9-505: SS21 or variation , may refer to: OTR-21 Tochka , a Soviet short-range ballistic missile with the NATO designation "SS-21 Scarab" USS F-2 (SS-21) , a United States Navy submarine which served during World War I Chilean submarine Simpson (SS-21) , several submarines of the navy of Chile Higashi-Murayama Station (station code SS21 ), Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan;
18-410: A nuclear , biological or chemical warhead. The solid propellant makes the missile easy to maintain and deploy. OTR-21 units are usually managed in a brigade structure. There are 18 launchers in a brigade. Each launcher is provided with two or three missiles. The vehicle is amphibious , with a maximum road speed of 60 km/h (37 mph) and 8 km/h (5.0 mph) in water. The vehicle
27-535: A Soviet submarine launched ballistic missile [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS21&oldid=1085926307 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
36-644: A train station SS21, a district of Damansara Utama , Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia SS21 The Healing , a LOVERBOY fashion label fashion collection by Charles Jeffrey (fashion designer) 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (21st SS division; S.S. 21) of Albanian partisans serving Germany in WWII See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "SS21" or "SS-21" on Misplaced Pages. SS-N-21 "Sampson",
45-535: Is 9K79 . Its NATO reporting name is the SS-21 Scarab . One missile is transported per 9P129 vehicle and raised prior to launch. It uses an inertial guidance system. The OTR-21 forward deployment to East Germany began in 1981, replacing the earlier Luna-M series of unguided artillery rockets. The system was scheduled to be decommissioned by the Russian Armed Forces in 2020 in favour of
54-587: Is NBC -protected. The system began development in 1968. Three variants were developed. The initial version, Tochka , NATO reporting name Scarab A, entered service with the Soviet Army in 1975. It carried one of four types of warhead: The minimum range was about 15 km (9.3 mi), maximum range was 70 km (43 mi). Its circular error probable (CEP) is estimated to be about 150 m (490 ft). The improved Tochka-U , NATO reporting name Scarab B, passed state tests from 1986 to 1988, and
63-437: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages OTR-21 Tochka OTR-21 Tochka ( Russian : оперативно-тактический ракетный комплекс (ОТР) «Точка» , romanized : operativno-takticheskiy raketnyy kompleks (OTR) "Tochka" , lit. 'Tactical Operational Missile Complex "Point"') is a Soviet tactical ballistic missile . Its GRAU designation
72-613: The 9K720 Iskander , but they have been observed in use against Ukrainian targets during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The OTR-21 is a mobile missile launch system, designed to be deployed along with other land combat units on the battlefield. While the 9K52 Luna-M is large and relatively inaccurate, the OTR-21 is much smaller. The missile itself can be used for precise strikes on enemy tactical targets, such as control posts, bridges, storage facilities, troop concentrations and airfields. The fragmentation warhead can be replaced with
81-427: Was introduced in 1989. A new motor propellant increased the range to 120 km (75 mi). The CEP significantly improved, to 95 m (312 ft). Six warhead options have been reported, a unitary high explosive warhead, an anti-personnel submunition dispenser, an anti-radar warhead, an EMP warhead and two nuclear warheads. An unconfirmed third variant, designated Scarab C by NATO, may have been developed in
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