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Add Niobium-SV (1L125E) VHF Radar (Similar upgrade to SVU) #2487

Open ghost opened 2 years ago

ghost commented 2 years ago

DB Selector

DB3K

DBID to Copy

3592

Hypothetical

No

Name

1L125 [Niobium-SV]

Country

Russia

Service

Army

In Commission

2019-present

Number in Service

No response

Sensors

No response

Mounts

No response

Loadout Options

No response

Other Changes

Newer AESA 3D VHF A-band early warning/acquisition radar with improved transmitters. modest upgrade to the Nebo-SVU. same range of 270nm, but late 2010's technology. Similar functions, search and track, heading, speed, course, altitude. B band radar (0.3 GHZ) one meter wavelength Has 14 antennas just like Nebo-SVU, but only 4 T/R modules per each antenna instead of 5 like in the SVU, due to improved technology and quality of transmitters Apparently has much improved tracking, range and angular accuracy than the Nebo-SVU (almost more than twice as accurate as 91n6 big bird). Niobiy-sv overview

SPECS: Just tweak some of these units to match the export catalog specs Max range: 500km Min range: 5km (16,404ft) Max altitude: 65km (213,255 ft) Elevation angle: 35 degrees Azimuth angle: 360 degrees Frequency: VHF 1 meter wavelength radar (NATO A-band)

specs niobiy-sv

Confirmed as seen in operation during the war back in May 2022 used by Russian Army units stationed alongside S-300V4 batteries https://twitter.com/GuyPlopsky/status/1521415692779941891

niobium

Sources

https://twitter.com/GuyPlopsky/status/1563420497211461633

https://twitter.com/GuyPlopsky/status/1521410470846279681

https://roe.ru/eng/catalog/air-defence-systems/radar-and-electro-optical-equipment-for-air-target-detection/1L125E/

https://twitter.com/Aryan_warlord/status/1563856077522759680

HVAA commented 2 years ago

VHF is actually A band, B band is the start of UHF. I know this is a bit of a mess, but the NATO bands make more sense (to me at least) and are more logical. The source confuses things, its a VHF radar so it is A band not B.

ghost commented 2 years ago

VHF is actually A band, B band is the start of UHF. I know this is a bit of a mess, but the NATO bands make more sense (to me at least) and are more logical. The source confuses things, its a VHF radar so it is A band not B.

thanks for the response! I'll update it to A band (1 meter should be A band I believe, but other sources say 1 meter extends into NATO B band so I'm confused. Either way I'll change it to A for now.