Unknown air delivered sensor?

[tuggwat]

Looking for ideas on this one.

Looks like some sort of air delivered sub-munition but not sure whether it's supposed to have an explosive payload or whether it's some sort of battlefield sensor.

 

[opus5150]

What you have there is a Bulgarian Radio Frequency Jammer. These were fired from a 152mm howitzer and used to jam the enemy's tactical frequencies during combat. Can honestly say it's the first time I've ever seen one. Rare and interesting item! https://www.digplc.com/communicationselectronics5.html

 

[tuggwat]

Thanks Opus, nor something I would’ve thought of.

 

[Nabob]

The original 152 mm RS-540 (540M) was jamming an area of 700 m radius between 20 - 100 MHz for 60 minutes.
Base ejecting projectile was fuzed with DZV-90 (V-90 changed to non detonating fuze). I wonder why they didn't use a T-90.

A training round had a smoke charge emiting for 5-10 seconds.

Whole round is designated VRS-546 (VRS-546M).

Bob

 

[sgdbdr]

Hi,

Picture extracted from HRVATSKI VOJNIK (Croatian Soldier Mag) no. 81 from 1995 :




available here : https://hrvatski-vojnik.hr/kategorija/magazin/1995/


Cheers,

S.

 

[MINENAZ16]

other threads :

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/78209-Radio-Jamming-Carrier-Projectile?highlight=jammer

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/82233-Air-dropped-flare-mine-Or-what?highlight=jammer