Ukraine's Pivdenne (Yuzhnoye) Design Bureau is stepping up the international military and technical cooperation and together with a foreign partner is developing a new short-range anti-aircraft artillery complex in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The new weapons are intended to replace Soviet anti-aircraft systems such as ZSU-23-4 Shilka self-propelled radar guided anti-aircraft system and 2K22 Tunguska tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft system, the Military Informant agency has reported.

The new anti-aircraft artillery system is expected to be placed on the wheels of a BTR-4 type armored personnel carriers and be equipped with a 35-mm anti-aircraft artillery complex produced by the German Rheinmetall, as well as a point for control and reconnaissance placed on the wheeled chassis of a light armored vehicle.

Under the project, the Pivdenne Design Bureau will ensure the integration of all guidance systems and provide guidance and fire control systems of the new weapons.

The planned firepower of new anti-aircraft artillery system is about 100 rounds per minute, which will allow successfully hitting helicopters, low-flying airplanes and drones. Also, the artillery system can be used against ground targets, to suppress enemy troops and destroy light armored vehicles.

Dnipro-based Pivdenne design bureau is one of the most well-known and recognized scientific and design companies in the world in the field of space technology development.