9M526 rocket

When ripple fired these rockets are used for a top attack of the groupings of the armoured materiel and tanks. A salvo of four launch vehicles can engage one tank campany in concentration area. Works were completed in 2004. The 9M526 rocket with a cluster warhead carrying the Motiv-3M self-targeting submunitions is designed to use from the Smerch multiple launch rocket system.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Caliber – 300 mm
• Weight – 815 kg
• Length – 7,600 mm
• Weight of warhead – 243 kg
• Length of warhead – 2,049 mm
• Number of Motiv-3M self-targeting submunitions – 5
• Weight of self-targeting submunition – 15 kg
• Diameter of self-targeting submunition – 185 mm
• Weight of explosive in self-targeting submunition – 4,5 kg
• Armor penetration at an angle of 30° from the normal to the armor at a distance of 100 m – 70 mm homogeneous armor
• Time to self-destruction – 50 s
• Range of fire:
  • maximum – 90 km
  • minimum – 25 km
• Temperature range – ±50°C
• Weight of container with two rockets – 1,964 kg