The history of the single-barreled "Grad", created "specially for Vietnam"

The channel "Star" has published on its website a material that tells about stories create unique weapons for the Vietnamese partisans - a compact installation "Grad". Reports about it Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

“Mobile version received an index of“ Grad-P ”. The additional letter stands for “portable”, although in the arms circles it is not called anything other than “partisan”. You can see a unique weapon in the museum of the Tula NPO Splav, where it was invented, ”the newspaper writes.

The history of its creation was told by the General Designer of Splav, Nikolay Makarovets: “

Installation was created specifically for Vietnam. When the country asked for help from the Soviet government, the idea arose of using single launchers there. ”

Why did the Vietnamese need a single “Grad”? It's simple: “a compact installation on a tripod could be taken apart, carried to the jungle, hidden in a swamp or buried in the ground, then, if necessary, reach and hit American airfields.” At the same time, the effect of a multi-barreled installation was achieved by simultaneous firing of hundreds of single-track engines.

“For Americans, the appearance of this weapon caused a shock. And our designers accomplished the feat, because they created the installation in 10 days. Worked day and night ",

noted Makarovets.

According to the newspaper, "the launch tube and shells were divided into parts suitable for carrying or transporting on pack animals." There was a groove in the tube that gave the projectile a spin. The launches were made using a remote control with a 20-meter cable.

Comments

[Error]

Only ours can create a friend simple and effective! For a simple partisan! No wonder the price-effectiveness of our weapons is recognized throughout the world.

[Lord of the Sith]

Widely used by Cossacks in the LPR

[cniza]

I never heard of such weapons, I never cease to be surprised at the truth that our engineers and scientists chose innovative approaches and won, it turned out quickly, cheaply and efficiently.

[Pinkie F.]

Quote: cniza

I never cease to be surprised at the truth that our engineers and scientists chose innovative approaches

and what is non-standard? In 1944, the British had a portable LILO, and the M12E1 states in Okinawa. The point is not in the "non-standard approach".
I think, by the way, it is appropriate to honor the memory of Gennady Alekseevich Denezhkin, who left this year.

[Dryuya2]

Quote: cniza

I never heard of such weapons

"Tornado" to the enemy. Military acceptance

[Unclevanj]

The Vietnamese also used it interestingly, the installations spread around the American base around the perimeter at a distance of 10 km and fired simultaneously, in general, while on the base they figured out what the installations were disassembling and hiding, and the arrows were quietly going about their business.

[Stalker.1977]

Constructor: GNPP "Splav"
Developed by: 1965
Manufacturer: Plant No. 575
Years of production: from 1965 to 1972
Total issued: more than 1380
Options: 9P132, 9K510
Features
Weight, kg: 55
Length, mm: 2100
Barrel length, mm: 1800
Width, mm: 1500
Height, mm: 1500
Crew (calculation), people: 5
Caliber, mm: 122,4
Carriage: tripod
Elevation: + 10 .. + 40
Angle of rotation: -7 .. + 7
Rate of fire
rounds / min: 1
Sighting range, m: 2000..10 800
Maximum
range, m: 15 (experimental projectile)
Type of ammunition supply: manual
Sight: PBO-2
Explosive: TGAF-5
Mass of explosive, kg: 6,4

[sever.56]

Still, the Vietnamese broke the Americans well!
They used everything they could - starting from the pits, with pointed bamboo stakes, and ending with the S-75. Thousands of aircraft alone were shot down.
I can imagine what was happening in the place where, from different directions, at the same time, a volley was fired from these installations ... Beauty !!!

[andrewkor]

on the S-75 they removed the self-liquidator and fired at doubled range!

[BilliBoms09]

“The mobile version received the Grad-P index. The additional letter stands for "portable", although in the arms circles I do not call it otherwise than "partisan"

Our man is very creative. I read that at the beginning of the Second World War, before the appearance of "Katyushas", when almost all of our aviation was destroyed, and there were a lot of PCs left, then they decided to launch them from slate sheets. Slate as guides.

[Mama_Cholli]

Quote: BilliBoms09

“The mobile version received the Grad-P index. The additional letter stands for "portable", although in the arms circles I do not call it otherwise than "partisan"

Our man is very creative. I read that at the beginning of the Second World War, before the appearance of "Katyushas", when almost all of our aviation was destroyed, and there were a lot of PCs left, then they decided to launch them from slate sheets. Slate as guides.

Ours still invented the "flying torpedo". They took Katyusha's shell, inserted it into an empty iron barrel, which was then poured with tar. They launched from wooden guides, I don't know how with accuracy, but with power everything was fine there ...

[Fregate]

Wow . Similar to LNG-9. Well, or ATGM))

[sub307]

Yes, it looks like LNG. Lighter LNG - 47,6 kg., Shoots more often - 6 rounds / min, but shoots much closer - up to 4500m. well, 122,4 mm versus 73 mm. (as they say - "size matters"). For the guerrilla tactics of warfare, the Vietnamese apparently even "liked the Grad".

[alex-cn]

A cool product in its own way.
"simultaneous shooting from hundreds of" single-barrels "." This is yes, a pogrom ...
I think that one or two missiles arriving at the base at night will deprive the enemy of sleep for a week ...

[Cananecat]

A massive attack from different points creates a battery effect and makes it difficult to determine the location ... offset. )))

[PKK]

Now everyone who is interested in beating each other from such a trunk into each other from different interests. Personally, I would have made them double-barreled. One is not that.

[lexx2038]

This is yes, an ideal weapon for partisans and terrorists. (terrorists, these are bad partisans)

[pts-m]

A convenient thing, at least on a horse-drawn cart, place and act.

[Izotovp]

And if it is also a cassette ...

[Mountain shooter]

Here he is, the grandfather of "Kassam" Only the granddaughters in the crooked Arabian hands turned out to be crooked. Grandpa is cheerful.
A little shamanistic shells, combined with an inertial correction system - will be a terrible weapon.

[vladimirw]

Why is it in a museum? Must be given to DLNR

[Alexey RA]

Quote: vladimirw

Why is it in a museum? Must be given to DLNR

There it is.

[demiurg]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

Here he is, the grandfather of "Kassam" Only the granddaughters in the crooked Arabian hands turned out to be crooked. Grandpa is cheerful.
A little shamanistic shells, combined with an inertial correction system - will be a terrible weapon.

Kassams like Katyusha shells copy. But the idea is exactly copied. They do not pay for the license, the Herods are damned.

[igor67]

Quote: demiurg

Quote: Mountain Shooter

Here he is, the grandfather of "Kassam" Only the granddaughters in the crooked Arabian hands turned out to be crooked. Grandpa is cheerful.
A little shamanistic shells, combined with an inertial correction system - will be a terrible weapon.

Kassams like Katyusha shells copy. But the idea is exactly copied. They do not pay for the license, the Herods are damned.

On the headband (photo) from the Israel Museum

[Yarik76]

For certain tasks, weapons are great.

[demiurg]

Quote: igor67

Quote: demiurg

Quote: Mountain Shooter

Here he is, the grandfather of "Kassam" Only the granddaughters in the crooked Arabian hands turned out to be crooked. Grandpa is cheerful.
A little shamanistic shells, combined with an inertial correction system - will be a terrible weapon.

Kassams like Katyusha shells copy. But the idea is exactly copied. They do not pay for the license, the Herods are damned.

On the headband (photo) from the Israel Museum

After your wars with the Arabs, your museums of our technology are no worse than ours

[igor67]

This one fell not far from my home, in 2006, from Lebanon

[igor67]

Quote: demiurg

Quote: igor67

Quote: demiurg

Quote: Mountain Shooter

Here he is, the grandfather of "Kassam" Only the granddaughters in the crooked Arabian hands turned out to be crooked. Grandpa is cheerful.
A little shamanistic shells, combined with an inertial correction system - will be a terrible weapon.

Kassams like Katyusha shells copy. But the idea is exactly copied. They do not pay for the license, the Herods are damned.

On the headband (photo) from the Israel Museum

After your wars with the Arabs, your museums of our technology are no worse than ours

In principle, yes, last year there was a decent collection in the Latrun Tank Museum and you can climb tanks, in Tel Aviv there is a good museum.

[igor67]

I’m keeping it at home, only the meaning is in a single pipe, there is no aiming, the probability of getting into a city in a densely populated building is also low

[YarGa]

You can see the unique weapon in the museum of the Tula NPO Splav, where it was invented, ”the newspaper writes.
In the Donbass, the Vietnamese in bulk. Run in flip flops and drag * Partisans *. museum ...

[Number 17]

Very similar to cng9m