The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the promising German anti-aircraft system Skynex

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During a special operation, Russian troops hit the promising German Skynex anti-aircraft system, designed to combat drones and low-flying objects.

According to sources, Western allies sent 4 to 8 similar systems to the Ukrainians last year.



The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the promising German anti-aircraft system Skynex

Skynex has an Oerlikon Mk3 rifled automatic cannon, the rate of fire of which is 1 thousand rounds per minute. It can be controlled remotely, firing projectiles with a programmable AHEAD detonation. Moreover, the complex itself can be mounted either on a truck base or be stationary. The radar responsible for detecting, tracking and identifying airborne threats typically operates at a range of 20-30 km, although this can vary depending on the radar configuration and target size.


Rheinmetall presented its Skynex only at the end of autumn 2021, and Ukraine is currently the only operator of this complex. It is not even in service with Germany itself.
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  1. borisvt
    borisvt
    +9
    29 January 2024 14: 01
    So they plugged one Skynex's Oerlikon.
    Can't help but be pleased with the predictable result
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  2. In passing
    In passing
    +2
    29 January 2024 16: 55
    The Germans conducted combat tests. Thanks guys, this “miracle” burned down. Work brothers.
  3. Alexey Lan
    Alexey Lan
    +5
    29 January 2024 18: 56
    It's good that we hit you. We would like guns like these. Especially shells with programmable detonation.
  4. savage3000
    savage3000
    -1
    29 January 2024 20: 00
    To the author of this note: how did the Israelis cover the shell? How does this happen in Ukraine? Yes, it was turned off! This happens. Why write a whole article?
  5. Kuramori Reika
    Kuramori Reika
    -1
    29 January 2024 21: 42
    It looks like it won't make a mobile installation. Then such systems must be created in the form of automatic turrets similar to those in the movie Aliens. Let the destruction range drop to 2 km, but the cartridges will be from standard small arms. Otherwise, you can go broke in their production.
  6. Valerok
    Valerok
    0
    29 January 2024 21: 55
    According to sources, Western allies sent 4 to 8 similar systems to the Ukrainians last year.

    These allies need to send an illustration - let them add an insert to the user manual...

  7. mik5966
    mik5966
    0
    30 January 2024 11: 16
    What a good Oerlikon, and how well it burns! The surrounding area immediately becomes warmer.
  8. prior
    prior
    +2
    30 January 2024 12: 09
    It should be noted that judging by the photograph it is a very environmentally friendly complex.
    He himself burned completely, and didn’t even damage the grass underneath.
  9. ROM1077
    ROM1077
    0
    30 January 2024 15: 43
    A nice little car, like something out of a science-fiction movie, it can't compete with a dagger...
  10. Muscool
    Muscool
    0
    31 January 2024 08: 06
    Perhaps it's not him, or just a fake.
    Firstly, the cabin and the entire chassis are different. Secondly, the silhouette of the tower is not very similar. Thirdly, I doubt that he will be brought close to the forehead; most likely he will stand in the rear, against the geraniums. Fourthly, they would hardly post a photo of a charred skeleton on the Internet, for this in Banderstan you can sit on a bottle.
    1. svoroponov
      svoroponov
      0
      31 January 2024 10: 58
      No, it's him. Everything that could burn on it just burned. Apparently they hit the fuel tank. And during the fire, the ammunition began to detonate.
      I’m wondering: how did he discover a swarm of UAVs in the mountainous area behind the hills? Or is it just a film for clarity on the defeat of a swarm of UAVs, which is marching as if at a parade in tight formation, without an advanced reconnaissance officer? And the shooting down is not a hit, but is cut by shrapnel when it explodes nearby. And if the swarm is extended and maneuvers with scattering, will there be enough ammunition?
  11. bug120560
    bug120560
    0
    31 January 2024 18: 33
    "Skynex" is, after all, just military equipment, and any equipment can be destroyed in a war. The article does not contain information about how exactly it was destroyed. Was it a mine explosion, a drone, an art. shell or ATGM?
    The bad thing is that our “friends” are actively developing and implementing means of combating UAVs, and we, as always, are behind everyone. But we have our own serious developments - there are optoelectronic fire detection and control devices, there is also a relatively cheap system for programmable remote detonation of ammunition, there are also small-sized dome electronic warfare systems. It would seem that you take these “cubes” and install them in the order of modernization on those mobile anti-aircraft systems that are in storage, but the most important thing is missing - the interest of those responsible persons who are responsible for arming the army. It’s easier for them to flash in front of the cameras on the Army 20 uniform... looking at samples of equipment that manufacturers are developing, than to give instructions to these same manufacturers - what, when and how much needs to be produced. From all this we have as many as 1 units of “Pantsir 160m” complexes. for the entire army. And I don’t know how many “Tunguska” and “Shilka” complexes are peacefully in storage (of course, if the reformers from the army did not sell them), of which tens of times more were produced in the USSR. And you begin to think in our country that the military is on its own, and the military-industrial complex on its own?