The COBRA Counter Battery Radar is a counter battery radar system jointly developed by Thales, Airbus Defence and Space and Lockheed Martin for the French, British and German Armed Forces. It is a mobile active 3D electronically scanned array radar based on a wheeled chassis for enemy field artillery acquisition.
Each antenna is thought to contain approximately 20,000 GaAs integrated circuits. This allows the device to display the position of multiple enemy artillery pieces at extremely long ranges, and the radar is capable of dealing with saturation bombing.
In addition, there is a high level of automated software, with high-speed circuits and secure data transmission, that can evade detection by enemy electronic countermeasures.
The German government pledged to provide COBRA to Ukraine in 2022 in response to Russias invasion of Ukraine.
Bike without leveling or stabilization
cab with operator and C3 console
In-vehicle main power unit
Vehicle Integrated User Artillery Command and Control System
Integrated Inertial Navigation System (Laser Gyroscope) with GPS option
Air conditioner with ABC filter (gas, chemicals and particulates)
Shelter for bulletproof and small arms fire
Enemy battery location:
Battery center position/Battery width and orientation/
Weapon Classification/Action Area/Weapon and Area Priority
Friendly Fire Registration and Customization:
Shooting Location/Setting Parameters
Short/Standard/Long 20, 30, 40 km
1200 square kilometers
Operation Mode
Automatic - Bootstrap tasks and submit results via C3-Link
Autonomous - not connected to C3-Link, operator defined
Crew size 1-3 soldiers
Storage time 5-15 minutes
Degradation time 3-5 minutes
Using Airborne Inertial Navigation Systems
Digital Background Map and Digital Topographic Map (DTM)
Calculate Terrain Mask from DTM
Task Priority
Location Area Priority
Weapon System Class Priority
for battery location
Battery location criteria
Number of weapons 1-8
Relative radius 100-200 m
Association time 10-999 seconds
Location rate>40 batteries in 2 minutes
Position Rate Mode Normal, High
Custom tasks and positioning tasks simultaneously
Accuracy <15km - 50m CEP
>15 km - 0.35% range
Shelter Dimensions 600 x 250 x 210 cm
Prime Powerplant Dimensions 80x250x200cm
Vehicle Platform (Interface Frame) Dimensions 750 x 250 cm
Vehicle Payload 10 tons
The shelter weighs about 8000
The weight of the main power unit is 1900 kg