RIM-24 tartare
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| General Information | |
| Type | Surface-to-air missile |
| Manufacturer | General Dynamics |
| development | 1955 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 4.72 m |
| diameter | 343 mm |
| Combat weight | 601 kg |
| span | 610 mm |
| drive | Solid rocket |
| speed | Mach 1.8 (603 m / s) |
| Range | 32 km |
| Furnishing | |
| Target location | semi-active radar target search (SARH) |
| Warhead | 60 kg |
| Detonator | Proximity and impact fuses |
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The RIM-24 Tartar was a short- and medium-range anti-aircraft missile of the United States Navy from the 1960s. The missile was manufactured by General Dynamics . The tartar could also be used against surface targets.
history
The Tartar was essentially a version of the RIM-2 Terrier without a second booster . The order for the Tartar was awarded in 1955, and the first rocket flew three years later. The introduction to the active fleet took place in 1962. The then current SAM-N-xx designation was never given to the Tartar , the missile was known as the Missile Mk. 15 . In 1962, with the introduction of the RIM designation, the missile was designated as the RIM-24.
The RIM-24A Tartar could be used against targets at altitudes of 15 to 15,000 meters. The effective range was between 1.8 and around 15 kilometers. The later introduced RIM-24B Improved Tartar received a more modern radar system and a more powerful engine that improved the flight altitude to over 20,000 meters and the range to over 30 kilometers. Many missiles were modified in the course of the RIM-24C Improved Tartar Retrofit . A weight reduction increased the range by about 2 kilometers.
The Tartar was replaced by the RIM-66 Standard Missile in the medium-range version.
technology
The Tartar had a solid propellant rocket engine that accelerated the guided missile to Mach 1.8. The line was semi-active, so the ship had to illuminate a target with its radar and the Tartar "rode" on the reflected radar waves to her target. The Tartar had a continuous-Rod - warhead of about 60 kilograms.
The launch was either from a Mk-11 double-arm or from the Mk-13 and Mk-22 single-arm launchers.
commitment
The tartare was first used on the modified destroyers of the Forrest Sherman-class destroyer and cruiser -Umbauten the Baltimore class . From the beginning, the Tartar was used by destroyers of the Charles F. Adams class and the nuclear cruisers of the California class .
Foreign users were the Royal Australian Navy , which the RIM-24 aboard the frigates of Adalaide class and Perth class began, as well as the German Navy aboard the Class 103 (Lütjens class).
