| 2T Stalker | |
|---|---|
| Type | Stealth Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle |
| Place of origin | Belarus |
| Service history | |
| In service | prototype |
| Used by | Belarusian Army |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 2000 |
| Manufacturer | Minotor Service Enterprise |
| Produced | 2009 (first prototype) |
| No. built | 2 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 27.4 tons |
| Length | 7.770 meters |
| Width | 3.386 meters |
| Height | 2.510 meters |
| Crew | 3+2 (+ 1) |
Main | 30 mm automatic cannon 2A42 (500 rounds) 1 x AGS-17[1] 30 mm grenade launcher (166 rounds) |
Secondary | 1 x 7.62 mm machine gun (2000 rounds) 2 x 4 9K114 Shturm anti-tank missiles[1] 2 x 9K38 Igla anti-aircraft missiles[1] |
| Engine | diesel engine 740 hp (550 kW) |
| Power/weight | 24.5 hp/metric ton |
| Transmission | Allison DDA X-1100-3B |
| Suspension | hydropneumatic |
Operational | 1000 km |
| Maximum speed | Road: 95 km/h |
The 2T Stalker, also known as BM-2T Stalker, is a Belarusian armoured vehicle. it is a part of the GM chassis and It never entered production.[2]
The vehicle incorporates a multi-channel day/night optical electronic suite.[1][2]
The weapon set of the 2T Stalker comprises a stabilized 30 mm caliber automatic cannon, a coaxial machine gun, an automatic grenade launcher, as well as four ready-fire missiles; two anti-aircraft and two anti-tank missiles.[3][2]
The 2T Stalker comprises a 30 mm automatic cannon 2A42 as the main armament, as announced in 2001.[4] The gas-operated gun is a dual feed multipurpose small caliber weapon,[5][4] that has a dual rate of fire with a minimum rate of 200-300 or 550 rounds per minute (rds/min), where the rapid fire mode assures 800 rds/min.[4][6] The sustained rate of fire is 200 rds/min, though.[5] The gun is intended for engaging materiel, low flying aircraft, light vehicles, and dismounted infantry.[5][4][6] With a muzzle velocity of 960 m/s,[5][6] the gun is capable of defeating a light Armored Personnel Carrier at a range of 1,500 meters, a soft-skinned vehicle at 4,000 meters, and slow-flying aircraft at altitudes up to 2,000 meters and slant ranges of up to 2,500 meters.[4]
The vehicle mounts a 7.62mm PKT in the coaxial gun position.[1]
The AGS-17 Plamya (Russian: Пламя) is a Soviet-designed automatic grenade launcher currently in production in the Russian Federation. The AG-17 weapon system uses VOG-17M fragmentation rounds with a non-delay point fuse detonating on impact, designed to engage soft targets in cover. The weapon is fed from a box-stowed, metal linked belt holding 166 rounds.
The Stalker mounts two retractable launchers that each carry two ready-to-fire missiles, with an additional six reloads stored in the hull.[1] Typically, the left side carries ATGMs while the right carries light anti-aircraft missiles.
The 9K114 Shturm (NATO reporting name is AT-6 SPIRAL) is a tube-launched, SACLOS antitank guided missile.[7] The missile has replaced the older 3M11 Falanga (AT-2 Swatter) on the Mi-24 Hind attack helicopter, yet the SACLOS system with IR missile tracking, and radio guidance, similar to the uprated version of the Swatter, the AT-2c, operates the same as the AT-4 Spigot and AT-5 Spandrel which unlike the AT-6 Spiral are wire-guided.[7] The AT-6 is said to be a laser-guided missile based on/ version of the American Hellfire missile,[8] however, that is as incorrect as the erroneous crediting of the missile with 7,000-10,000 meters as the maximum range.[7] The AT-6 missile is a 130mm caliber tube launched, Semi-Automatic Command to Line-Of-Sight (SACLOS) Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) that can engage targets within 400–5,000 meters.[9][10] The conventional shaped-charge warhead of the basic Shturm is believed to ba capable of penetrating 560-600mm of armor,[10][11] where the warhead that contains two tandem HEAT charges would punch through 600–700 mm of rolled homogenous steel armor (RHA).[7][12][unreliable source?]
The 9K38 Igla (NATO reporting name is S-18 Grouse) is a 72.2 mmman-portable air defense missile weighing 10.6 kilograms with a 1.3 kilogram warhead.[13] The missile itself is 1.67 meters long, the container is 1.708 meters and the whole system weights 17 kilograms.[14][15] The system is designed to engage fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, cruise missiles and UAVs flying at speeds of 360–400 m/s in head-on engagement (approaching target) and up to 320 m/s in tail chase (receding target) within their optical visibility and in the night-time conditions in background clutter and thermal countermeasures environment.[15] [16] The system uses thermal battery/gas bottle, and is armed with a high-explosive warhead fitted with a contact and grazing fuse. The missile has a maximum range of 5200 meters and operates at altitudes from ten and up to 3500 meters. The 9M39 missile SA-18 employs an IR (infrared) guidance system using proportional convergence logic. The new seeker offers better protection against electro-optical jammers; the probability of kill against an unprotected fighter is estimated at 30-48%, and the use of IRCM jammers only degrades this to 24-30%.[17]
