Wympel R-60
| R-60 (AA-8 "Aphid") | |
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| General Information | |
| Type | Air-to-air missile |
| Manufacturer | GMKB pennant |
| development | 1970s |
| Commissioning | 1975 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 2.09 m |
| diameter | 120 mm |
| Combat weight | 43.5 kg |
| span | 390 mm |
| drive | Solid motor |
| speed | Do 2.5 |
| Range | 8 kilometers |
| Furnishing | |
| Target location | passive infrared radiation |
| Warhead | 3.5 kg continuous rod |
| Detonator | Radar proximity and impact fuze |
| Lists on the subject | |
The R-60 is a Russian , formerly Soviet , air-to-air guided weapon with the NATO designation AA-8 "Aphid" .
description
Development of the K-60 began in the Molnija design office in the late 1960s . After a development time of only four years, series production began in 1973. In 1974 the first copies were delivered to the Soviet air force . Their range is 0.5 to 10 kilometers.
The unusually small and light infrared guided missile was developed for the self-protection of attack aircraft (e.g. MiG-27 , Su-24 , Su-25 ) and helicopters . It is only carried by fighter planes as supplementary armament.
The warhead of the R-60 contains an explosive filling made of an RDX - aluminum mixture, which is embedded in rods made of depleted uranium . If the conditions are favorable, the seeker head can capture its target from all directions ("all aspect").
The guided missile is usually mounted on an APU-60-1 launch rail and wired to be fired from there. If two guided missiles are to be mounted on a suspension station, the APU-60-2 launch rail suspension is used.
variants
- R-60
- 1. Production version.
- R-60T :
- 2. Improved production version with laser - proximity fuse .
- R-60K
- Version of the R-60R with radar proximity fuse.
- R-60M
- 3. Production version with improved search and warhead; Can be used with a helmet visor.
- R-60MK
- Version of the R-60M with radar proximity fuse.
- R-60R
- Prototype with radar seeker head; Development stopped.
- UZ-62
- Training variant with data recording device instead of the warhead.
Weapon platforms
- Mikojan-Gurewitsch MiG-21MF (NATO code name "Fishbed")
- Mikojan-Gurewitsch MiG-21bis ("Fishbed")
- Mikojan-Gurewitsch MiG-23M / MLD ("Flogger")
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25PD ("Foxbat")
- Mikojan-Gurewitsch MiG-29 / MiG-29C ("Fulcrum-A" / "Fulcrum-C")
- Mikojan-Gurewitsch MiG-31 ("Foxhound")
- Sukhoi Su-15TM ("Flagon")
- Suchoi Su-17M3 / M4 ("Fitter-H")
- Sukhoi Su-22
- Sukhoi Su-24M ("Fencer")
- Sukhoi Su-25M / T ("Frogfoot")
- Jakowlew Jak-38 ("Forger")
literature
- Jane's Air-Launched Weapon Systems , Jane's 2002
- The AA-11 Archer air-to-air guided missile system. , DTIG - Defense Threat Informations Group (ed.), January 1998.
- Russia's Arms 2004 catalog. , Military Parade Publishing House.
Individual evidence
- ^ Jefim Gordon : Soviet / Russian Aircraft Weapons since World War Two. Midland Publishing, 2004, p. 30.
- ↑ AB Shirokorad : Wooruschenie Sowjetskoj Awiazij 1941–1991. 2004, ISBN 985-13-2049-8 , p. 616.