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1967
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762 MISSILES 1967... SWEDEN Saab 08/Nord M.20 By modifying the well-proven Nord CT.20 target drone, Saab and Nord have produced a high-subsonic cruise missile for coastal defence duties. Fitted with a highly effective war- head of Swedish design, the 08 will be operated primarily from naval destroyers but is equally suitable for shore-based use. USA RUR-5A Asroc This rocket-assisted anti-submarine ballistic weapon has been operational in eight-round launchers on ships of the US Navy since the summer of 1961, and is fitted also to the Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze. Payload is an acoustic homing torpedo or nuclear depth charge, which can be delivered over a range of one to six miles. MGR-1B Honest John Until replaced by Lance, this unguided, spin-stabilised artillery rocket will remain standard equipment in the armies of the USA and its allies, including Britain. XMGM-52A Lance Intended to replace Honest John, the now- abandoned Lacrosse and possibly Little John, this divisional support missile has advanced to the stage of initial procurement for training. Launches have been made successfully from both the standard M-113-A1 tracked erector/launch vehicle and the helicopter-trans- portable lightweight wheeled launcher developed by Hawker Sid- deley Canada. An improved version, known as XRL (Extended Range Lance), with improved Rocketdyne storable liquid-propcllant engine, is under development and can utilise the same ground equipment and guidance system as the initial version. LTV also received from the US Navy, in March of this year, a $6.3 million R&D contract for work on the ship-borne XMGM-52B Sea Lance. Intended to support amphibious landing operations, it will be able to utilise the Mk 5 twin-launcher already in service on ships of the USN. All versions of Lance can be fitted with interchangeable nuclear or conventional warheads. MGR-3A Little John Two US Army battalions have been equipped with this unguided spin-stabilised support weapon since 1961. Able to carry a nuclear warhead, it is small enough to be towed by jeep or transported by helicopter. MGM-13 Mace Although its development can be traced back to Matador, the first guided weapon to become operational with the USAF, this winged cruise missile remains in first-line service in Europe and Okinawa. MGM-31A Penning The Pershing 1 selective-range artillery weapon system at present operational with the US Army in Europe and with the Federal German Forces, requires the use of four XM474E2 tracked vehicles. Under an improvement programme, started in January 1966, Martin Marietta have evolved a Pershing 1A weapon system which uses four wheeled vehicles based on the XM656 five-ton truck. Key vehicle is the IEL (improved erector- launcher), an articulated truck and trailer combination, carrying the missile warhead as well as the missile itself and capable of paved road or cross-country travel. At the firing site, automatic erection and laying contribute to very rapid rate of fire. The IEL with missile in place can be transported by C-130 aircraft. The other vehicles are a transporter for the improved programmer-test station and power station (IPTS/PS), the firing battery operations centre (FBOC) truck and the radio terminal set (RTS) vehicle with inflatable antenna. FLIGHT International, 9 November 1967 MGM-29A Sergeant Operational since 1962, Sergeant serves u-, a medium-range field artillery missile with both the US and Federal German forces. Production has ended, but improvement programmer continue; they are aimed principally at simplifying the electronic support equipment and so reducing the number of vehicles required to transport the system. Sergeant, which carries a nuclear or conven- tional warhead, is air-transportable and can be emplaced and fired in a few minutes by a six-man crew in all conditions of terrain and weather. UUM-44A Subroc This unique long-range anti-submarine weapon is launched from the torpedo tube of a submarine, leaves the water. travels to the target area in a ballistic trajectory and there separates its nuclear depth bomb warhead. The launch submarine can be moving and need not be pointed towards the target at launch. Four jet-deflection nozzles on the booster enable the missile to be steered both underwater and in the air. Guidance is by a lightweight inertial system. Subroc became operational in late 1965 and is intended to equip about 25 high-speed nuclear attack submarines of the USN. USSR Frog The acronym "Frog" (free rocket over ground) covers a whole series of spin-stabilised unguided artillery rockets, not all of which are related. Frog-1 is the Soviet counterpart of Honest John, transported like the others on a tracked erector /launcher and with a range of about 15 miles. It has been in large-scale service for at least ten years. Frog-2 is a slimmer single-stage missile, also with a bulbous warhead. It has been followed by the two-stage Frogs 3, 4 and 5, which differ from each other only in shape and size of war- head. Latest version, seen for the first time in November 1965, is Frog-7, which reverts to a single-stage configuration. In all cases the main nozzle is surrounded by anything from seven to 12 smaller nozzles. Scud A new version of this guided field artillery missile put in an appearance in the November 1965 military parade through Moscow. Mounted on a wheeled transporter/launch vehicle instead of the usual tracked vehicle, it appears to be larger and more refined than the original Scud, which was 35ft long and had an estimated range of 50 miles. The original model was believed to be the only Soviet tactical artillery missile to utilise liquid propellants. Shaddock Little is known of this large cruise-missile, which has been only partially glimpsed inside its tanker-like container during Moscow military parades. It has one main nozzle and two jettison- able boosters and is known to have a pointed nosecone. Shaddock appears to be at least twice as large as Styx and, in view of the latter's proven accuracy and destructive power, Soviet cruise missiles of this type are not to be under-estimated. Styx The abilities of this 20ft-long ship-launched cruise missile were well demonstrated by the recent sinking of the Israeli des- troyer Eilat. Two are carried inside small "hangars" by patrol boats of [he Komar class and four by Osa-class vessels. Propulsion is by rocket, supplemented at take-off by a jettisonable booster, and Israeli reports appear to indicate that a form of terminal homing system is fitted. More than 100 patrol boats of the Soviet Navy are said to carry Styx. Others serve with the navies of Cuba and Egypt. Range is about 15 miles. Much larger and more modern aeroplane- configuration cruise missiles are carried by Krupnyi- and Kildin<\ass destroyers and other Soviet ships. TABLE 2: TACTICAL MISSILES Designation (see notes) Nord SS.I2 Nettuno Saab 08A (Nord M.20) RUR-5A Asroe MGR-IB Honest John XMGM-52A Lance MGR-3A LitclejohnMGM-I3A Mace CGM-I3B Mace XMGM-31A Pershing MGM-29A Sergeant UUM-44A Subroc User France Swedish Navy USN, Japan USA, NATO USA USA USAF USAF USA, Germany USA, Germany USN Prime Contractor Nord-Aviation Contraves Italians Saab Aktiebolag Honeywell, Ordnance Division Douglas: Emerson Electric LTV Missiles and Space Division —Michigan US Army Materiel Command Martin Co, Baltimore Division Martin Co. Baltimore Division Martin Co, Orlando Division Sperry Utah Co Goodyear Aerospace Corpn. Dimensions Length 6ft 2in 12ft 3in 18ft 9in 15ft 26ft 20ft 14ft 5in 44ft 44ft 1 in 34ft 6in 34ft 6in 21ft Max diam 7.1 in 7.9in 26in I2in 30in 22in I2.5in 54in 54in 40in 3lin 2lin Launch wt(lb) 167 3701,985 1,000 4,720 3,200 780 14,000 18,000 10,000 10,100 4,000 Max Rani (n.m.) 3.2 5.4 n.r. 5 10.5 26 10 650+ 1,200+ 400 75 25 Note* CGM, launched from 'coffin' type site; MGM, mobile guided missile; MGR, mobile guided rocket: n.r., not releasable; RGM, launched from ship on the surface: RUR shir water rocket: USA, US Army; USN, US Navy; UUM, underwater-to-underwater missile; a.p., armour piercing; frag, fragmentation.
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