The Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Russian: Гла́вное раке́тно-артиллери́йское управле́ние Министе́рства оборо́ны Росси́йской Федера́ции (ГРАУ Миноборо́ны Росси́и) , romanized : Glávnoye rakétno-artilleríyskoye upravléniye Ministérstva oboróny Rossíyskoy Federátsii (GRAU Minoboróny Rossíi) ), commonly referred to by its transliterated Russian acronym GRAU ( ГРАУ ), is a department of the Russian Ministry of Defense . It is subordinate to the Chief of Armament and Munition of the Russian Armed Forces , a vice-minister of defense.
6-470: The RD-215 ( GRAU Index 8D513 ) was a dual nozzle liquid rocket engine , burning AK-27 (a mixture of 73% nitric acid and 27% N 2 O 4 + iodine passivant ) and UDMH . It was used in a module of two engines (four nozzles) known as the RD-216 ( GRAU Index 8D514 ). The RD-215 was developed by OKB-456 for Yangel 's Yuzhmash R-14 (8K65) ballistic missile . Its variations were also used on
12-600: Is responsible for assigning GRAU indices to Russian army munitions and equipment . As of December 2021, the Chief of the GRAU was Major General Nikolay Romanovsky. Arsenals of the GRAU, according to Kommersant -Vlast in 2005, included the 53rd at Dzerzhinsk, Nizhniy Novogorod Oblast , the 55th in the Sklad-40 microraion at Rzhev , the 60th at Kaluga , the 63rd at Lipetsk , the 75th at Serpukhov south of Moscow, and
18-474: The Kosmos-1 , Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M launch vehicles. The family incorporate many versions: These engines were bundled into modules of pairs of engines. The serial production modules were: GRAU The organization dates back to 1862 when it was established under the name Главное артиллерийское управление (ГАУ – GAU ). The "R" from "rockets" was added to the title from 19 November 1960. The GRAU
24-709: The 97th at Skolin (all five in the Moscow Military District ). An additional possibly disused arsenal in the Moscow Military District is the 107th at Toropets . The 5th at Alatyr, Chuvash Republic , the 80th Arsenal at Gagarskiy, the 103rd Arsenal at Saransk , Mordovia , and the 116th at Krasno-Oktyabrskiy were all in the Volga–Urals Military District . Since 2009, there have been a number of fires and explosions at GRAU ammunition storage depots. GRAU indices are of
30-428: The form ⟨number⟩ ⟨letter⟩ ⟨number⟩ , sometimes with a further suffix ⟨letter⟩ ⟨number⟩ . They may be followed by a specially assigned codename. For example " 2 S 19 Msta-S ", the 2S19 Msta self-propelled howitzer, has the index 2S19 , without suffix; Msta-S is the codename. Several common misconceptions surround
36-515: The scope and originating body of these indices. The GRAU designation is not an industrial designation, nor is it assigned by the design bureau. In addition to its GRAU designation, a given piece of equipment could have a design name, an industrial name and a service designation. For example, one of the surface-to-air missiles in the S-25 Berkut air defense system had at least four domestic designations: Some Soviet general-purpose bombs bore
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