Desna is preparing VR training for anti-aircraft gun crews to practice aiming and firing without spending ammunition or equipment. The ZU-23 simulator project will be carried out by Ukrainian company Atmaraksi.
Desna is preparing VR training for anti-aircraft gun crews to practice aiming and firing without spending ammunition or equipment. The ZU-23 simulator project will be carried out by Ukrainian company Atmaraksi.
According to Military, the customer for the simulator was the Desna center, and Atmaraksi CEO Anton Ponomarenko told the publication about the project. The company notes that work on the simulator involves tracking movements and positioning, building physically correct weapons models, and integrating a VR complex to bring training closer to real shooting conditions.
The idea of such a solution is to give the calculations the opportunity to practice targeting and working on air targets without spending ammunition and without being tied to a training ground. Against the backdrop of the massive use of drones, ZU-23s in Ukraine remain one of the «working» tools for countering air threats, so the high-quality training of operators directly affects the result on the positions.
Atmaraksi specializes in software for virtual environments and electronics manufacturing and has previously made training solutions for the military, including simulators for other types of weapons. The article also provides the manufacturer’s assessment: the use of VR simulators can reduce training costs by hundreds of thousands of dollars due to savings in equipment and ammunition.
Even before the full-scale invasion, Desna had already implemented ZU-23-2 simulators, and back then it was a computer-mechanical complex with sensors, sight simulators, and a projection screen that allowed training with simulated 23-mm cartridges.
Previously, dev.ua wrote about how a professional VR simulator «Duel VR: FPV vs GUN» appeared in Ukraine, in which a drone operator and a gunner practice countering each other in real time. The development was created for training units in stressful conditions close to combat.
