Mobile A/A system developed by the “Israeli Aircraft Industry” consisting of a Vulcan cannon and a pod containing four stinger missiles to intercept low-flying aircrafts.
The Racquet is in fact a Vulcan APC on which a Stinger pod, a computerized control unit and a night vision system were assembled, as well as other various innovative optical instruments.
The Racquet was built so that one A/A system could operate much more efficiently against multiple targets at different heights and various definitions while being protected by an APC capable of high mobility over long distances.
The computerized control system of the Racquet is similar in principal to the Chaparel’s, “Armit”, but is lighter and more advanced. It’s built as a suitcase with a monitor, a stick and a keyboard and presents both the radar picture received from the Ramit (Mobile Tactical Radar System) and the video picture received from the sight. In addition, the Racquet is installed with an advanced navigational system.
Presently the A/A array is in the process of improving all Vulcan APC’s to the Racquet configuration. In 1997 started one of the Vulcan battalions of the A/A array the first training with the Racquet at the A/A academy over a period of five weeks.
In January 1998 the Racquet achieved readiness status at the purple line. (Israel`s border with Syria)