No way in hell that Tor-M1(wathever) could engage at the same time 8 targets. Tor uses CLOS guidance with optical guidance backup…how did you form 8 different CLOS signals using a single tracking and fire control radar?…that’s beyond me.
Tor-M1A:
New software boosts Tor-M1 performance
Miroslav Gyürösi Russian joint-stock company OAO NIEMI (Otkritoye Aktsionernoye Obschestvo Naucsno-Issledovatelskiy Elektromekhanicseskiy Institut = Public joint-stock company scientific-research electromechanical institute) has developed an upgrade for the Tor-M1 (SA-15 ‘Gauntlet’) air-defence missile system, writes Miroslav Gyürösi. The organisation is part of the Almaz-Antey joint-stock company, a group of 34 Russian companies specialising in the development and production of air-defence systems.
The upgraded system is named Tor-M1A and the improved combat vehicle is designated 9A331-1A. It is intended to offer improved high-altitude coverage and a longer range against crossing targets (aircraft or missiles that are not directly approaching the SAM unit, but flying past it en route to another target). Combat ceiling has been improved by about 50%, while the range against crossing targets is increased by 33%.
This additional capability does not require changes to the missile or
modifications to the vehicle hardware. It has been obtained by new software. This adds new signal-filtering techniques, new launch-preparation and allow routines, and improved algorithms giving better performance against manoeuvring targets. These changes are intended to improve the system’s performance in areas judged lacking following Russian evaluation of the NATO air raids conducted over the former Yugoslavia in 1999. The retrofit package has been accepted for use by Russian Army Tor units.
Being a software change, it can be carried out during normal service
maintenance at the user’s base workshops.
Performance improvements – Tor-M1 to TorM1A
System designation Tor-M1 Tor-M1A
Combat vehicle 9A331-1 (original) 9A331-1A (upgraded)
Against targets flying at up to 300m/s:
– max. altitude 10-6,000m 10-9,000m
– max. range 1,000-12,000m 1,000-12,000m
– max. crossing range up to 6,000m up to 8,000m
Against targets flying at up to 600m/s:
– max. altitude 10-6,000m 10-7,000m
– max. range up to 12,000m up to 12,000m
– max. crossing range up to 6,000m up to 7,000m
Against cruise missiles and UAVs
(with RCS of more than 0.1m² and a speed of up to 700m/s):
– max. altitude 50-6000m 50-6,000m
– max. range 1,500-7,000m 1,500-7,000m
– max. crossing range up to 6000m up to 6,000m
Minimum range against low-flying targets:
– at an altitude of 10m 1,500m 1,500m
– at altitudes of more than 100m c.1,000m c.1,000m
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