Kortik CIWS

<h2 id="design">Design</h2>
<p>The weapon is a modular system consisting of a command module and typically two combat modules, as in the case of the two <a href="/facts/Sovremenny-class_destroyer/TW4ysMjT"><i>Sovremennyy</i>-class destroyers</a> <i>Taizhou</i> (ex-<i>Vnushitelnyy</i>) and <i>Ningbo</i> (ex-<i>Vechnyy</i>) in Chinese service, although the number can be as many as 8 in the case of <i><a href="/facts/Soviet_aircraft_carrier_Admiral_Kuznetsov/SyTcBRan">Admiral Kuznetsov</a></i>. The command module detects and tracks threats, distributes targeting data to the combat modules, and interrogates the <a href="/facts/Identify_friend_or_foe/ANQjz9NM">IFF system</a> of approaching threats. The command module has a 3-D target detection radar, and an all weather multi-band integrated control system. Depending on the number of installed combat modules, the system can engage multiple targets simultaneously.
The combat modules automatically track using either radar, an electro-optronic control system (such as <a href="/facts/FLIR/00XqYfqo">FLIRs</a>) or both, and then engages targets with missiles and guns. The combat modules are typically equipped with two <a href="/facts/Gryazev-Shipunov_GSh-6-30/PPaA0lsA">GSh-30K</a> (AO-18K) six-barrel 30 mm <a href="/facts/Rotary_cannon/aqpMNnTy">rotary cannons</a>, with a link-less feeding mechanism, and two <a href="/facts/9M311/71PW7QBe">9M311</a>-1 missile launchers equipped with 4 ready-to-fire missiles each and fed by a reloading system storing 32 missiles in ready-to-launch containers.
</p><p>The guns used in the Kortik are the GSh-30K six-barrel 30 mm rotary cannon. Individually, each GSh-30K has a higher rate of fire compared to guns used by other CIWS such as the <a href="/facts/GAU-8/ahBB5jtC">GAU-8</a> on the <a href="/facts/Goalkeeper_(CIWS)/4SvrhWtH">Goalkeeper</a> and the <a href="/facts/M61_Vulcan/8APAQoDK">M61 Vulcan</a> on the <a href="/facts/Phalanx_CIWS/9QDgV3Fz">Phalanx</a>. Along with a high rate of fire, the fairly heavy round (390 g or 14 oz) used by the Kortik is comparable to the <a href="/facts/Depleted_Uranium/oKGvpUlW">DPU</a> rounds of the GAU-8 Avenger (425 g or 15.0 oz), although the muzzle velocity (and therefore both the kinetic energy and effective range) is slightly lower, partially offsetting the high caliber and rate of fire.
</p><p>The missiles used in the Kortik are the 9M311, which are also used on the <a href="/facts/2K22_Tunguska/71PW7QBe">2K22 Tunguska</a>. The 9M311 is an ACLOS guided missile. The warhead weighs 9 kilograms (20 lb) and is either laser or radio fused. The warhead is a <a href="/facts/Continuous-rod_warhead/TWmYWSWG">continuous-rod warhead</a> with a steel cube <a href="/facts/Fragmentation_(weaponry)/hY6dz3rP">fragmentation</a> layer. The detonation of the warhead will form a complete circle of fragmentation that is 5 meters in radius, and damage or destroy anything in that circle.
</p><p>The combination of the missiles and guns provides more comprehensive protection when compared to other <a href="/facts/CIWS/dWyqWpBF">CIWS</a> utilising either missiles or guns only. The system's combined kill probability is allegedly 0.96 to 0.99.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
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<h2 id="variants">Variants</h2>
<ul><li>Kashtan-M: improved variant with:
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Salvo/R15uCzaR">Salvo</a> capability</li>
<li>Dedicated targeting station</li>
<li>Two AO-18KD cannons with higher <a href="/facts/Muzzle_velocity/RHSvMT4D">muzzle velocity</a> (range improved from 4 to 5 km)</li>
<li>Improved missile range and engagement altitude (from 8 to 10 km for range and from 3.5 to 6 km altitude)</li>
<li>Decreased system's reaction time from 6.8 to 5.7 seconds</li>
<li>Sensor modularity</li>
<li>Lower sensitivity</li>
<li>Vulnerable to air to ground missiles and more than 900 pound bombs.</li></ul></li></ul>
<h2 id="specifications">Specifications</h2>
<table><tbody><tr><th></th><th>Kashtan</th><th>Kashtan-M</th></tr><tr><td>Weight</td><td>15,500 kg (34,200 lb)</td><td>12,500 kg (27,560 lb)</td></tr><tr><td>Armament</td><td>2 x GSh-6-30</td><td>2 x GSh-6-30KD</td></tr><tr><td>Firing Rate</td><td>2 x 4,500 rds/min</td><td>2 x 5,000 rds/min</td></tr><tr><td>Target Range</td><td colspan="2">500-4,000m (1,640-13,120 ft)</td></tr><tr><td>Effective Range</td><td colspan="2">500-1,500m (1,640-4,920 ft)</td></tr><tr><td>Ammunition Store</td><td>2 x 500 rounds</td><td>2 x 1500 rounds</td></tr><tr><td>Muzzle Velocity</td><td>860 m/s (2,820 ft/s)</td><td>960–1100 m/s (3,150-3,610 ft/s)</td></tr><tr><td>Elevation</td><td colspan="2">3,000 m (9,840 ft)</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="operators">Operators</h2>

<h3>Current operators</h3>
<ul><li> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq">Vietnam</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li>
<li> <a href="/facts/India/QW4TV4sy">India</a></li></ul>
<h3>Former operators</h3>
<ul><li> <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet Union</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/CIWS/dWyqWpBF">CIWS</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/KBP_Instrument_Design_Bureau/oVSjdEKI">KBP Instrument Design Bureau</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tunguska-M1/71PW7QBe">Tunguska-M1</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Pantsir_missile_system/DUt7hUTP">Pantsir-M/EM</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>

<ul><li>"2001 Russian Export Arms Catalog"</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kortik (CIWS).

<p>(in English)
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.russianammo.org/Russian_Ammunition_Page_30mm.html#14">30×165mm</a> — Russian Ammunition Page</li>
<li><a href="http://www.oao-ratep.com/">Air Defence Missile-Gun System “KASHTAN-M” </a> — RATEP</li>
<li><a href="http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/east-european-navies-vessels-ships-equipment/russian-navy-vessels-ships-equipment/weapons-a-systems/123-kashtan-kashtan-m-kashtan-lr-cads-n-1-close-in-weapon-system-ciws-.html">Kashtan, Kashtan-M, CADS-N-1, Palma, Palash CIWS</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111011192439/http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/east-european-navies-vessels-ships-equipment/russian-navy-vessels-ships-equipment/weapons-a-systems/123-kashtan-kashtan-m-kashtan-lr-cads-n-1-close-in-weapon-system-ciws-.html">Archived</a> 11 October 2011 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a> — Navy Recognition</li></ul>
<p>(in Russian)
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<ul><li><a href="http://militaryrussia.ru/blog/topic-16.html">Комплекс 3М87 Кортик / Каштан (SA-N-11 GRISON)</a> — Military Russia</li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130413025726/http://www.arms-expo.ru/049055052048124049053050054.html">"Кортик" ("Каштан", 3М87, SA-N-11, Grison)</a> — Оружие России</li>
<li><a href="https://archive.today/20130416155411/http://www.arms-expo.ru/049055052048124056055054051.html">«КАШТАН - M», зенитный ракетно-артиллерийский комплекс</a> — Оружие России</li>
<li><a href="http://pvo.guns.ru/naval/kashtan-m.htm">Ракетно-артиллерийский комплекс «Каштан»</a> — Вестник ПВО</li>
<li><a href="http://pvo.guns.ru/naval/kortik.htm">Ракетно-артиллерийский комплекс 3М87 «Кортик» (SA-N-11 Grison)</a> — Вестник ПВО</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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Kortik CIWS open-in-new

Kortik CIWS