Mine launcher UR-100Н УТТХ

Kaluga Region, the city of Kozelsk, where the 28-I Guards Red Banner Rocket Division (Kozel Rocket Division) is deployed.

Point. In appearance - the usual glade in the forest, fenced with a perimeter. On the territory there are two houses and a pair of dilapidated barns. in the photo is the entrance to the pattern (the underpass to the guardhouse).

Watchman.

Finally, silos. In fact, it is a hole in the ground, covered with a lid. Or, as it is more correct to say - a protective device.

In this mine she was on combat duty UR-100N UTTH. Tanks with fuel ampulated. During the entire period of operation, the rocket is in a filled state in a transport-launch container that provides the required temperature conditions.

To descend into the mine, you first need to climb down a small platform and then cram into a very close elevator.

Now the fate of this silo is being decided. Either it will be reclaimed (roughly speaking, dismantled and buried), or converted to a new PC-24 missile system.

In the missile launcher TPK missiles secured by a highly effective shock absorption system, providing additional protection of the missile from the effects of the damaging factors of a nuclear explosion.

The bottom of the mine.

The length of the rocket is 24,3 meters. Plus TPK length, plus clearances and all that. So I estimate the depth of the mine at about 30 meters.

UR-100Н УТТХ - rocket with a hot gasdynamic launch. This means that the main engines are included directly in the TPK and the rocket starts from the mine. And then there is the mortar launch, when at first the rocket is fired with a powder charge from the mine, and only then the main engines are activated.

The initial service life of the UR-100N UTTH rocket, put on alert in 1979, was 10 years. Now, according to the results of control shots, it has been extended to 31. As of July 2009, in the Kozelsk missile division, 29 missiles were on combat duty. And in total in Russia at that time there were 70 MBRs against 360 installations during the period of maximum deployment of the complex.

Silos in all its glory.

Elevator for descent down. When there is a TPC with a rocket in the mine, the elevator moves in the narrow space between them.

Suspension element.

The protective device weighs, by the way, 150 tons and is able to withstand a nuclear explosion. It opens completely in a few seconds. In extreme cases, it is even shot by squibs.

See the two white hemispheres on the opposite side? These are nuclear explosion detectors.

In a similar car, which has a dual-roof "roof", carry the head parts. These are six warheads of individual guidance with nuclear charges of the middle class of power.

One of the installers. There are two of them (part of the second is in the background). Why are there two of them and what they specifically do - we tactfully kept silent about it. Maybe one pulls the warhead out of TPK and reloads the product to the car for transportation, and the second transports only the rocket itself? I do not know.

The second installer.

The insides of the first.

The installer TPK carries MAZ-537 - military four-axle truck tractor.

Two installers.

Finally - a few sketches of military life.

Comments

[Panikovsky]

dear comrades, nothing needs to be reclaimed, let there be a hole with a lid under which a type 24 pc sticks out, and everyone will be calm, good and well.

[Alexander V]

comrade Panikovsky fully agrees with you. On a topic the other day showed the state mines, with their budget SHAME.

[postoronim V]

Get in then and sit in 2 days after 2, redo the fuck in a normal silos.

[Sergey Krymsky]

Came 7 on 7. ZBS. All urgent. I looked at the article, how I returned 15 years ago. The entrance to the pit is the same and the entrance to the pattern, and in the carpom on the right a small window is a rest room.

[Ascetic]

Quote: Sergey Krymsky

Came 7 on 7. ZBS. All urgent. I looked at the article, how I returned 15 years ago. The entrance to the pit is the same and the entrance to the pattern, and in the carpom on the right a small window is a rest room.

So these photos are about the same age ... Now in the Kozelsk division everything looks different, I mean the barracks and the canteen. Although the American base "Malstrom" in Montana, due to its wretchedness, will still give a head start ... They studied combat experience there in exchange, Now it is known for drug addiction scandals and officers writing off credits
There will be 3 regiments of 10 missiles. So 30 Yars. And there were 60 mines hectare(Stiletto) with 360 RGCH. the rearmament of the Kozelsky and Novosibirsk missile divisions should be completed by the beginning of 2015.

[Vasek]

Quote: Ascetic

So this photo is about the same age ...

15 years ago, spoons were still "luminous".
I don’t know, maybe it was different in the Strategic Missile Forces?

[ty60]

Karaulki and in Tatishchevskaya are practically like that.

[postoronim V]

Get in then and sit in 2 days after 2, redo the fuck in a normal silos.

[kot28.ru]

Previously, we had such in our Svobodny, 60 mines, they all cheated at EBN , now the Vostochny cosmodrome is being built there , he lived in the 90s in Eagles!

[Ezhaak]

Quote: Panikovsky

nothing needs to be reclaimed, let there be a hole with a lid

Probably never from something ready to do something new. Yes, it's easier and better to do it all over again. Having previously recultivated old mines. After that restoration, the place for other purposes is freed up, and a new, more modern and more convenient mine will turn out.

[beefrost]

Samples of cutlery smiled))

[Vasek]

Quote: beeFrost

Samples of cutlery smiled))

And the picture too

[Luke]

Reclaimed a lot. The sight is pathetic. Mines were scattered almost a third of the area. In place of one now is a woodworking workshop. The other is just abandoned. I don’t know others. These were five minutes from me.

[saag]

But a shield with an explanation that this is a spoon, but is this fork really necessary?

[Alexander V]

A bit of humor doesn’t hurt.

[sasha-bort]

Sory, accidentally put a minus.

[Ascetic]

Quote: saag

But a shield with an explanation that this is a spoon, but is this fork really necessary?

Now probably not .. But earlier it used to be sent to the training call from the Kyrgyz villages, I had to learn why the fork and spoon are needed and also to sleep taking off your outer clothing.

[Vasek]

Quote: Ascetic

But earlier it used to be sent to the training call from the Kyrgyz villages, I had to learn why the fork and spoon are needed and also to sleep taking off outer clothing.

Eh ... Tell this to the nachpod from Kzyl-Orda.

[antiaircrafter]

Yeah ... the drunken ensign was visible in the rubble.

[AlNick]

The photo "samples of cutlery made of stainless steel according to GOST R51687-2000" is just super!

THIS is the first time I see, or maybe I just didn’t pay attention in the canteens before ...

[70BSN]

yeah cool

[Ivan_Anatolich]

Such a stand should hang in every dining room. So that enemy hands could not put their wrong devices

[kur9696]

Yes, the entrance to the Pterna, carp, perimeter. The 5th, 6th and 8th regiments of the Tatishchev division were restored from 1997 to 2001.

[34534534]

falling asleep is cheaper.

[bistrov.]

Yes, familiar products, exactly the same, were in service with the 19th missile division in Khmelnitsky. Extremely reliable technology. Now the mines are filled up, the land has been reclaimed, and in the place of the TRB and RTB there are only ruins. But people, in due time, built them, straining at the same time all forces, and how much money went. And everything turns out to be wasted?

[SHILO]

Quote: bistrov.

And everything turns out to be wasted?

Why empty!? They lived in the world for as many as 70 years. But when they thought about your question and stopped building, straining all their strength and spending money ... she was darling (well ... pa) and came!
And anyway ... where is Ascetic !?

[Sergey Krymsky]

And in Pervomaisk too, they only fell asleep later, I still had time to stand on guard.

[Noncombatant]

Great report. Interesting photos. I was struck by the fact that the depth of the mine for the product is 30 meters, this is actually a ten-story house.
Another moment, as always sadly surprised another. Well, what the hell is this with us, to do unique things — rockets, ships, satellites, but at the same time it does not care about the facilities serving these ships, satellites, rockets.
In the photo - a curve, a rickety house-entrance to the pattern. Green paint is probably already painted over the hundredth layer of the electrical panel. Nearby is a sadly showered whitewash, adjacent to curved corners. Photo of a command phone, with a half-torn tag, hastily printed on the printer and covered with adhesive tape. It would seem that it does not affect combat efficiency, missiles will fly, the ships will go on a campaign, the tanks will find a target. But in the general formidable appearance, the detail of negligence is felt everywhere and everywhere, they say we can, but not yet. It's a pity. You don’t have to go too far, but in the photographs where our potential adversary of NATO is there, everything is neat, collected, businesslike. And we have a paradox. Billions of rubles are worth a missile, which in reliability and power more than covers the products of a potential enemy, and regular tags on the phone can not be ordered. How to explain this? The same is true in civilian life. Sorry.

[pv1005]

Quote: noncombant

but in the photographs where there is our likely adversary of NATO - everything is neat, collected, businesslike

Oh well, you read and see yesterday's material about the state of the US nuclear shield. We don’t need such efficiency and for nothing, one set of special keys for servicing special items for several position areas in different states is worth nothing.

[Noncombatant]

But I’m wondering, was it really all there? A set of keys, a postman. We were not there. Perhaps this is a clever attempt by the Pentagon or the nuclear technology lobby to increase funding.
And we are happy. "hahaha - they don't even have the keys." Uh-huh. But everything is clean, neat, on the shelves. Everything starts small. It is foolish to scrub your boots 8 times a day if the rocket is rotten through and through. But it is even more stupid to rejoice at the stupidity that was thrown from the outside, and which there is no way to verify. It's called laziness. Russian laziness. I understand, the answer is not to your taste. But how it really is.

[pv1005]

Everyone sees what he wants to see. You saw (just I don’t understand where) a rotten rocket, and boots torn eight times. You saw crumbling plaster and curved corners on a secondary building not participating in the main mission of the entire complex. You saw a torn tag, and where would you be in the army without it, and on the basis of all this you conclude that not everything is in order in the kingdom. Specialists saw that the complex carried out work corresponding to the regulations, serviceable maintenance facilities and the installations (mines) themselves, the order in the storage facilities and the condition of the equipment. So continue to lie on the couch and believe that the Americans have everything clean and tidy and do not believe the lazy Russians who just do that they do nothing and explain it with thousands of excuses. After all, you yourself are too lazy to go to serve in the Armed Forces of Russia and put in place an exemplary order. I understand the answer is not to the taste. But there really is. Something so dear. And you, the tag came off.

[Panikovsky]

wonderful rebuke. that's a plus.

[Noncombatant]

Reputation indeed, wonderful, Comrade Lieutenant General. This aggression is the whole answer.
Firstly, specifically about a rotten rocket and tattered boots it is said in a figurative sense, however, not everyone has an understanding that there is a figurative meaning. My mistake. In vain wrote.
Secondly, where does such knowledge about the "secondary" building come from? Are you a rocket scientist? Then I'll shut up. And even if a rocketman, what the hell is stopping you from doing exactly? Well that's what? Only specifically.
Thirdly, I absolutely do not believe and did not believe that everything is always smooth and smooth with the Americans. This is bullshit. But there is one interesting example that makes you think. My father served in the GSVG in the 80s. The equipment of the GDR army was supplied by the Soviet Union. Accordingly, almost all samples (many) were the same. So, to the point. Father told me. Attending the exercises of the GDR army. BMP-1 in the trench. Absolutely all (!) Accessories are in place, crowbar, ax, saw, shovels - in good condition, not with gnawed cuttings and bent teeth. Everything that should be included in the kit is available. Above the driver's head is a cork pad, so that during the ride (in a helmet, of course, anticipating smirks), the head suffers less from shaking. So on every machine. And many more little things that brighten the life and everyday life of a soldier. But with an emphasis on the fact that no one will give a fighter to "get high" and run away from service. The unit is not exemplary, the usual combatant. Regarding the exercises, the Germans studied military affairs very diligently and did not spare themselves, so that all these things were used in full. Upon arrival at his place, my father discussed this many times in the company of officers in the gashtette (tavern), because it was a little different with us.
Of course, you can say, and where are those Germans, with their shovels? We tore them up. And this will be the most idiotic answer.
We must respect the staunchness and courage of the Russian soldier, who has always been defending Russia. And he managed without clean shovels. But here is the question. What the hell is stopping you from acquiring a shovel and not gnawing at the corner of the house and doing it exactly, if billions have gone and go on defense?
If there is a specific answer, without a hint of "sofa" - I will only be glad. Thanks.

[pv1005]

Here you are from your father and ask what hindered and hinders to this day. Apparently he did not tell you this, but only to the officers in the gash. My father also served in the SSHG (I graduated from high school N59) and I have visited my father and I more than once in German units, so I don’t know what German ordnung is. There’s only one thing, but my father always taught me how to do any business AS FOR YOURSELF, for which many thanks to him, although I also visited the gashtet. Well, I know about the soldier’s service not by hearsay that he served an urgent school from then until then, an army school, an academy, and now now a pension. So to understand what is primary in the troops and what secondary and auxiliary I know how. About figurative meanings to write nebudu, philosophy is not my path. For sim, I have the honor.

[Noncombatant]

He told me, he told me. And the answer is on the surface. Finally got to him. There he is:

"My father also served in the GSVG (I finished school N59 there) and I visited German units with my father more than once, so I know not by hearsay what the German Ordnung is. There is only one thing, but my father always taught me to do any business AS FOR YOURSELF, for which many thanks to him, although I also went to the gate. "

Unfortunately, not everyone has this principle. There is another principle: "It's not mine. And so it will do." Or: "I'm not paid enough for this. But if it's enough, I'll show you."
So, you should not be offended when I called ordinary laziness as the reason for the photos I criticized. Everyone is lazy, and in the same America. That's just lazy all the same in the West is not profitable. And it's worth learning from. But. This is a topic for another conversation.

Thanks for the answer)

[Pilat2009]

Quote: noncombant

But here is the question. What the hell is stopping you from acquiring a spade and not gnawing, and whitening the corner of the house and doing it exactly, if billions left and go on the defense?

This is called mentality. And also the culture of production (exploitation)

[Noncombatant]

exactly. And this culture, unlike other military components, is often neglected. Say, this is not the main thing. But in vain. This may not be the main thing, but not the last thing.

[bistrov.]

Quote: noncombant

whence such knowledge about the "secondary" building.

The guardroom (by carp, built of prefabricated reinforced concrete) can only be entered through a hatch with an electric contact lock on the roof of the "secondary building" and an underground porch (passage). The carp has two floors, one underground, then the first floor and a rotating roof, an armored firing structure, where a PKT machine gun with a night and day optical sight is installed. On the windows of the carpom there are armored guards with loopholes and anti-grenade nets. The calculation of the protection and defense of the object consists of three people: a sergeant and two shooters, who intercede on a 3-hour 4-XNUMX day combat duty and they carry it in shifts. They themselves cannot leave with a carp (the lock is opened only at the command of a superior officer), they are provided with everything necessary for a full period of duty.

[Nagaibak]

Noncombatant "Rebuff is indeed wonderful, Comrade Lieutenant General."
There are no generals.))) Yes, and no marshals.)))

[Moore]

Is it okay that a "minor" building in a bestial state is a carp, where living people sit for 3-4 days?

[Noncombatant]

as we have already found out, this is "not the most important thing."

[Ascetic]

Quote: noncombant

as we have already found out, this is "not the most important thing."

Guys. This is a photo of the structure from a position where there has been no PU for a long time and the position and the mine are subject to reclamation. Nobody will let you take a photo of the combat position. There is nothing inside. There are a dime a dozen such photos of "abandoned command and control and BSP on the Internet. There were photos on one of the army forums, but its forum was blocked at the request of law enforcement officers ..

[Moore]

Quote: Ascetic

Guys. This is a photo of the structure from a position where there has long been no launcher and the position and mine are subject to reclamation. No one will allow you to take a photo of the fighting position.

The guys are surprised by the presence in the position of the memory, non-dismantled technological equipment and other "not the most important" things, usually designated as silos.
This is not the point at all, but the "rocket" mentality. Buy whitewash with paint for a premium and whitewash the crumbling structures. To paint, of course, on top of the peeling layer with rust with what you bought - in this case, emerald "rip it out".
Because someone majestically said: "Commander, you've made a mess here ... What ?! For what means to eliminate? !! Don't you get the RFP ?? !!"

[Colonel]

Quote: noncombant

as we have already found out, this is "not the most important thing."

Such sheds were not even in our division before the rearmament on the "Topol", although we had a UR-100K, and only in Kozlograd ... It was filmed somewhere in a training camp and whitewashed with a "happost". And non-kombanats can talk "about the main thing" further.

[Ascetic]

Quote: noncombant

But I’m wondering, was it really all there? A set of keys, a postman. We were not there. Perhaps this is a clever attempt by the Pentagon or the nuclear technology lobby to increase funding.
And we are happy. "hahaha - they don't even have keys"

Perhaps so. It is not clear what kind of keys we are talking about. There are a lot of varieties from the spare parts to the inserts of the design bureau and the keys of combat crew. And spare parts are a lot of things that can be transported, impossible, operational, etc. I don’t remember anything. Most likely, the operational spare part is not replenished. Time is not written off and scrolled. If we talk about wrenches and open-end wrenches, we also don’t have time to blink an eye on how to get out of the garages and write off the instrument is not so easy, you just need to provide about the same broken wrench to draw up an act to write off the application and wait when it appears in the warehouse ...

[SHILO]

And here is Ascetic waited! I sit in the morning thinking : "And what a theme without Ascetic!"
Hello

Quote: Ascetic

There are a lot of varieties from the spare parts to the inserts of the design bureau and the keys of combat crew.

And I liked the idea of ​​one set of keys for combat calculation So I can imagine how mattress covers run from mine to mine (in the case of war!) On Wyoming corn fields, and loose cobs knock on their faces And the ears are vigorous ... ! We have such a town in the Donetsk region - it used to be called New York, so there in the year 2003m planted a couple of fields of GMO corn. Ears (I do not lie!) 70 centimeters at least ! We cooked them in a break and broke them still.
So what am I talking about ? ABOUT! Mattress covers with keys run around, and to them with the enthimi of GMOs on the cob in the wort, in the wort the beauty!

[Ascetic]

There in the photo the guy dropped the key to the mine, the loser, the helmet, ooh oh!

But seriously, Hagel is right. You need to change the system of education and training.
Their tests are similar to passing the exam, you need to choose the right answer from several questions. Cards they have such as on the delivery of traffic rules in the USSR and a template with holes. Here they sit together and take turns guessing tickets.
We emphasize the practice and knowledge of the physical algorithm of all modes and the physical meaning of NI and the algorithm for their elimination. All this is fixed by numerous trainings and introductory both in the course of carrying out the database and in preliminary preparation.
Their calculation is on duty for a day without changing with us for six hours in two calculations for 3-4 days. To launch the missiles of the entire squadron (50 ICBMs), coordinated actions of the calculations of two command posts (or, in an extreme situation, the calculation of one command post and the calculation of the EC-135 "Looking Glass" air command post) were required. The ICBM was launched after receiving a special order and checking it by both officers. To start the test, a special code word was entered into the test and locking equipment, each officer inserted his key into a special well, after which the officers simultaneously (within 2 seconds) turned the keys 1/4 turn and kept them in this state for 5 seconds . The ICBM was launched within 30 seconds after the missile control system received an launch order.
We have approximately the same thing, only the ordering officer and the ciphers verify the calculation head, the operator monitors the status of the control room and participates in joint actions.

[SHILO]

Quote: Ascetic

There in the photo the guy dropped the key to the mine, the loser, the helmet, ooh oh!

I really hope that he doesn’t look there for idle curiosity !
Stanislas , and maybe tell me what a secret-fun story from the life of rocketeers !?
Well, there they’ll inspect say ... the cover of the mine and are hooked through the "All-Seeing Eye of Sauron", which takes the kick for the nearest nuclear explosion and ...

[Dry_T-50]

Quote: SHILO

Stanislav, can you tell me what a secret-funny story from the life of rockets?
Well, there they inspect, say ... the cover of the mine and hook up through the "All-Seeing Eye of Sauron", which takes a kick for the next nuclear explosion and ...

http://topwar.ru/36922-pro-yadernyy-schit-sssr.html

[SHILO]

Thank! Respected!

[Vasek]

Quote: noncombant

curve, rickety house-entrance to the pattern. Green paint is probably already painted over the hundredth layer of the electrical panel.

A rickety house is for disguise.
But the applied shade of green ( ) - rather the opposite.

[ty60]

No, the Tatishchevskys were freshly painted. Last spring, there were service staff, which I do not know, but the fairings were removed

[Yutas]

Interestingly, in the frames where the shaft cover is open, mass is on the lifting mechanism. Neatly laid out. It would be logical to simply remove it. Is the lifting mechanism secret?

[PANZER]

most likely covered so that the hydraulics would not shine

[your1970]

conventional hydraulics (or blacks with pedal drive)
I was more intrigued by 150 tons of squibs — the size of the TNT equivalent, taking into account the rocket’s intactness when triggered

[Colonel]

Quote: your1970

I was more intrigued by 150 tons of squib

What exactly intrigued? The presence of squibs or a way to open? It’s one thing to open for regulations and quite another for launch.

[carbofo]

Most likely, the squibs are just like hydraulics boosters, a complete shooting of the cover is pointless and dangerous, but it can also roll back and lie on the mine shaft.
I think that we are even talking about pyrotechnic pushers, like a hydraulic cylinder, their task is to toss the lid partially or completely.
There is reason to believe that this is a backup system in case of hydraulic failure.

[Kapitan Oleg]

When I served in the missile army in 1982-1984, this division was under our command. Looking at the mine, I recalled a case, but I can’t say in this division that it happened or in another, but it doesn’t matter. So, after the training launch, it is supposed to carry out a one-hour regulation in the mine (after all, everything burns out there). So during the regulations, the elder (captain by rank) fell into this mine, but did not reach the bottom, and on the flight path he caught hold of something by a sword belt. Not crashed, pulled it out. After this incident, the captain greatly washed down, and later moved off his mind. They could not cure to the end and had to fire him.

[gregor6549]

This mine has the most important and expensive "skeleton", i.e. reinforced concrete structures. The "stuffing" of the mine (the control systems for energy and life support, etc.) is also not cheap, but still cheaper than the "skeleton".
The fact that everyone who wanted to know about the coordinates of the mine has long been known is a secondary issue, since with modern means of intelligence, no one succeeds in hiding such a "fool", and no one is particularly trying.
The main thing is that there should be a decent "flying machine" in the mine and that it could take off before ... Well, and those who are in the mine, how lucky. Like everyone else who is not in the mines

[aleksandrs95]

the mine is good even as a blende, and with a possible counteraction to a possible attack. The funds are already being worked out, then for another decades it will serve as a warm hello to partners.

[bbss]

Brilliant shield with cutlery samples!

[Dry_T-50]

I served there in 1985-1991. Head of calculation.
So plus me

[Kapitan Oleg]

I am in Vladimir 1982-1984

[Colonel]

In 1982, I came to Jupiter on duty on the radio. The node was run by Comrade Sopronyuk, PRC comrade Ivanshin. Where did you work?

[Old old]

It’s interesting, but the special officer of the unit was looking at this photo story and how did he miss the photo with the phone and the consumption (LAST) of the particular unit? Why make life easier for sworn enemies? The report is interesting, but the photo with the names is superfluous. Someone said that intelligence receives 90% of information from open sources.

[IAlex]

The most dangerous of all the above photos is cutlery, it looks like a disguised backup option for the army, if the main one does not work with missiles ...

[kind]

This is an old article. It was published about 8-10 years ago.

[bistrov.]

The hatch has an electric lock - it is controlled by the 505th (operational duty officer) of the regiment from the mine command post, what kind of "guardhouse" is this, there is not a watchman guarding a cowshed on a collective farm, but a duty combat crew performing the task of protecting and defending a special military facility importance, therefore, "guardhouse", well, in extreme cases "carp". At the top of the carpom there is an armored firing structure, it rotates, a PKT machine gun with a telescopic sight was installed there, anti-grenade nets on the windows, armored guards with loopholes from the inside, the "roof" lift is covered for some reason, I don't think there is already something secret there, most likely it is masked the shine of the polished rod-lever, the rocket jet splitter, shown at the very bottom of the silo in the slang of missilemen, for its shape is called "bell", but in general, thanks to the author, I remembered the good old days.