BM-30
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The BM-30 Smerch (Tornado) or 9K58 is a Soviet/Russian MRLS. The system is designed to defeat manpower, armored and soft-skinned materiel in concentration areas, artillery batteries, command posts and ammunition depots. It is widely regarded as the best MLRS in the world.
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
- 9M55K: cluster warhead with 72 submunitions.
- Weight 800 kg
- Rocket Length 7.6 m
- Warhead Weight 243 kg
- Weight of a submunition 1.75 kg
- Number of prefragmentated fragments (4.5 g) 96
- Self-destruction time 110 s
- Minimum Range 20000 m
- Maximum Range 70000 m
- 9M55K1: cluster warhead with anti-armor self-guided submunitions.
- Weight 800 kg
- Rocket Length 7.6 m
- Warhead Weight 243 kg
- Number of submunitions 5
- Weight of a submunition 15 kg
- Minimum Range 20000 m
- Maximum Range 70000 m
- 9M55K4: cluster warhead with AT minelets.
- Weight 800 kg
- Rocket Length 7.6 m
- Warhead Weight 243 kg
- Number of mines 25
- Weight of a mine 5 kg
- Self-destruction time 24 h
- Minimum Range 20000 m
- Maximum Range 70000 m
- 9M55K5: HEAT/HE-Fragmentation.
- Weight 800 kg
- Rocket Length 7.6 m
- Warhead Weight 243 kg
- Number of submunitions 646
- Weight of a submunition 0.25 kg
- RHA penetration 120 mm
- Self-destruction time 260 s
- Minimum Range 20000 m
- Maximum Range 70000 m
- 9M55F: separable HE-Fragmentation warhead
- Weight 800 kg
- Rocket Length 7.6 m
- Warhead Weight 258 kg
- Minimum Range 20000 m
- Maximum Range 70000 m
- 9M55S: thermobaric
- Weight 800 kg
- Rocket Length 7.6 m
- Warhead Weight 243 kg
- Minimum Range 20000 m
- Maximum Range 70000 m
- 9M528: HE-Fragmentation warhead
- Weight 815 kg
- Rocket Length 7.6 m
- Warhead Weight 243 kg
- Minimum Range 25000 m
- Maximum Range 90000 m
[edit] References
- Russia's Arms Catalog 2004
[edit] See also
- Katyusha, BM-13, BM-8, and BM-31 multiple rocket launchers of World War II
- BM-14 140mm multiple rocket launcher
- BM-21 Grad 122mm multiple rocket launcher
- BM-27 Uragan 220mm multiple rocket launcher
- Multiple Launch Rocket System, U.S. multiple rocket launcher
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