What’s the “Pantsir-S” missile gadget that shot down the AZAL aircraft, and the way does it paintings? –

It turned into identified that the Azerbaijani passenger aircraft that crashed in Kazakhstan used to be shot down by means of the Russian “Pantsir” missile gadget.

Publika.az “Haber International” supplies details about the missile.

There are two variations of the “Pantsir” missile gadget – S1 and S2. The program is designed to give protection to army, commercial and administrative amenities towards plane, helicopters, precision munitions, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial automobiles. On the similar time, it supplies further coverage to air protection devices towards enemy air assaults the use of precision munitions at low altitudes.

The “Pantsir” gadget is composed of a missile launcher, a radar automobile and a command heart. The primary model “Pantsir-S1” used to be produced in 2008-13.

“Pantsir-S1M” used to be presented in 2019.

Presented in July 2015 because the naval model of “Pantsir-M/EM S1”.

“Pantsir-S2/S2E” is a modernized model of the primary model. As well as, “Pantsir-SM”, “Pantsir-SA” and “Pantsir-SMD-E” variations also are to be had.

The “Pantsir-S1” gadget is able to detecting and monitoring objectives from a peak of 5 meters and a distance of 200 meters to a peak of 15 kilometers and a distance of 20 kilometers.

It must be famous that the “Embraer 190” aircraft belonging to AZAL wearing out the Baku-Grozny flight No. J2-8243 crashed 3 km close to town of Aktau. A complete of 67 other folks (37 Azerbaijanis, 16 Russians, six Kazakhs and 3 Kyrgyz voters) have been at the aircraft, together with 5 workforce participants. In step with the newest data, 39 other folks died and 28 have been injured on account of the tragedy.