The 1K148 Yastreb-AV is a Russian self-propelled counter-battery radar complex attributed to the Almaz-Antey industrial group and Tula-based NPO Strela. Open reporting describes it as a phased-array artillery reconnaissance system on a BAZ-6910-025 8x8 chassis, built to track incoming shells or rockets and calculate artillery firing positions for counter-battery fire. Russian state-linked reporting announced its use with Russian artillery units in Ukraine in January 2024, while Ukrainian military, government-linked, and independent news coverage later documented the destruction of multiple Russian Yastreb-AV systems.
Russian state-linked reporting said the 1K148 Yastreb-AV entered use with Russian artillery units in Ukraine for detecting Ukrainian firing positions; Ukrainian military and news reporting documented Russian systems destroyed by HIMARS-guided strikes in southern Ukraine, the Donetsk direction, and Luhansk Oblast, as well as a National Guard drone attack in Luhansk Oblast from 2024 to 2026.
Role detailsOpen sources describe Yastreb-AV as a high-value artillery reconnaissance radar rather than a firing weapon. Its battlefield role is to detect projectile trajectories, estimate firing coordinates, and pass targeting data to artillery units for counter-battery fire.
Russian state-linked reporting describes a phased-array radar complex that automatically tracks shells in flight and determines firing-position coordinates.
Reported on a BAZ-6910-025 four-axle chassis with the antenna system mounted at the rear.
Development is attributed to Tula-based NPO Strela within Almaz-Antey; Russian military press and state reporting identify NPO Strela as producing Yastreb-AV alongside Zoopark-1M and Aistenok systems.
Detailed official performance data remains undisclosed; range and cost estimates vary across open media and should be treated cautiously unless independently sourced.
Primary support: RIA Novosti Yastreb-AV fielding report; Krasnaya Zvezda NPO Strela production report; RG NPO Strela production report; Focus January 2024 Yastreb-AV explainer; ArmyInform Yastreb-AV explainer; Bmpd Yastreb-AV development note.
Yastreb-AV fits a Russian and Soviet counter-battery radar line rather than a same-family variant set. The linked neighbors below cover an older tracked Rys system and the portable Aistyonok set.
| Related system | Relationship | Source-backed context |
|---|---|---|
| 1RL239/1RL239M ARK-1/ARK-1M Rys | Earlier counter-battery radar | TopWar presents Rys, Zoopark, Aistyonok, and Yastreb-AV as successive domestic counter-battery radar systems, with Rys developed by Tula NII Strela and Yastreb-AV again developed by NPO Strela. |
| 1L271 Aistyonok | Portable NPO Strela radar | Russian military press and state reporting identify NPO Strela production context for Yastreb-AV alongside Aistenok/Aistyonok and Zoopark-1M artillery reconnaissance radars. |
Primary support: TopWar From Rys to Yastreb counter-battery radars; Krasnaya Zvezda NPO Strela production report; RG NPO Strela production report.
Bmpd reported that a Russian Ministry of Defence state contract for the Yastreb-AV development work was signed in 2011.
Sources: Bmpd Yastreb-AV development note
Bmpd published open-source imagery of an apparent prototype on a BAZ-6910-025 8x8 chassis during interdepartmental testing.
Sources: Bmpd Yastreb-AV development note
RIA Novosti and Sputnik, citing the Russian Defense Ministry, reported that Russian artillery units were using the 1K148 Yastreb-AV in Ukraine for counter-battery reconnaissance.
Sources: RIA Novosti Yastreb-AV fielding report, Sputnik Yastreb-AV fielding report
ArmyInform and Ukrainska Pravda, citing Ukraine's Special Operations Forces, reported that a 73rd Naval Centre UAV crew found a Russian 1K148 Yastreb-AV on a southern front and that Ukrainian forces attacked it with HIMARS.
Sources: ArmyInform January 2024 Yastreb-AV destruction, Ukrainska Pravda January 2024 Yastreb-AV strike
ArmyInform cited Ukrainian specialist commentary describing the Tula NPO Strela development link, 2011 contract trail, 2019 testing, Army-2022 display, and BAZ-6910-025 chassis context.
Sources: ArmyInform Yastreb-AV explainer
Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported on a Russian defense-ministry visit to NPO Strela, identifying Yastreb-AV alongside Zoopark-1M and Aistenok systems in the enterprise's counter-battery radar production context.
Sources: RG NPO Strela production report
LIGA.net reported that Ukrainian forces struck a Russian Yastreb-AV with HIMARS in the Donetsk direction, citing published Ukrainian footage.
Sources: LIGA.net July 2024 Yastreb-AV strike
StopCor reported that Ukraine's 15th Separate Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade "Chornyi Lis" destroyed a Russian 1K148 Yastreb-AV near Karaichne in Luhansk Oblast with a HIMARS strike corrected by a Shark UAV.
Sources: StopCor October 2024 Yastreb-AV destruction
ArmyInform reported that Ukraine's 413th Raid Battalion of the Unmanned Systems Forces struck a Russian 1K148 Yastreb-AV, while correcting an earlier claim that two radars had been destroyed.
Sources: ArmyInform June 2025 Yastreb-AV strike
Ukrainska Pravda reported that Lasar's Group of Ukraine's National Guard destroyed a Russian 1K148 Yastreb-AV system in Luhansk Oblast.
Sources: Ukrainska Pravda March 2026 Yastreb-AV destruction, ArmyInform March 2026 Yastreb-AV destruction
