Remotely Controlled 30/40 mm Armour Module integrated with the 4x4 Waran vehicle was 1 of the novelties of the Steel Wola Huta presented at the global Defence manufacture Salon in Kielce. The tower is lightweight, modular and does not require crucial interference in the vehicle-vehicle design. HSW is preparing for the first polygon tests and waiting for the comments of possible audiences.
Medium class 4x4 Waran armored wheeled transporter is utilized in the Polish army, among others as mobile command car in rocket and artillery units or as a carrier of drone launchers in Gladius system. Varan parked in PGZ-et section on MSPO 2025 next to the fresh version Herona 6x6 He caught attention with a 30 mm cannon turret. It was a ZSMU prototype adapted to 30x176 and 40x180 calibers, coupled with an MK52 7.62 mm MK52 caliber firearm and a PPK Spike rocket launcher.
As noted by Marcin Bieńkowski, a constructor from HSW, ZSMU 30/40 was not designed to replace ZSSW-30, which can be found at KTO Rosomak. – Here we have an example of integration with the Waran 4x4 vehicle, but the fresh solution is dedicated to various vehicles as an alternate to light weapons modules of 7.62/12,7/14,5 mm. The mass of our tower is akin to competitive solutions, and we have not only 30 mm cannon on board, but besides 7.62, Spike's rifle, anti-drone strategy – Bienkowski mentions.
The basic advantages of ZSMU 30/40 mm are: low mass, modularity and minimal interference in the platform. The tower mass ranges from 1000 kg (no ammunition) to 1400–1500 kg in full combat readiness. The low mass, which affects the velocity of movement, was achieved, among others, by reducing to a minimum the number of drives liable for the individual functions of the strategy (e.g. raising Spike, unlocking the tower, etc.). Marcin Bieńkowski points out that in the USSR and another specified towers practically each specified function has a dedicated drive. There are only 2 drives in ZSMU. In addition, the full plan is full modular, and replacing it with a 30 mm larger caliber requires replacing virtually respective elements.
HSW It is besides arrogant of the detection parameters and the anticipation to destruct targets. While competition has a detection rate of 2500–3500 m, the ZSMU score is about 10,000 m. mark designation and tracking utilizing the tower reaches up to 4000 m. HSW hopes that the polygon tests – which are planned to be "just after MSPO" – will confirm the effectiveness of the cannon at specified a distance.
ZSMU 30/40 mm was presented as part of the Waran 4x4 vehicle, but HSW is not limited to this platform. Waran is just a carrier. The module can be mounted, for example, on lighter Oncilla 4x4 vehicles, which are utilized behind our east border. The assembly of ZSMU is somewhat invasive due to the fact that nothing enters the centre of the vehicle but the armored lift plate," explains Bieńkowski. All control electronics is an integral part of the tower. The only external “additional” is simply a monitor and a useful controller. In the prototype version, the tower is controlled by a wireless controller with knobs and buttons. However, HSW yet focuses on a wired solution that is more reliable and harder to detect in the absence of data emissions that accompany wireless communications. But nothing stands in the way of a soldier controlling a tower outside the vehicle, holding a pad with a display in his hands.
The HSW constructor emphasizes that the final form of the full strategy depends mostly on possible users and their needs. We present ZSMU at MSPO and wait for feedback. The possibilities are very large, for example in the area of drone systems. presently we focus on active and passive system. ZSMU can track drone movements without being detected. erstwhile the drone appears in range, we can disrupt it, bring it to the ground or drive it to specified a velocity that it crashes," says Bieńkowski. He adds that the thought of integrating an active defence strategy is besides being considered. Thanks to specified a system, the vehicle from ZSMU 30/40 mm would besides be a carrier of, for example, a twelve light drones that would hit on the flight after detecting an incoming projectile or BSP, creating a veil for PPK (the rocket would take them first on target) or attacking enemy drones. The HSW typical ensures that this solution can be configured with the fire control system, so that the tower operator sees the threat and decides whether to respond with a cannon or firearm shot or scope for an anti-drone system.
