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Today we’ll be taking a look at the Sky Sabre, a Multi-Vehicle SAM System consisting of one radar vehicle and two launch vehicles with lethal missiles!
Sky Sabre: A SAM System (SPAA) for Great Britain at Rank VIII
At a glance:
- Two launchers with 8 missiles each; either CAMM or CAMM-ER!
- Missile ranges from 25 km to 45 km, both with an Active Radar Homing seeker
- Simultaneous fire and track of 16 missiles
The Sky Sabre has its roots back to the early 2000s, when the British Government awarded MBDA UK a contract to develop a new, common missile under the Future Local Area Air Defence System (FLAADS) program. This program aimed to replace the old Rapier missile systems that had been in service since the 1970s.
What came from the FLAADS program was the CAMM (Common Anti-Air Modular Missile), designed to be used on a multitude of different platforms; either land, air or sea. It was first incorporated onto Royal Navy ships in 2018 and an extended-range variant called the CAMM-ER was developed in 2023 in collaboration with Italy.
The Sky Sabre, which uses the CAMM missile, entered service with the British Army in December 2021, with six being operated by the 16th Regiment Royal Artillery. In 2022, to reinforce NATO anti-aircraft security in the region, one Sky Sabre was sent to Poland and remained in service until December 2024, when it was returned to the UK for maintenance and repairs.
Currently, five Sky Sabres are being used for training and protecting the skies of the UK. One Sky Sabre has been located on the Falkland Islands since early 2022, where it replaced all Rapier missile systems previously stationed there.
Introducing the Sky Sabre!
Meet the Sky Sabre, joining Great Britain at the end of the SPAA line in the Tusk Force major update, ready to reinforce British ground force lineups with some lethal anti-air firepower! This is all thanks to two types of surface-to-air missiles that can take out aircraft at long ranges. Let’s take a closer look!
Just like some of the vehicles released in the previous major update, the Sky Sabre is a Multi-Vehicle SAM System (MVSS). This means it comprises three vehicles: a radar vehicle that tracks targets, and two launcher vehicles that can be placed. The radar is the SAAB Giraffe AMB, and when using it, you’ll be able to track and fire at targets using the newly added Radar Control Screen, just like the other MVSS vehicles. 16 missiles from the launchers (when both are placed) can be fired simultaneously and track individual targets when you click on them on the radar control screen. Like the other MVSS vehicles, this makes the Sky Sabre a serious threat against planes and helicopters!
Trivia: The Sky Sabre launches missiles vertically using a “cold launch” system. This is where gas pushes the missile out of the launcher and into the air, then the missile turns towards its target using an orientational engine before the missile engine itself starts and makes its way to the target.
The Sky Sabre features the EMADS launcher system developed by MBDA. This launcher can hold 8 missiles and fires two types which are both brand-new to the game: the CAMM and CAMM-ER, each with a range of 25 km and 45 km respectively. These missiles are extremely powerful and will explode in the proximity of planes and helicopters and can reach a max speed over Mach 3! Both missiles feature an ARH+IOG+DL guidance system, making them excellent at tracking targets in all points of flight.
Did you know?: CAMM is short for “Common Anti-Air Modular Missile”. As the name might suggest, CAMM can be incorporated onto various platforms and is currently used on Royal Navy ships and the Sky Sabre. The use of these missiles on ships and land vehicles both make up the “Sea Ceptor” and “Land Ceptor” weapon systems.
Both the radar and launchers are mounted onto the MAN HX77 8x8 truck. This truck, with all equipment mounted, weighs around 32 tons and is capable of reaching top speeds of 100 km/h thanks to its good engine. It has virtually no armor protection to speak of, and you should not be expecting to survive against bombs, tank shells, and strafing aircraft (if they even manage to get that close to you!) Plus, the radar vehicle is really tall, so make sure to *try* and hide it somewhere! That may be difficult though.
So that’s the Sky Sabre for you — deadly CAMM missiles that are capable of taking out planes and helicopters at medium to long engagement ranges with ease! Be on the look out for this vehicle coming to the game in the Tusk Force major update soon.
Please note that this vehicle’s characteristics may be changed before it is added to the game.
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Comments (45)
Comments will be premoderatedSo Britain gets a 45km ARH missile, yet you guys gave the spyder a extremely short range I-DERBY-SR?
i cri
They also gave russia the early M3 Launchers with single system instead of the dual launch platform which results in only 12 missiles while the others like germany or uk have 16 missiles in total at 50G pull, splendid....
so essentially a giant sized Stinger Missile Launcher but with radar guidance!
It sounds like something the military might have said to the engineers, when they made an official request for a new weapon :)
ui ui ui Britain does need a German Truck for their SPAA? lol
The British Army has been using MAN trucks within it's armed forces since, I don't quite remember, but 2010 or so? Before that they were Leyland DAF and Bedfords, rather not go back to those.
Finally a reason to go past the Stormers!
Real AAA Enjoyer do not need a reason to grind more AAA vehicles!
They have Active Radar Homing? OMG OMG OMG, I can't wait to be engaged by it and just take some squirrels with me as I see all of them miss by magic and then get too close I can simply gun the TEL and TADS down
It's also guided by data link and IOG it doesn't solely rely on its active homing.
Time to grind britannia, brittania rules the waves
Germany rules the waves; Or why is there a German Truck in the Picture? lol
The 25km range missile CAMM (yes not ER) mentioned is actually publicly reported as 25km+ here has been recorded hitting a target at over 38km flight distance, I sure hope gaijin doesn't make the missile blow up for no reason at 25.
So spyder gonna get a normal range now and I-DERBY-SR will be km 40 + and some python 5 fix ?
Hope it allows them to fire without the radar vehicle like it can irl
Can the TELs operate without the radar vehicle like Type 81? They have their own tracking systems though I'm not sure if they have full engagement ability with those alone.
They have an electro-optical sight like the Stormer HVM (it's the shorter mast on the iLauncher) which can be used to fire without the radar (and supposedly also provide mid course guidance but there is no proof)
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