Zoopark-1 1L219 is a

counter-battery radar A counter-battery radar (alternatively weapon tracking radar or COBRA) is a radar system that detects artillery projectiles fired by one or more guns, howitzers, mortars or rocket launchers and, from their trajectories, locates the position on ...

system developed jointly by

Almaz-Antey JSC Concern VKO "Almaz-Antey" (russian: link=no, ОАО "Концерн ВКО "Алмаз-Антей"») is a Russian state-owned company in the arms industry, a result of a merger of Antey Corporation and NPO Almaz, unifying some of the nati ...

for the

Russian Armed Forces The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (, ), commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military forces of Russia. In terms of active-duty personnel, they are the world's fifth-largest military force, with at least two m ...

. It is a mobile passive electronically scanned array

radar Radar is a detection system that uses radio waves to determine the distance ('' ranging''), angle, and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, w ...

(based on a tracked MT-LBu chassis) for the purpose of enemy field-artillery acquisition. The system can detect moving ground targets at a distance of up to 40 kilometers. It reached initial operating status in 1989.

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{{Russia-mil-stub Ground radars Weapon Locating Radar Russian and Soviet military radars Warning systems Almaz-Antey products Military vehicles introduced in the 1980s

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