1L262E Rtut-BM (SPR-2) Russian Mobile Electronic Warfare (EW) System

The Rtut-BM, 'Mercury-BM' in English, is electronic warfare (EW) system intended to protect troops and equipment from artillery rockets and shells equipped with proximity fuses that explode at 3-5 meters of altitude. The Rtut-BM affects the proximity/radio-controlled fuse making it explode at higher altitudes keeping the troops and equipment safe. Besides, the system is able to neutralize radio frequencies employed by the enemy's communications. The Rtut-BM system is deployed on an MT-LB armored vehicle fitted with a television antenna which provides coverage for an area of 50 hectares (500,000 square meters) or a semi-sphere of 400 meters radius. The antenna can rotate -/+150-degree and its jamming signal can last for six minutes. This EW system requires a crew of two-man and can be ready for jamming within 10 minutes. The KRET corporation has been manufacturing and delivering KRET systems to the Russian Armed Forces since 2011. --- COGINT Report Data (7 June 2023, UNCLASSIFIED) --- Bandwidth/Frequencies: 95–420 MHz operating, 80–900 MHz jamming Range: 500,000 m2 or a semi-sphere of 400 m radius Additional Information: • SPR-2M/Rtut-BM is a modernization of the SPR-2/Rtut-B (GRAU Index -1L29), improving system reliability and adding the function of jamming radio lines on Performance Specifications: • Jamming frequency [MHz]: 80–900 • Operating frequency range [MHz]: 95–420 • Coverage area [m2]: 500,000 • Ready time [min]: 10 • Continuous operation time [min]: 6 • Coverage radius [m]: 400 • Crew [people]: 2 • Antenna rotation [deg]: 150 • Chassis: MT-LBu • Total pulse power of the jamming signal [W]: 180