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Description

Mission

The mobile maintenance and training workshop (MMTW) is designed for tactical air defence troops equipped with mobile antiaircraft gun systems like antiaircraft gun system LOARA and other similar units. The design and equipment of the workshop provides logistic support for up to 12 AA units and training for the crews of two AA unit's at a time.

General technical description

The mechanical design of the MMTW is based on the STAR 1466 truck, which is a 6 x 6 (3-axle) all-terrain vehicle. The interior of the vehicle body has been divided functionally in two parts: operating compartment and store compartment, with a door between the two.

Operating compartment

In the front part of the vehicle body, the operating compartment is arranged, where the workstations of the training system and cabinets with test equipment are placed. The main parts of the training system include the on-board computer, two workstations with 17'' LCD monitors and the trainer's seat.

Store compartment

The store compartment is arranged in the rear part of the body. In this compartment, the units, assemblies and components included in the spare part set are carried, as well as some elements of the vehicle equipment. The store compartment has a double door to make easier loading and unloading.

Training system

The training system enables to simulate virtual battlefield scenarios and virtual operation of the individual subsystems of maintained AA unit. AA unit's equipment is connected to the training simulator and the crews take their normal working positions in the turret during training. The trainer, sitting in front of the two monitors in the MMTW, supervises the training exercise. The trainer can choose any of a number of air situation scenarios earlier defined and loaded into the training simulator. The training simulator generates and displays on the crew workstations virtual air situations as seen by the respective sensors (target acquisition radar, TV camera and thermal camera), as well as virtual target coordinate data from the tracking radar and laser range finder. Also simulated are turret rotations, resulting in the respective changes of the pictures seen by the crew members. Training with the turret and gun drives normally operating is also possible.

Additional equipment

The standard equipment of the MMTW includes a filter-ventilation system, heating and ventilating system, air conditioner and a fire alarm system. A radio station is installed in the driver's cabin for voice communication with other units on the battlefield. The vehicle position in terrain is known from the built-in GPS receiver. A power winch is provided in the vehicle chassis.