Kaliningrad K-5
| Kaliningrad K 5 (RS-1 and RS-2) | |
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| General Information | |
| Type | Air-to-air missile |
| Manufacturer | MKB Fakel ( P. D. Gruschin design office) |
| development | 1953 |
| Commissioning | 1957 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 2,356 m |
| diameter | 200 mm |
| Combat weight | 74 kg |
| span | 549 mm |
| drive | Solid rocket |
| speed | Mach 2.3 |
| Range | 3 km |
| Furnishing | |
| Target location | Radar beacon guidance |
| Warhead | 9 kg |
| Weapon platforms | Fighter planes |
| Lists on the subject | |
The Kaliningrad K-5 ( NATO code name AA-1 "Alkali" ), also known as RS-1U or product (Isdelije) SchM , was a guided jet guided Soviet air-to-air guided missile.
The development of the weapon began in 1951 in what was then OKB-2, which was later renamed MKB Fakel. In 1955 the first tests were carried out and in 1957 the weapon was delivered to the armed forces under the name Gruschin / Tomaschewitsch (Russian: Грушин / Томашевич) RS-1-U . The first types were designed for the RP-2U on - board radar of the MiG-17PFU and MiG-19PM . A variant released in 1959 was designed for the RP-9 / RP-9-U (Safir) radar of the Sukhoi Su-9 . The guided missile was attached to an APU-4 launch rail and fired from there.
The guided missile from riding a board radar NII-17 sent to the target aircraft beacon . The rear guide fins had tracer means at the conical ends for visual control by the pilot during night operations. The RS-2-U no longer had tracer means for daytime operations. If the missile missed the target, it self-destructed after 23 seconds. The guide beam method was unsatisfactory and the weapon was replaced by the Wympel K-13 with a semi-active or infrared seeker head by 1967 .
In the People's Republic of China , the rocket was produced under the designation PL-1 for the Shenyang J-6 B manufactured under license .
variants
- Kaliningrad RS-1U (AA-1 "Alkali" or K-5)
- Gruschin RS-2U (AA-1 "Alkali" or Kaliningrad K-5MS)
- Gruschin RP-2U (AA-1 "Alkali" or Kaliningrad K-5MS)
- Gruschin RS-2US (AA-1 "Alkali" or Kaliningrad K-5M) - variant with a longer housing for use at greater heights.
- Gruschin RP-9 "Safir" (AA-1 "Alkali" or Kaliningrad K-5)
- Gruschin RP-9U "Safir" (AA-1 "Alkali" or Kaliningrad K-5)
- PL-1 (replica of the RP-9)
- Kaliningrad R-55 (AA-1 "Alkali" or K-55) is the successor model with the seeker head of the R-13 for the Su-9
- Gruschin K-6 (1954 planned variant based on an improved K-5 for the T-3, but never built)
Carrier aircraft
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17PFU
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19PM
- Shenyang J-6B
- Sukhoi Su-9 ("Fishpot")
- Sukhoi Su-15 ("Flagon")
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F ("Fishbed")
Technical data (RS-2US / K-5MS)
- Length: 2500 mm
- Wingspan: 654 mm
- Body diameter: 200 mm
- Takeoff weight: 82.7 kg
- Top speed: 2880 km / h
- Range: 2–6 km
- Warhead weight: 13 kg
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Jefim Gordon : Soviet / russian aircraft weapons since world war two . Midland, 2004, pp. 15 .
- ↑ AB Schirokorad : Wooruschenije Sowjetsko Awiazii 1941-1991. 2004