Engineering:Zoopark-1

Short description: Russian counter-battery radar system

Zoopark-1

Zoopark-1 (Russian: Зоопарк, lit. 'zoo') 1L219 is a counter-battery radar system developed by Almaz-Antey for the Soviet Armed Forces. It is a mobile active electronically scanned array radar (based on a tracked MT-LBu chassis) for the purpose of enemy field-artillery acquisition. The system can detect mortar shells at a distance of up to 20 kilometers, up to 30 kilometers for artillery shells and up to 50 kilometers for ground-to-air rockets, determining location of origin of a fire. Moving ground targets can be detected at a distance of up to 40 kilometers.^[1] It reached initial operating status in 1989.^[2]

The later 1L260 / 1L261 variant was designated Zoopark-1M.^[3]

Gallery

Back view of 1L219M radar at the MAKS2005 airshow
1L219M radar at the MAKS-2005 airshow
1L219M "Zoopark" radar at Russian Expo Arms 2009 in Nizhny Tagil
9th Guards Artillery Brigade's 2S19 Msta-S firing with Zoopark radar system
1000th Training Center of Rocket and Artillery Troops. 1L219 Zoopark radar
Radar complex for reconnaissance and fire control (counter-battery radar) 1L219 Zoo-1 (Tula, Museum of Weapons)