An improved Pantsir-S2 combined gun-missile system will join active military service before the end of this year, a top Russian military commander said Friday, April 10, 2015. The new missile will increase the system’s range of fire from 20 to 30 kilometers.
"We are receiving new systems, above all S-400 and Pantsir complexes… The upgraded Pantsir-S2 has just completed trials and will join the force already before this year is out,” Viktor Gumenny, Commander of Air Defense Troops of the Russian Air Force, told a gathering of veteran air defenders ahead of their professional holiday.
Pantsir-S2, is an updated version of the
Pantsir-S1 — a short-range, mobile, fully autonomous air defense system combining two 2A38M 30mm anti-aircraft guns and six 57E6-E ready-to-fire missiles in steered launch containers.