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9A52 Smerch launch vehicle
9A52 Smerch launch vehicle

The BM-30 Smerch (Tornado) or 9K58 is a Russian multiple rocket launcher. The system is designed to defeat manpower, armored and soft-skinned materiel in concentration areas, artillery batteries, command posts and ammunition depots. It was created in 1986 and entered service in the Soviet Army in 1989.[1]

Components:

  • rockets (in containers);
  • 9A52-2 modernized launch vehicle;
  • transloader;
  • automated fire control equipment;
  • set of arsenal equipment;
  • training facilities.

The 300mm rockets with a firing range of 70 and 90 km and various warheads have been developed for the Smerch MLRS.

The 9A52-2 vehicle with the automated system ensures:

  • delivery of fire from an unsurveyed fire position;
  • laying of the launch tube cluster with the crew staying in the cabin and without using aiming points;
  • autonomous determination of an azimuth of the launch tube cluster’s longitudinal axis;
  • visual representation of graphical information for the launch tube cluster laying, the route of vehicle movement and location as well as a point of destination and direction of movement on the video terminal;
  • increase in MLRS survivability owing to reduced time of staying at a fire position;
  • increased comfort for the laying operator, especially in adverse weather conditions and at night;
  • increased independent operation owing to the navigation and survey equipment, which allows the vehicle to rapidly change fire positions and move autonomously;
  • reduction of the combat crew.

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[edit] General characteristics

  • Chassis: MAZ-543M
  • Combat Weight: 43.7 t
  • Length: 12 m
  • Height: 3.05 m
  • Width: 3.05 m
  • Crew: 3 men
  • Emplacement Time: 3 min
  • Displacement Time: 2 min
  • Launcher: 9A52-2, 300-mm, 12 tubes
  • Launch Rate
Salvo Time: 12 rounds in 38 seconds
  • Reload Time: 20 min

[edit] Rocket Projectiles

Variant Rocket Warhead Self-destruct time Range
Name Type Weight Length Weight Submunition Min. Max.
9M55K Cluster munition, anti-personnel 800 kg 7.6 m 243 kg 72 × 1.75 kg, each with 96 fragments (4.5 g each) 110 sec 20 km 70 km
9M55K1 Cluster munition, self guided anti-tank 243 kg 5 × 15 kg
9M55K4 Cluster munition, AT minelets. 243 kg 25 × 5 kg mines 24 hour
9M55K5 HEAT/HE-Fragmentation. 243 kg 646 × 0.25 kg (120 mm RHA armor piercing) 260 sec
9M55F separable HE-Fragmentation 258 kg
9M55S Thermobaric 243 kg
9M528 HE-Fragmentation 815 kg 243 kg 7.6 m 25 km 90 km

[edit] Operators

  • Flag of Algeria Algeria: 18 systems in 1999.
  • Flag of India India: 38 systems to be delivered by 2008 and additional 24 systems by 2010.Total cost $750 million.
  • Flag of Kuwait Kuwait: 27 systems in 1996.
  • Flag of Russia Russia: 300 in 2001(100 in 1995) [2]
  • Flag of Belarus Belarus: 48 system in 1990 [3]
  • Flag of Ukraine Ukraine: unknown number [4]

[edit] Former operators

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Russian) MLRS Smerch
  2. ^ Russian Army Equipment
  3. ^ Belarus Army Equipment
  4. ^ http://www.mil.gov.ua
  • Russia's Arms Catalog 2004

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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