OTR-21 Tochka
Country: Soviet UnionManufacturer: KBM Kolomna
«9K79 Tochka / SS-21 Scarab A»
BallisticSRBM — short range (<1000 km)Soviet Union1975Historic
Soviet short-range tactical ballistic missile, direct predecessor to the Tochka-U.
Ballistic//SRBM — short range (<1000 km)
ID — OTR-21-TOCHKASoviet Union · KBM Kolomna
9K79 Tochka / SS-21 Scarab A
Soviet short-range tactical ballistic missile, direct predecessor to the Tochka-U.
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- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- OTR-21 Tochka
- Alias
- 9K79 Tochka / SS-21 Scarab A
- Manufacturer
- KBM Kolomna
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Year
- 1975
- Category
- Ballistic
- All sub-types
- SRBM — short range (<1000 km)
- Status
- Historic
Performance
- Range
- 70 km
- Top speed
- Mach 5
- Guidance
- INS
- Warhead
- HE-frag 482 kg, chimica o nucleare tattica
- CEP
- 150 m
Physical characteristics
- Launch platform
- TEL 9P129 6x6
- Length
- 6.4 m
- Launch weight
- 2000 kg
Combat use
- ▸Limited use in Afghanistan, Chechnya, and multiple post-Soviet regional conflicts.
Main operators
Soviet UnionRussiaUkraineBelarus
History
Fielded in 1975, Tochka gave Soviet brigades a mobile and relatively accurate ballistic capability before the improved U model arrived.
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