The system aims to detect and locate enemy artillery, mortars, MLRs, and anti-aircraft or tactical-missile firing positions with seismic and acoustic sensors without emitting any radio waves.
It locates enemy fire within 5 seconds at a range of 25 km (16 mi; 13 nmi).
Penicillin completed state trials in December 2018 and entered combat duty in 2020.
[1][2] The Penicillin is mounted on the 8x8 Kamaz-6350 chassis and consists of a 1B75 sensor suite placed on a telescopic boom for the infrared and visible spectrum as well as several ground-installed seismic and acoustic receivers as a part of the 1B76 sensor suite.
[3] It has an effective range for communication with other military assets up to 40 kilometres (25 mi) and is capable of operating even in a fully automatic mode without any crew.