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Big Fred

Country of Origin: Russia

Big Fred is a mobile Russian artillery and mortar-locating radar mounted on either the MT-LB multipurpose armored vehicle or the ACRV-2 tracked armored command reconnaissance vehicle. The system has high mobility and is used in forward lines, but lacks amphibious capability.

The radar has an artillery circular error probability (CEP) of 150 percent of the CEP for mortars, and may be also used for artillery fire-control and battlefield surveillance. The radar and vehicle unit is...

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