OTR-21 Tochka

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OTP-21 Точка OTR-21 Tochka NATO reporting name: SS-21 Scarab
Basic data
Function	Tactical ballistic missile
Manufacturer	Kolomna OKB
Entered service	1976 / SS-21 Scarab A 1986 / SS-21 Scarab B
General characteristics
Engine	Single-state solid propellant
Launch mass	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)
Speed	1.8 km/s
Range	70 km (43 mi) / SS-21 Scarab A 120 km (74 mi) / SS-21 Scarab B
Warhead	Chemical, 100 kT nuclear warhead, EMP, or fragmentation filling
Guidance	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-ranged 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 160 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.

[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 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] 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

Russian and former Soviet surface-to-surface missiles

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