Vietnam upgrades its 37 mm self-firing artillery.
Upgrading and modernizing 37mm anti-aircraft guns gives them superior combat capabilities, enabling them to be effective in modern warfare.
Currently, the Vietnam People's Army still has many older generation 37 mm anti-aircraft guns in its inventory.
Having been in use for decades, many of the cannons have deteriorated and require replacement with incompatible parts.
Furthermore, the development of high-tech warfare, with the advent of super-fast fighter jets, cruise missiles with low radar cross-sections, and terrain-hugging flight capabilities, has diminished the role of anti-aircraft artillery.
Given this situation, upgrading these outdated anti-aircraft guns with automatic control technology and modern electronic equipment to ensure their continued effectiveness in the new era is an urgent necessity.
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| Vietnam's 37mm anti-aircraft guns are currently undergoing modernization. |
Recently, officers and engineers from the Institute of Military Engineering Automation have been carrying out a modernization program for 37 mm and 57 mm anti-aircraft guns, aiming to retain all of these weapon systems while the defense budget does not yet allow for replacement.
Based on technologies and materials available domestically,The Institute of Military Engineering Automation has focused its research on improving integrated reconnaissance and fire control equipment, giving the 37 mm cannon new capabilities.
That feature includes target detection at a range of 20 km day and night under electronic jamming conditions, with an electro-optical tracking system mounted on the command vehicle to detect and track targets with high accuracy.
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| This is a command vehicle for an integrated 37 mm anti-aircraft gun system. |
In addition, the battery is equipped with the TBDK-PH37 communication system, which helps to transmit commands from the commander to the gunners at all gun mounts more accurately.
The 37 mm anti-aircraft gun batteries are now interconnected into a system that allows the Company Commander to directly fire all guns under his command simultaneously, creating a reliable density of firepower.
With this upgrade package, Vietnam's 37 mm and 57 mm anti-aircraft guns have a significantly higher target destruction probability compared to their original versions, a performance comparable to advanced anti-aircraft gun systems currently in use.
In the future, if electronically controlled ammunition is integrated and fire control is achieved through a unified team system, it can be asserted that this weapon will fully meet all the requirements of modern warfare.
