Kvitnyk
| Kvitnyk | |
|---|---|
| File:Kvitnyk-E 05.jpg "Kvitnyk" Guided Artillery Shell | |
| Type | Guided artillery shell |
| Place of origin |  Ukraine |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2012–present |
| Used by | Ukraine |
| Wars | Russo-Ukrainian War |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Mykola Shkarlet |
| Manufacturer | «Progress» Research and Production Complex |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 48 kg |
| Length | 1200 mm |
| Caliber | 152/155 mm |
| Effective firing range | 3 000-20 000 m |
| Filling weight | 8 kg |
Kvitnyk (Ukrainian: Квітник, 'flower garden') is a Ukrainian semi-active laser homing guided artillery shell with a high-explosive fragmentation warhead. It is manufactured in 152mm and 155mm calibers by Ukroboronprom..[1]. Entered Armed Forces of Ukraine service in 2012[2]
History
The shell was developed by «Progress» Research and Production Complex, and «Tochnist» Bureau (both belonging to Ukroboronprom state conglomerate), with Mykola Shkarlet heading the process.
In October 2017 Progress presented a Kvitnyk produced completely without components of Russian origin[3]
Description
Kvitnyk can target tanks, multiple rocket launcher systems, armored cars, fortifications, buildings, self-propelled and towed artillery, command centers, bridges, warships, etc.
Kvitnyk aims to improve upon previously existing Soviet and Russian alternatives, especially in damage characteristics.
Can be launched with Msta-S and 2S3 Akatsiya self propelled artillery, which improves tactical objective achievement speed.
Can strike targets moving below 10 m/s (36 km/h) with a probability of ~90%.
Characteristics
Main characteristics[1]
| Length | 1.2 m |
|---|---|
| Caliber | 152/155 mm |
| Weight | 48 kg |
| Explosive weight | 8 kg |
| Effective firing range | 3-20 km |
| Working temperatures | −40 to +50 Celsius |
«Tochnist» Bureau's head engineer noted that Kvitnyk makes task fulfillment time 10-15 times shorter, with 16 of these shells being able to achieve the same effective result as 800 conventional shells.[4]
Guidance head characteristics
Kvitnyk uses a laser semi-active guidance system similar to 9Э421 used in Krasnopol:
| Type | Laser semi-active self-guidance head |
|---|---|
| Caliber | 152 and 155mm |
| Size:
— Length — Diameter |
156 mm
114 mm |
| Mass | 2.5 kg |
| Survives a singular strike with peak acceleration of | below 10000 g |
| Working temperatures | −40 to +50 Celsius |
Price
Precise pricing of the munition's development is not public. In an interview in 2008, head of procurement department of Ukrainian Ministry of Defence Volodymyr Grek stated the research costs as "a 20th of what Russian and other alternatives were to develop". He also promised the price per shot to be less than 200 thousand UAH (~25000 USD by 2009 conversion rate). It was planned to procure around 200-300 shots of Kvitnyk per year.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "KVITNYK". ukroboronprom. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ↑ "ЗСУ прийняли на озброєння керований артилерійський "Квітник"". УкрІнформ. 2012-12-18. Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2012-12-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ https://milnavigator.tv/kerovanyj-snaryad-kvitnyk-bez-rosijskyh-komplektuyuchyh/ Archived 2018-01-20 at the Wayback Machine Керований снаряд «Квітник» без російських комплектуючих
- ↑ http://tsn.ua/blogi/themes/zhittya/vikoristannya-visokotochnoyi-zbroyi-ta-planomirnogo-nastupu-zmushuye-boyovikiv-skladati-zbroyu-357487.html
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