Wympel R-40
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General Information | |
Type | Air-to-air missile |
Local name | R-40 |
NATO designation | AA-6 Acrid |
Country of origin | Soviet Union |
Manufacturer | Pennant |
development | 1959 |
Commissioning | 1970 |
Technical specifications | |
length | 6.20 m (R-40T), 6.24 m (R-40R) |
diameter | 310 mm |
Combat weight | 468 kg (R-40T), 475 kg (R-40R) |
span | 1450 mm |
drive | Solid |
speed | Do 4.5 |
Range | 30 km (R-40T), 50 km (R-40R) |
Furnishing | |
steering | Inertial navigation |
Target location | IR (R-40T), SARH (R-40R) |
Warhead | 38 kg fragmentation warhead |
Detonator | Proximity & impact fuze |
Weapon platforms | MiG-25 , MiG-31 |
Lists on the subject |
Wympel R-40 ( Russian Вымпел Р-40 ) is a Russian , formerly Soviet , air-to-air missile with the NATO designation AA-6 "Acrid" .
This guided missile was specially developed for use with the MiG-25 (NATO code name "Foxbat") in the 1960s and was introduced under the designation R-40T and R-40R . After the Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko left for Japan on September 6, 1976 with a MiG-25 , the aircraft model and the guided missiles were revised. The new versions were named R-40RD and R-40TD .
In use on the MiG-25 it was planned to fire two missiles at an air target in order to guarantee the destruction of the target even with countermeasures. Since the standard armament of the MiG-25 consisted of two infrared and two radar-guided missiles, one of each variant was fired. But first the infrared-guided missile, so that it does not switch to the exhaust jet of the radar-guided missile.
It is currently the largest air-to-air missile in use in the world and is currently used on the MiG-31 ("Foxhound").
variants
- R-40T: 1. Series version with infrared seeker head. Range 30 km.
- R-40R: 1st series version with semi-active radar seeker head. Range 50 km.
- R-40TD: Improved R-40T with revised electronics and a range of 40 km.
- R-40RD: Improved R-40R with revised electronics and a range of over 60 km.