex implements a salvo firing mode at several (up to 6) spaced targets, as well as automatic synchronization of laser target designation to hit targets with high-precision ammunition with a miss of no more than 0.5 m," the holding added. The development of the latest anti-tank missile system "Hermes" became known in 2015. As the head of the department of complexes of the Tula Instrument-Making Design Bureau reported at that time, Hermes was developed in two modifications: for hitting a target in the visibility zone at a distance of 20 km, and also out of the line-of-sight zone at a distance of up to 100 km.
Target designation for Hermes can be issued both by their own control vehicles mounted on a tracked armored chassis and capable of operating directly in combat formations, as well as manned and unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with appropriate equipment, as well as infantrymen with a mobile remote set of automated fire control tools " Malachite". Combined-arms reconnaissance means can also be used for target designation . This provides the Hermes with high flexibility of use and a short response time to a fire call.
The algorithms underlying the construction of the control system allow the operator to quickly make a decision about an attack and respond to changes in the combat situation, which reduces the total reaction time of the complex to several seconds. Trouble-free and error-free operation of the control system is ensured by hardware and software redundancy schemes.
The Hermes rocket with a detachable starting engine has a universal high-explosive fragmentation warhead. Controls - aerodynamic rudders. Start type - from TPK with expelling charge. For long firing ranges (up to 100 km), the rocket is equipped with an increased caliber launch stage. The control system is combined: in the initial phase of the flight, the missile is controlled by an inertial system (for versions with a flight range of 15-18 km) or a radio command system (for versions with a flight range of 40 and 100 km), in the final phase, the missile is semi-actively homing to the target by the laser reflected from it radiation or other types of homing.
"Hermes" opens up new areas of combat use of anti-tank weapons - the transfer of its fire into the depths of the zone of action of enemy units and the possibility of repelling an attack in any sector of defense without changing the firing position. This will prevent the advance and deployment of enemy armored subunits to the lines of attack while reducing their own losses. The use of such tactics poses the task of radically expanding the range of reconnaissance and destruction of armored units with promising anti-tank systems, which should be able to cover the entire area of ??responsibility of their units for reconnaissance and defeat of the enemy to the full depth of the close tactical zone (25-30 km).
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