{"id":47727,"date":"2022-06-16T19:15:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T17:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=47727"},"modified":"2023-04-25T19:53:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T17:53:29","slug":"the-new-spanish-vcr-dragon-shows-its-missile-with-artificial-intelligence-to-destroy-tanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/06\/16\/the-new-spanish-vcr-dragon-shows-its-missile-with-artificial-intelligence-to-destroy-tanks\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Spanish VCR Drag\u00f3n shows its missile with artificial intelligence to destroy tanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Dragon wheeled combat vehicle (VCR) of the Spanish Army continues its development, this time with an important milestone.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/06\/13\/panther-kf51-this-is-the-latest-generation-combat-tank-that-will-replace-the-leopard-2\/\">Panther KF51: this is the latest generation combat tank that will replace the Leopard 2<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/06\/05\/the-tanks-and-missiles-that-spain-could-deliver-to-ukraine-and-their-current-status\/\">The tanks and missiles that Spain could deliver to Ukraine and their current status<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>The Spanish company Escribano Mechanical and Engineering has today published <strong>the video of the first shot of a Spike LR anti-tank missile with the Guardian 30 remote turret<\/strong>, manufactured by that company and which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensa.com\/espana\/asi-son-dos-dragones-dotados-torres-remotas-30-mm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was chosen last year to equip 114 units of the new Spanish armored vehicle<\/a>, based on the Swiss MOWAG Piranha V:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GUARDIAN 30 SPIKE LR2\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8VvgZ-YnIoA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The images were recorded at the San Gregorio National Training Center (CENAD)<\/strong> in Zaragoza, one of the Army's main training camps. <strong>The chosen target is an old M-60 main battle tank<\/strong>, which was the predecessor of the Leopard 2 in the Spanish armored units. Today these old tanks are used as targets on that training ground.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52151666635_67fafff831_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The shot was made from the retractable launcher that the Guardian 30 turret has on its right side<\/strong>, capable of firing two Spike missiles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52151184953_cec495185b_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The missile fired, the Spike LR2, is an improved version of the Israeli Spike LR missile already used by the Spanish Army.<\/strong> While the LR has a range of 4,000 meters, the LR2 can destroy targets at 5,500 meters, achieving 30% more armor penetration. In addition, <strong>the LR2 has a target tracker with artificial intelligence functions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52151178016_dcacec776c_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Spike LR2, like previous versions, has a tandem warhead<\/strong>, made up of a precursor charge, whose purpose is to destroy the reactive armor plates of most modern tanks, and a primary charge that penetrates the main battle tank to destroy it. As we can see, <strong>the missile hits its target from the top, which is usually the most vulnerable on Russian tanks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52151184913_79d761f099_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The blast effect is devastating<\/strong> on a tank without reactive armor like this old M-60.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/ejercito.defensa.gob.es\/en\/unidades\/Toledo\/acinf\/Publicaciones\/82\/8_Actualidad_Organica.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Spanish Army announced the purchase of 160 Spike LR2 launchers and 1,600 missiles<\/a>. <strong>The first launchers and missiles have already been sent to various units<\/strong>, specifically to the 31st Mechanized Infantry Battalion \"Asturias\" of the <strong>XII Brigade \"Guadarrama\"<\/strong>, based in El Goloso (Madrid); the General Headquarters Battalion and the First Flag Paratrooper \"Roger de Flor\" of the <strong>VI Brigade of Paratroopers \"Almog\u00e1vares\" (BRIPAC)<\/strong>, based in Paracuellos de Jarama (Madrid); the VII\/3 Protected Infantry Battalion \"San Quint\u00edn\" of the <strong>VII Brigade \"Galicia\" (BRILAT)<\/strong>, based in Siero (Asturias); the <strong>Infantry Academy<\/strong> of Toledo; and the Park and Maintenance Center for Anti-aircraft, Coastal and Missile Systems (<strong>PCMASACOM<\/strong>), based in Pozuelo de Alarc\u00f3n (Madrid).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Dragon wheeled combat vehicle (VCR) of the Spanish Army continues its development, this time with an important milestone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12876,11548],"tags":[11462,10557,16825,14093],"class_list":["post-47727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excluir-de-anotaciones-eng","category-armament","tag-spain","tag-spanish-army","tag-spike-missile","tag-vcr-dragon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}