The KOBRA air defence system is designed to protect land forces and high-value facilities against low- and medium-height air attacks. This refers particularly to combat aircrafts, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles flying at the lowest heights and taking advantage of the terrain shape. They can be very dangerous and have a tremendous impact on the attacked objects. They are, on the other hand, difficult to detect and destroy. The present-day battlefield makes more and more strict functional demands on air defence armament. The required features of modern air defence systems are high firepower and mobility, short reaction time and interoperation with the superior command level.
A subunit operating separately, in isolation from the main forces, as in the case of fast reaction forces or air assault units, should be able to perform anti-aircraft tasks and be moved quickly, including air transport. Very important features of such systems are the ability to act covertly and high effectiveness of fire as resulting from efficient command and battlefield surveillance and use of highly effective weapons. A subunit should be able to act both in a centralised command system and autonomously.
The KOBRA system configuration helps to meet all these requirements, offering effective defence of high-value assets, troops and forces. The newest technical solutions applied for target acquisition, operations command and control and weapon control make this proposal one of the most effective short-range air defence systems at the battery level.
The main advantage of the KOBRA system is parallel use of precisely controllable guns and fire-and-forget AA missiles.

• Reliable target acquisition and high kill probability due to:
• high accuracy of target data from a 3D radar
• short data renewal time
• high ECCM performance
• precise estimation of target motion parameters
• high accuracy of ballistic calculations made by the fire control computer using advanced algorithms
• independent aiming and control of each gun
• use of fire-and-forget missiles
• use of modern types of ammunition (sub-calibre and other)
• Day and night operation capability
• Short reaction time of the system
• High mobility of the system
• Ability to operate in various battlefield conditions:
• autonomous operation of the whole KOBRA
possibility of autonomous operation of each KOBRA's component open system architecture, enabling customized external interfaces with other systems and equipment.