Ukrainian artillery has destroyed the Russian Zoopark-1 counter-battery radar system with an accurate strike.

The video of the combat work of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was published by the Aeronauts Telegram channel.

According to the report, the enemy’s radar was damaged in the Berdiansk sector during the fighting this summer.

A Ukrainian reconnaissance drone spotted a Russian Zoopark-1 radar in one of the frontline areas.

After detecting the enemy’s counter-battery radar, the Ukrainian UAV began to monitor its movement as it changed position.

The Russians placed their radar station in the middle of the field next to the forest. At the same time, the invaders were constantly moving and changing their positions in order to make it more difficult for Ukrainian intelligence to detect and defeat them.

However, according to the video, this tactic did not help the Russians in this case.

After stopping at a new position, the Zoopark-1 crew began deploying the radar into position for operation and at the same time was targeted by two consecutive strikes of high-precision projectiles.

It is likely that an American M142 HIMARS rocket system was used to destroy the Russian counter-battery radar station. This system fired at the invaders with two M31A1 missiles having a warhead made of thousands of tungsten balls. This is not the first time the Ukrainian military has destroyed such expensive Russian equipment. A similar case took place in June, when a Zoopark-1 was also destroyed near the town of Bakhmut.

Zoopark-1 counter-battery radar

1L219M Zoopark-1 is a Russian reconnaissance and fire control radar. It is designed for reconnaissance and fire detection of ground artillery systems, such as tubed artillery and MLRS. The radar determines the positions of the enemy artillery, as well as detects the trajectory of the flight of various ammunition during firing. The radar can also be used to adjust their own artillery fire.

The radar is mounted on the chassis of the MT-LB multi-purpose tracked platform. It is a system with a mobile passive electronically scanned array radar that is capable of detecting up to 70 positions per minute and simultaneously tracking up to 4 targets.

According to the manufacturer, the counter-battery radar is able to detect the positions of 120mm mortars at a distance of 17 kilometers, 105mm and 155mm howitzers – up to 12 kilometers, and the fire of multiple launch rocket systems such as BM-21 Grad and BM-27 Uragan – at a distance of 40-45 kilometers.