Kalashnikov, a subsidiary of Russia’s state-run high-tech company Rostec, will integrate the Vikhr-1 anti-tank missile into Kronstadt’s long-range drone (Orion-E) by the end of the year.
Vikhr-1, a modernized version of the 9K121 Vikhr, was exhibited for the first time at Army 2020.
Maximum range of the anti-tank missile is up to ten kilometers and the missile cruise to the target over 600 m/s.
Vikhr-1’s tandem HEAT warhead can penetrate 750mm RHA (Rolled Homogenous Armor) behind the ERA block.
211216-N-QI061-1222 NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (December 16, 2021) An MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), assigned to Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 (VUP-19), sits on the flight line at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Dec. 16, 2021. VUP-19, the Navy’s first Triton squadron, will continue to maintain and operate the aircraft off the East Coast to further develop the concept of operations and refine tactics, techniques, and procedures. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan T. Beard/ Released)