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During Soviet science in our country is experiencing incredible growth. Perhaps only this can explain the surprisingly powerful and technically accurate propelled laser systems, which at one time worked in Moscow and Ural engineers.





1Q11 \ "Stiletto \»
In the mid-60s of last century the minds of the designers of the country of the Soviets possessed by a new idea - to combat lasers, namely mobile complexes that could simultaneously be used for targeting of ballistic missiles, as well as for electronic glare \ "eye \" enemy vehicles.

On the development of such technologies puzzled several design offices, but the contest won the Moscow Research and Production Association \ "Astrophysics \". During the installation of the chassis and board complex posted Ural plant of transport engineering, which was working one of the founding fathers of the country's self-propelled artillery Yuri Tomashov. Selecting \ "Uraltransmash \" was not accidental, by the time this Ural plant was already a recognized authority in the issue of self-propelled artillery.



- General Designer of this system was the son of the Minister of Defense of the USSR Nikolai Ustinov. The machine is intended for destruction, but not everything that gets in sight: the laser beam suppresses optoelectronic systems of military equipment of the enemy. Imagine the glass, which diverges from the inside small cracks, can not see anything, you can not aim. The weapon becomes \ "blind \" and turns into a pile of metal. It is clear that there is an extremely precise targeting mechanism, which would not have got lost when moving the machine. The aim of our KB was to create an armored vehicle capable of carrying a laser installation carefully, as the glass ball. And we managed to do it, - said in an interview with \ "WG \" Yuri Tomashov.



Prototypes \ "Stiletto \" appeared in 1982. The spectrum of its use in battle was even broader than originally anticipated. None of the existing at the time optronic guidance systems did not maintain its \ "view \". In battle, it would look something like this: a helicopter, a tank, or any other military equipment is trying to aim, but at this moment \ "Stiletto \" already sends blinding beam which burns the light-sensitive elements pointing guns of the enemy.



Field Research has also shown that the retina of the human eye and literally burns from falling \ "shell \" latest laser self-propelled. But there are slow enemy tanks or planes: \ "Stiletto \" can destroy even ballistic missiles that fly at a speed of 5-6 kilometers per second. Aiming and pointing \ "laser tank \" being a turret horizontally or with special oversized mirrors, the position of which can be changed.
There were built two prototypes. In mass production, they were not allowed, but their fate is not as sad as it could be. Despite the exclusivity \ "series \", both complexes are still listed by the Russian Army, and their combat characteristics and is now forced to admire and be terrified of any possible opponent.



SLK 1K17 \ "Compress \»
His appearance on light \ "compression \" is also obliged NGO \ 'Astrophysics \ "and \" Uraltransmash \ ". As before, the Muscovites were responsible for the technical component and a \ "smart stuffing \" complex and sverdlovchane - for its ride quality and competent installation designs.



The first and only car was released in 1990 and resembles a \ "Stiletto \", but only superficially. Over the 10 years that have passed between the release of these two machines, the association \ 'Astrophysics \ "has surpassed itself and fully upgraded laser system. Now it consisted of 12 optical channels, each of which has an individual and independent guidance system. Made this change was to decrease the chance of the enemy to protect themselves from attack by using laser light filters. Yes if radiation \ "compression \" occurred in one or two channels, the conventional helicopter pilot and his machine could escape from the \ "blind \", but the 12 laser beams of different wavelengths drove their chances to zero.



There is a beautiful legend that specifically for this machine was grown synthetic ruby ​​crystal weighing 30 kilograms. This ruby, topped with a thin layer of silver, played the role of a mirror for the laser. Experts this seems unlikely - even at the time of the appearance of a single laser ruby ​​laser machine this would already be obsolete. Rather, in the automotive complex \ "compression \" was used with additives YAG neodymium. This technology is called YAG lasers, and at its base is much more powerful.



In addition to its main task - disabling enemy vehicles electron optics - \ "compression \" could be used to impact the guidance of allied machinery in conditions of poor visibility and difficult climatic conditions. For example, during the installation of fog can find purpose and designate it for other machines.
The only released the machine is in the village of Ivanovo art museum in Moscow. Alas, the mass production of these two laser SPG never had: the disintegration of the USSR and the short-sightedness of the military leadership in those years, and then the absolute lack of money hacked these brilliant technical projects in the bud.



- The tests were just two choices: \ "Stiletto \" and more powerful \ "compression \". For this work, the group was awarded the Lenin Prize. Laser self-propelled have adopted, but, unfortunately, in the series, she never did. In the nineties, the complex was considered too expensive, - says Yuri Tomashov.