RSC / D guided missile system
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RSC / D guided missile system on double launch vehicle (2012) |
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| Dimensions | Double launch vehicle 4,700 kg, rocket launch weight 400 kg, warhead rocket 40 kg, beacon transmitter 5500 kg |
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| Range | 30 km (rocket altitude 9 km) |
The guided missile system RSC / D from Oerlikon Contraves was built in 1958 and tested in Italy .
History and Development
On the basis of the guided missile RSA , the beam-controlled guided missile system RSC / D was developed.
There was no noteworthy order, apart from the delivery of a training battery to Japan and thus no major order. The system consists of a double launch gun , beacon transmitter, search radar, command station and diesel generator . All five components are each built on a single-axle trailer, with the exception of the diesel unit, which was built on a two-axle trailer. The two hydraulically elevatable yokes on the shipyard / launch vehicle made it possible to load the rockets independently, so no additional crane / loading vehicle was necessary.
The RSC / D system formed the basis of the RSE system developed from 1960 under the code name Kriens , which was terminated by the EMD in 1966. The Air Force used the British Bloodhound system instead . A double launch vehicle of the RSC / D with 2 rockets and a beacon transmitter is now in the Swiss Military Museum Full . A double launch vehicle with 2 rockets from the RSD Kriens system is now in the Flieger-Flab-Museum in Dübendorf .
- Use: ground-to-air defense system
- Manufacturer: Oerlikon Contraves
- Operation: 9 (1 operator, 8 loading crew)
- Weight: double launch vehicle 4700 kg, rocket launch weight 400 kg, warhead rocket 40 kg, beacon transmitter 5500 kg
- Fuel: Nitrid-acid / Kerosene mixture
- Range: 30 km (rocket altitude 9 km)
- Speed: 800 m / s (Mach 2.4)
photos
Beacon transmitter
Guided missiles on double launch vehicle
Beacon transmitter
RSC / D launcher
Engine
literature
- Hugo Schneider: Armament and equipment of the Swiss Army since 1817: Air defense light and medium anti-aircraft missiles Anti-aircraft guided missiles, Volume 12 of Armament and Equipment of the Swiss Army since 1817. Stocker-Schmidt publishing house, 1982.