9K79 Tochka-U
Country: UkraineManufacturer: KBM Kolomna
«SS-21 Scarab B»
BallisticSRBM — short range (<1000 km)Soviet Union / Ukraine / Russia1989Historic
Improved Tochka variant with extended range and better accuracy, long used across the post-Soviet space.
Ballistic//SRBM — short range (<1000 km)
ID — 9K79-TOCHKA-USoviet Union / Ukraine / Russia · KBM Kolomna
SS-21 Scarab B
Improved Tochka variant with extended range and better accuracy, long used across the post-Soviet space.
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- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- 9K79 Tochka-U
- Alias
- SS-21 Scarab B
- Manufacturer
- KBM Kolomna
- Country
- Soviet Union / Ukraine / Russia
- Year
- 1989
- Category
- Ballistic
- All sub-types
- SRBM — short range (<1000 km)
- Status
- Historic
Performance
- Range
- 120 km
- Top speed
- Mach 5
- Guidance
- INS
- Warhead
- HE-frag 482 kg, cluster o submunizioni
- CEP
- 95 m
Physical characteristics
- Launch platform
- TEL anfibio 9P129-1M 6x6
- Length
- 6.4 m
- Launch weight
- 2010 kg
Combat use
- ▸Chechnya, Syria, Yemen, Ukraine 2014-2022 — noted for rapid strikes against tactical and logistics targets.
Main operators
RussiaUkraineSyriaYemen
History
The U variant extends the original Tochka's range and improves reliability, remaining one of the most widespread tactical SRBMs in the former USSR.
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