The automatic shooting command system of the feeding cage attached to the Tornado Rocket Brigade has been greatly improved on the basis of the old model. It has the ability to collect and analyze target information, centrally plan the firepower of the whole brigade, and interact with various intelligence sources, which is basically similar to the TF fire control and distribution system of the US M-270 system.
The system is installed on 1K 123 shooting command and control vehicle. The command vehicle adopts the chassis of Camus off-road truck. In order to get rid of special power station maneuvers such as oil engine and transformer car, a generator trailer is towed behind the command car, which can generate electricity by itself, which is a great progress compared with the previous artillery command system. In order to ensure the commander's comfort, the car is also equipped with air conditioning, filtration and ventilation equipment and heating equipment, which can fight continuously for 36 hours.
The command vehicle is equipped with two E-7 13 computers, comprehensive tactical situation display equipment, C3I terminal and secret communication encryption machine, which can distribute target trajectory data for each launch vehicle.
Among them, E-7 13 computer is the latest technology in Russia in 1990s, and it is a special computer for curing programs, with high operation speed and much smaller volume than the previous generation E- 167 special ballistic computer.
Its combat software functions include: receiving, processing, storing, displaying and sending instructions; Report the position and establishment of combat troops upwards, convey attack instructions downwards, specify targets in the form of charts, and give suggestions on fire distribution; Formulate fire plans for concentrated attacks and attacks on enemy columns, and calculate coordinate orientation; At the same time, the shooting data of six cyclone rockets are calculated, and meteorological reports are provided according to meteorological data. However, the RAM memory used to execute these programs is only 96K, and the ROM memory is 288K, which shows that Russian software engineers have profound mathematical skills.
In order to ensure strong command in frequent maneuvers, the command vehicle adopts two high-frequency radios and two VHF radios, which can ensure reliable radio contact within 50 kilometers when moving and within 350 kilometers when parking.
The communication between the command vehicle and the launch vehicle is completed by R- 173M VHF radio, and the communication between the command workshop and the upstream direction is completed by P- 17 1YHF radio. The data exchange between lines is realized by radio relay stations and wired communication lines. If it is disturbed, the system can connect to the standby communication channel within 1 sec and switch to frequency hopping mode, which has strong confidentiality and anti-interference ability.