SS-21 Scarab** SRBM VARIANT(S) AND/OR ALTERNATE NAME(S):
---- 9K79 Tochka (Russian system designation)
---- 9M79 (Russian missile designation)
---- 9K79 Tochka-U (improved system designation)
---- 9M79-1 (improved missile designation)
EQUIPMENT CATEGORY: Missiles/Rockets/Bombs -- Land Attack/Theater
Nuclear/Biological/Chemical -- Nuclear
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Russia PICTURES OF: SS-21 Scarab** SRBM
**US/NATO code name or designation
DESCRIPTION
The SS-21 Scarab is a single-warhead Soviet-era mobile tactical short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) that has nearly replaced the older FROG-7**. Originally, it was mistakenly referred to as the Frog-9 in Western literature. Deployment was on the scale of four launchers in a single tactical missile battalion in a Soviet tank or motorized rifle division.
The 9K79 system consists of the 9M79 missile, at least three types of warheads and several vehicles. A single 9P129 tractor-erector-launcher (TEL) is mounted on a BAZ-5921 6 x 6 chassis. The 9T218 transporter (based on a BAZ-5922 6 x 6 chassis) carries two missiles. Both vehicles have a flat top li ne with a short snout and sloped windshield. The axles are spaced fairly evenly.
The AKIM 9V818 command and control vehicle, 9T238 crew transport vehicle and the 9V844 maintenance vehicles are all based on the ZIL-131 6 x 6 chassis. The ZIL-131 truck is more typical of a standard 6 x 6 design with conventional cab and closely spaced second and third axles under the flat bed.
The missiles are designated according to the warhead they carry. The 9M79B is fitted with a "special" (chemical or nuclear) warhead, including the AA60 tactical nuclear warhead. The 9M79F carries a 265-lb (120-kg) high-explosive fragmentation warhead. The 9M79K delivers submunitions, likely carryin g either bomblets, mines or both. Other warheads may include a terminally guided unit and a smart-munitions bomblet unit.
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