Turkish ASELSAN unveils new anti-aircraft missile cannon system PHOTO/VIDEO

The GURZ ("Flail") air and missile defence system developed by ASELSAN is presented for the first time at the International Defence Exhibition IDEF-23.

The GURZ surface-to-air missile cannon system (SAM) will be presented at IDEF 2023 as an innovative ASELSAN air and missile defence system that offers the use of multiple interceptors (cannon and missile) against air threats at very low and low altitudes, Caliber.Az reports, citing the Twitter page of SavunmaSanayiST.com.

ASELSAN GÜRZ Hava ve Füze Savunma Sistemi'ni tanıttı

— 35mm'lik Parçacık Mühimmatlı Top, 4 adet SUNGUR Füzesi, 4 adet BOZDOĞAN Füzesi ve AESA Radarhttps://t.co/g9gSrGwq0i

— SavunmaSanayiST.com (@SavunmaSanayiST) July 23, 2023

The GURZ SAM is mounted on an armoured platform with 8x8 rubber wheels and features superior technological characteristics. The system will operate against UAVs, helicopters, combat aircraft, cruise missiles and air-to-ground munitions.

The changing warfare environment has increased the need for air and missile defence systems with high mobility. The GÜRZ SAM will protect both stationary targets and transport convoys on the march from airborne threats. With the system's superior target detection, identification and tracking capabilities, its preventive suite, advanced threat assessment and weapon placement decisions, it offers high destructive power against threats in a cost-effective architecture.

The GURZ SAM consists of components such as a 35mm anti-aircraft gun (ATOM, HEI (high-explosive incendiary), TP (tracer) anti-missile munition family), four SUNGUR missiles, four BOZDOĞAN missiles, four active phased array search radars (AFAR), fire control radar, electro-optical sensors and a data link.

While MANPADS missiles such as SUNGUR or STINGER are used in very low-altitude areas, the BOZDOĞAN missile is used as a low-altitude missile. Patent images of the GURZ were published by Russian users on social media under the name "Turkish Pantsir" about a year ago.

However, it is predicted that the GÜRZ ("Flail") will have much more advanced characteristics than the Pantsir.
For our part, the experience of the Russian-Ukrainian war has shown that NATO countries lag behind the Russian Federation (or, more precisely, its Soviet backlog) in terms of military air defence. The limited range of Western systems allows the Ka-52 to shoot down AFU convoys with Soviet Vikhr missiles with near impunity.

Another problem identified during combat operations is UAVs, both reconnaissance and "kamikaze". Traditional air defence systems cannot cope with a small-sized target.

In this regard, Türkiye's GÜRZ ("Flail") air defence system may be in high demand. It includes a 35mm ATOM cannon with fragmentation ammunition with a programmable fuse.

At the same time, if the main purpose of missiles is to fight against enemy planes and helicopters, then projectiles with programmable fuzes will be effective against kamikaze UAVs.

The Pantsir ZRPK, I remind you, does not have shells with programmable fuzes in its ammunition kit, and its anti-aircraft 2× double-barrelled 30-mm 2A38M, 2×6 57E6E cannons fire ordinary bolts....