TR-1 Temp
The TR-1 Temp (Russian: Темп-С, Temp-S, meaning "Speed") was a mobile theatre ballistic missile developed and deployed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was assigned the NATO reporting name SS-12 Scaleboard and carried the industrial designation 9M76 and the GRAU index 9К76. A modified version was initially identified by NATO as a new design and given the SS-22 reporting name, but later recognized it as merely a variant of the original and maintained the name Scaleboard. The Temp entered service in the mid-1960s.
TR-1 Temp SS-12 Scaleboard | |
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9P120 launcher with 9M76 rocket of missile complex Temp-S | |
Type | Theatre ballistic missile Short-range ballistic missile |
Place of origin | USSR |
Service history | |
In service | 1969 - 1989 |
Used by | Soviet Armed Forces |
Production history | |
Designer | Nadiradze OKB |
Manufacturer | Votkinsk Machine Building Plant |
Specifications | |
Mass | 9,700 kg (21,400 lb) |
Length | 12.4 m (41 ft) |
Diameter | 1.01 m (3 ft 4 in) |
Warhead | Single 500 kt warhead |
Engine | Single-stage liquid propellant |
Operational range | 800 km (500 mi) (SS-12) 900 km (560 mi) (SS-22)[1] |
Guidance system | Inertial |
Accuracy | 750 m (0.47 mi) CEP (SS-12) 370 m (0.23 mi) CEP (SS-22)[1] |
Launch platform | Road-mobile TEL |
Transport | Road-mobile TEL |
The TR-1 was designed as a mobile weapon to give theatre (front) commanders nuclear strike capability. The weapon used the same mobile launcher (MAZ-543) as the R-17 Scud missile but had an environmental protective cover that split down the middle and was only opened when the missile was ready to fire. All were decommissioned in 1988–1989.[1]
Operators
Soviet Union - The Soviet Armed Forces were the only operator of the TR-1 Temp. It was also placed in countries of Warsaw Pact for example Hranice (39) in Czechoslovakia, and Königsbrück (19), Bischofswerda (8), Waren (22) and Wokuhl (5) in East Germany.[2] Its active reach from there covered whole West Germany, parts of Scandinavia, France and Netherlands.
See also
- MGM-31 Pershing and Pershing II – comparable U. S. theatre nuclear missiles
- List of missiles
- Ghaznavi
- Abdali-I
- Shaheen-I
- J-600T Yıldırım
- SOM
- Bora
- Fateh-313
- Qiam 1
- Al-Hussein
- Nasr
- Zelzal
- Tondar-69
- Burkan-1
External links
References
- TR-1 / SS-12 SCALEBOARD. Federation of American Scientists.
- "Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles - Memorandum of Understanding". State Department web site. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
- Hogg, Ian (2000). Twentieth-Century Artillery. Friedman/Fairfax Publishers. ISBN 1-58663-299-X