OTR-21 Tochka

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OTP-21 Точка OTR-21 Tochka NATO reporting name: SS-21 Scarab
Type	Tactical ballistic missile
Service history
In service	1976 / SS-21 Scarab A 1986 / SS-21 Scarab B
Production history
Manufacturer	Kolomna OKB
Specifications
Weight	2,000 kg (4,409 lb) / SS-21 Scarab A 2,010 kg (4,431 lb) / SS-21 Scarab B
Length	6.4 m (30 ft)
Diameter	0.65 (2.1 ft)
Warhead	Chemical, 100 kT nuclear warhead, EMP, or fragmentation filling
Engine	Single-state solid propellant
Operational range	70 km (43 mi) / SS-21 Scarab A 120 km (74 mi) / SS-21 Scarab B
Speed	1.8 km/s
Guidance system	Inertial with GLONASS
Launch platform	Mobile launcher vehicle

OTR-21 Tochka (Russian: оперативно-тактический ракетный комплекс (ОТР) «Точка»; English: Tactical Operational Missile Complex "Tochka", "tochka" is "point" in English) is a Soviet short-range tactical ballistic missile. Its GRAU designation is 9K79. And its NATO reporting name is SS-21 Scarab. It is transported on a 9P129 vehicle, then lifted vertically prior to launch. It was designed as a replacement for the earlier FROG series of unguided ballistic missiles.

Two versions have been reported to have been produced, with NATO reporting names Scarab A and Scarab B.

The base missile has a range of 70 km, but this was increased to 120 km with improved propellant. The warhead could be 482 kg of explosives, bomblets, mines, chemical weapons, or a tactical nuclear warhead. The missile began forward deployment to Germany in 1981, replacing the FROG-7.

Contents 1 Use in combat 2 Operators 2.1 Former Operators 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Use in combat

One of suspected uses of the OTR-21 Tochka in combat came on October 21, 1999 during the Second Chechen War. On that date U.S. military surveillance systems tracked a launch of five to six short-range missiles from within Russia that landed in the city of Grozny. The missiles struck a marketplace and maternity ward, resulting in at least 143 fatalities. [1] A Russian spokesman said the busy market place was targeted because it was used by rebels as an arms bazaar. [2]

[edit] Operators

•  Belarus - 36 ^[1]
•  Bulgaria - 1 brigade + up to 72 missiles (Scarab-A)
•  Poland - 4 ^[2]
•  Russia - 140
•  Ukraine - 90 ^[3]
•  Syria - 1 brigade and additionally not less than 36 missiles
•  Yemen - 10

[edit] Former Operators

•  Czechoslovakia
•  Soviet Union - Passed on to successor states.

[edit] External links

• Tochka-U Video
• SS-21 Scarab (9K79 Tochka)
• (Russian) OTR Tochka
• MissileThreat.com SS-21
• Jane's Defence news on North Korean SS-21 test, April 2006
• Tochka Video

[edit] References

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