RBU-1200
The RBU-1200 (Russian: Реактивно-Бомбовая Установка, Reaktivno-Bombovaja Ustanovka; reaction engine-bomb installation & Смерч; waterspout) is a anti-submarine rocket launcher. The weapon system is remotely similar to the British Hedgehog anti submarine mortar launcher from the Second World War.
Description
[edit]The system is very light and was developed in 1955 especially for smaller vessels. It can not be swiveled horizontally, it is targeted with the entire ship, which is a serious disadvantage of the weapon system.
The RBU-1200 has five launcher pipes in one system. Reloading is done manually.
The system is controlled by a PUS-B "Uragan" fire control system.
The system is designed to destroy submarines and torpedoes.
Ammunition RGB-12 uses contact fuzes. The launch is made of solid rocket fuel, the flight itself is ballistic arc with a long range from 400 to 1200 meters. The contact lighter K-3, K-3M, or combined contact-remote lighter KDV is used as a lighter. Lighter K-3 / K-3M activates the warhead in direct hit target (or impact on the bottom), KDV lighter outside impact on the target (bottom) in the range of 25-330 meters can also be set to activate when reaching the specified depths in the range 10-330 meters.[1]
Launcher
[edit]- Weight: 620 kg (empty)
- Length: 1.38 m
- Height: 1.1 m
- Width: 1,115 m
- Elevation: 0 to 51 °
- Traverse: 0°
RGB-12 projectile
[edit]- Weight: 73 kg
- Warhead: 30 kg
- Diameter: 251.7 mm
- Length: 1.24 m
- Range: 400 m to 1200 m
- Depth: up to 350 m
- Rate of descent: 6.25 m/s
Operators
[edit]Ship classes fitted with RBU-1200 (list not complete):
- Albanian Naval Force
- Bangladesh Navy
- People's Liberation Army Navy
- Bulgarian Navy
- Cuban Revolutionary Navy
- Egyptian Navy
- Finnish Navy
- Indonesian Navy
- Indian Navy
- Libyan Navy
- Myanmar Navy
- Polish Navy
- Romanian Naval Forces
- Soviet Navy
Russian Navy- Project 1241.2 (Pauk class)
- Project 266M (Natya class)
- Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser
- Syrian Arab Navy
- Vietnam People's Navy
Vietnam People's Ground Force- Installed on Vietnam People's Navy's decommissioned Project 201 subchasers. Usable systems are transferred to the Vietnam People's Ground Force for ground-attacking roles.
Refurbishing, upgrading and resembling projects are reported.[3]
- Installed on Vietnam People's Navy's decommissioned Project 201 subchasers. Usable systems are transferred to the Vietnam People's Ground Force for ground-attacking roles.
- Volksmarine
- Project 12 (Hai-class)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "RBU-1200 (реактивно-бомбомётная установка - reaktívny vrhač bômb)" [RBU-1200 ( реактивно-бомбомётная установка - reactive bomb launcher )] (in Czech). 19 January 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "RBU-1200 (реактивно-бомбомётная установка - reaktívny vrhač bômb)" [RBU-1200 ( реактивно-бомбомётная установка - reactive bomb launcher )] (in Czech). 19 January 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "Việt Nam dùng rocket chống ngầm RBU-1200 để tấn công mặt đất". datviet.trithuccuocsong.vn. 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Systems 1997-1998
- Warfare.ru Smerch system
- "RBU-1200 (реактивно-бомбомётная установка - reaktívny vrhač bômb)" [RBU-1200 ( реактивно-бомбомётная установка - reactive bomb launcher )] (in Czech). 19 January 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.