Penicillin (counter-artillery system)

Penicillin or 1B75 Penicillin is an acoustic-thermal artillery-reconnaissance system developed by Ruselectronics for the Russian Armed Forces. The system aims to detect and locate enemy artillery, mortars, MLRs, anti-aircraft or tactical-missile firing positions via seismic and acoustic sensors, without emitting any radio waves. It locates enemy fire within 5 seconds at a range of 25 km. Penicillin completed state trials in December 2018 and entered combat duty in 2020.[1][2]

Design

The Penicillin is mounted on the 8x8 Kamaz-6350 chassis and consists of a 1B75 sensor suite placed on a telescopic boom for the infrared and visible spectrum as well as of several ground-installed seismic and acoustic receivers as a part of the 1B76 sensor suite.[3] It has an effective range for communication with other military assets up to 40 km and is capable to operate even in a fully automatic mode, without any crew.[4] One system can reportedly cover an entire division against an enemy fire. Besides that, it co-ordinates and corrects a friendly artillery fire.[1] It is completely immune to anti-radiation missiles.

Operators
 Russia

See also

References
  1. "Russia's Penicillin artillery reconnaissance system completes state trials". janes.com. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  2. В российскую армию поступил новейший комплекс артиллерийской разведки «Пенициллин», Центр анализа мировой торговли оружием: 22 January 2021.
  3. "Penicillin". deagel.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. "Russia works on powerful 'Penicillin' pill for enemy guns". pravdareport.com. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
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