Missiles complex "Elbrus" in Syria in store for "rainy day"

The Syrian army stopped using powerful liquid-fuel 8K-14 9K72 Elbrus missiles in combat operations against terrorists, but the military kept several dozen units weighing more than 5 tons (warhead weight about a ton) Messenger of Mordovia.

“Earlier, these missiles, designated in NATO headquarters as SS-1С Scud B, rather actively attacked the concentration of militants, their warehouses, military equipment. The maximum flight range is up to 300 km. The minimum is 50 km, ”the article says.

The units are mounted on the MAZ-543М “Hurricane” chassis, having 525 hp engines that accelerate the 37-ton car to 60 km / h. Power reserve "Hurricane" - 500 km.

“The last use of this type of missile was recorded while repelling the attacks of terrorists in the spring and summer of 2015. After the arrival of our aerospace forces in Syria, the government forces are now using Iranian-made tactical systems such as "Tochka" and "Fateh-110", writes the author Roman Katkov with reference to military expert Yuri Lyamin.

“Iran, of course, could supply the Syrians with new Scuds, which continue to be manufactured by them. However, it is still more convenient to transport solid propellant and more compact “Fateh-110” transport aircraft, ”the expert added.

Comments

[Alex_Rarog]

Well and right, what for spending rockets of this class when you can do with cheaper options.

[mig29mks]

so they expect dark days, no confidence in victory? It’s bad when the morale is low!

[hrych]

Quote: mig29mks

they expect black days

Ento a respectable neighbor Israel is ready just in case

[Andrey Yuryevich]

Apparently the "spirits" have ceased to accumulate in the camps as before, and if so, then there is no need to apply. Palmyra showed new tactics.

[rotmistr60]

So they always used this tactic. Only when they felt and received support from the Western coalition with arms and finances did they break.

[cap]

It is hard to imagine that they generally remained. Shake our storages about illiquid assets and give them away for recycling. Barmaleev to please fireworks for the New Year.

[padded jacket]

Quote: cap

It is hard to imagine that they generally remained. Shake our storages about illiquid assets and give them away for recycling.

Analogues of SCAD are made by both Iran and the DPRK and their Syrians seem to be saving for an attack on Israel if the Tel Aviv regime is completely insolent.

[Talgat]

dear Vatnik agree! In the event of Israel's inappropriate behavior, the Russian Aerospace Forces will somehow "undiplomatically" retaliate for Syria and Iran - these Scuds are a good deterrent. And plus Iran will transfer if that

[uhu189]

Well, and for what purposes to use them? Barmales are not going to regiments, they have no tank columns, army depots too, all from the wheels in fact. There, one still has to look for worthy goals for aviation - not like ballistic missiles. And for groups in 20-30 to hit a man on techies with such a missile is frank squandering

[voyaka uh]

They hollowed in the centers of the cities occupied by fighters. Where else can I get Scud?
And then they missed.

[hrych]

Quote: voyaka uh

Where else can I get Scud?

Absolutely right. This device delivers a gift per tonne by weight, so it can take down a quarter of the city, accuracy is not the main thing here, but in fact the main task is to deliver weapons of mass destruction, which the poor have in their hands is chemistry in the form of a mustard cloud or radioactive dirt. Nevertheless, Saddam's Scuds broke through the missile defense in the form of the Patriots and achieved their goal, fortunately (for Israel) or unfortunately (for anti-Semites), Saddam limited himself to trotyl, thought to reason, naive, did not know that he would be hanged like a dog.

[Slon_on]

The good old "kerosene stove" works!

[K-50]

“Iran, of course, could supply the Syrians with new Scuds, which they continue to manufacture. However, transport aircraft are still more convenient to carry solid-fuel and more compact "Fateh-110"

That is the thought.
If there are many "Scuds" - launchers left in the world, but the missile ammunition load is running out or the terms of their guaranteed use are out, then what prevents the creation of a new solid-fuel rocket with a new sighting system in the same mass and dimensions.
To fulfill the agreement on the non-proliferation of missile weapons and technologies, it will be limited to the same three hundred kilometers, but since new technologies will significantly save weight, the warhead can be increased accordingly. It seems to me that in the markets of poor countries it will fly out like "hot cakes" if they still have money.
If the development of such a "wunderfawl" is expensive, it can adapt something suitable from the available range of missiles, with the modernization of the Elbrusov launchers for them.

[begemot20091]

What are the warranty periods? With these missiles, they ended 300 years ago.
The first test launch of the R-17 rocket took place at the Kapustin Yar (KapYar) training ground on December 12, 1959. Since 1988, the production of 8K14 (8K14-1) missiles at the Votkinsk plant was stopped [41]. Considering the fact that the technical usability of the rocket is 22 years (gyroscopes must be replaced after 20 years of operation) [42], at present, the technical usability of all missiles launched at the Votkinsk plant has expired. This is the main reason for the removal of R-17 missiles from armament.

[padded jacket]

Quote: begemot20091

What are the warranty periods? With these missiles they ended 300 years belay

Quote: K-50

If there are many "Scuds" - launchers left in the world, but the missile ammunition load is running out or the terms of their guaranteed use are out, then what prevents the creation of a new solid-fuel rocket with a new sighting system in the same mass and dimensions.

SCAD from North Korea analogue of R-17.

[1536]

Something does not seem that Assad will call fire on himself. And, however, this cannot be done. Assad has been holding on with dignity all these years, preserving statehood. And although the Americans and the British talk about his "cannibalistic inclinations", he does not look like a tyrant, and therefore suffers defeat from the bandits.

[Ivanov17]

Quote: voyaka uh

They hollowed in the centers of the cities occupied by fighters. Where else can I get Scud?
And then they missed.

Beat past the city? Towards Israel?

[dmikras]

"The installations are mounted on the MAZ-543M chassis" in the photographs of the MAZ-543 if there would be one cabin with the letter M