M-11 Schtorm

M-11 Schtorm double arm starter

M-11 Schtorm ( Russian Шторм ; German: "Storm") is a Russian sea-based anti - aircraft missile system. The NATO code name is SA-N-3 Goblet , the GRAU index 4K60 or 4K65 . It was first installed on Soviet warships in the 1960s and is still in use today.

description

On July 25, 1959, the development of the sea-based anti-aircraft missile complex M-11 Schtorm was commissioned. The research was taken over by the Institute NII-10 , which also worked on the naval version of the land-based anti-aircraft system SA-3 (SA-N-1). The original plan was to install the SA-N-3 system on the Project 1126 ships, but this was discarded in June 1961, as both the SA-N-3 and Project 1126 projects were canceled. However, the SA-N-3 project was reactivated just a month later to be installed on Moskva-class ships . The work was successfully completed in April 1962. The missiles were fired from a modified ZIF-101 launcher, which is also used in the SA-N-1 system. After initial problems, the system was finally installed on the Moskva River , which entered service in 1967. The M-11 Schtorm system was officially put into service in 1969, as development and improvement work was still being carried out despite the commissioning.

Unusually there was no such land-based system. The M-11 system was used exclusively on Soviet warships and was never used in real combat situations. A total of 25 systems were manufactured and used on the following classes of ships:

• Moskva-class : two B-189 twin-arm launchers, a total of 24 missiles
• Kara class : two B-189 twin-arm launchers, a total of 72 missiles
• Kresta II class : two double-arm launchers, a total of 72 missiles
• Kiev class : two double arm starters

technology

The 4K60 / 4K65 rockets are mounted in pairs next to each other on the rotating double-arm launcher. The rocket's speed is between mach two and mach three. It is 6.1 meters long, weighs 1,844 kilograms (takeoff weight) and is equipped with a 129 kg warhead. The effective control height ranges from 100 to 25,000 m. The older 4K60 missiles had a range of 3 to 30 km, the more modern 4K65 missiles can be used effectively up to a distance of 55 km. The anti-aircraft missiles are controlled by means of command guidance and semi-active homing (SARH). The "Head Lights" radar is used.

• Length: 6,100 mm
• Missile diameter: 600 mm
• Wingspan: 1,400 mm
• Warhead: 120 kg of conventional warhead or 25 kt - nuclear warhead
• Maximum flight speed: ~ 1,200 m / s
• Takeoff weight: 1,844 kg
• Radar: “Head Lights” in combination with “Top Sail” radar

variants

• 4K60 M-11 "Schtorm" : W611 missiles, NATO code SA-N-3A
• 4K65 M-11 "Schtorm-M" : W611M missiles, NATO code SA-N-3B (improved system)

Web links

Commons : M-11 Schtorm  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description of the system (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ^ VP Zablockij: Large anti-submarine defense ship "Nikolaev" (Project 1134B), Morskaya Kolektsia Volume 5/2006, Moscow 2006 (in Russian)