Vietnamese air defense plans to equip Pantsir-S1

The famous Vietnamese defense information gate Tien Phong Newspaper report that some Russian military sources revealed on Vietnam sending trainees to Russia for training transferred and mastering some modern weapons of Russia including the combinations of Pantsir-S1, Tor, Buk ...

These are the new generation of Russian air defense weapons, useful for air defense of tactics and points. The mobility air defense combinations, which equip short-range missile, flaks, sophisticated electronic warfare devices, can destroy targets such as low-flying aircraft, unmanned aircraft, cruise missiles ...

Pantsir-S1 is opening fire.

Pantsir-S1 (NATO reporting name SA-22 Greyhound) is a combined short to medium range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapon system produced by KBP of Tula, Russia. The system is a further development of SA-19/SA-N-11 and represents the latest air defence technology by using phased-array radars for both target acquisition and tracking.

Each combination of Pantsir-S1 contains two 30mm automatic cannons and 57E6 surface-to-air missile with radar or optical target tracking and wireless bridge. Now it is the combination of missile and flak considered as the world's best-selling air defense missiles and has no rival in the arms market.

Wikipedia:
Pantsir-S1 is a short to medium range ground based air defence system, wheeled, tracked or stationary with two to three operators. Its air defense consists of automatic anti-aircraft guns and surface-to-air-missiles with radar or optical target-tracking and radio-command guidance. Its purpose is protection of civil and military point and area targets, for motorised or mechanised troops up to regimental size or as defensive asset of higher ranking air defence systems like S-300/S-400. Aerial targets include everything with a minimum radar-cross-section of 1 cm2 and speeds up to a maximum of 1300 metre/second within a maximum range of 20,000 metres and heights up to 15,000 metres—including all types of aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise missiles and air-to-ground precision guided weapons. The system is able to defend against stealth aircraft, and has capability for anti-munitions missions.

The specific feature of the Pantsir-S1 system is the combination of a multiple-band target acquisition and tracking system in conjunction with a combined missile and gun armament creating a continuous target engagement zone from 5 m height and 200 m range up to 10 km height and 20 km range, even without any external support.