KSShch
The KSShch (Russian: Корабельный снаряд «Щука» (КСЩ);[1] tr.:Korabelny snaryad Shchuka (KSShch); English: Shchuka Anti-Ship Missile, "Shchuka" – pike in English) was a Soviet anti-ship cruise missile design that carried a nuclear warhead. Its GRAU designation is 4K32. It was sometimes referred to as P-1 or Strelka (Arrow). It was used in the 1950s and 1960s. The missile's NATO reporting name was SS-N-1 Scrubber. It was tested in 1953–1954 on the destroyer Bedovyy (Kildin-class) and entered service in 1955, being deployed on Kildin- and Krupnyy (later converted to Kanin)-class ships. It was fired from a heavy rail launcher SM-59, with an armoured hangar. As those ships were retrofitted and modernized between 1966 and 1977, the missiles were removed (in favor of the SS-N-2 on the Kildin class and an anti-aircraft/anti-submarine weapons suite on the Kanin class).
Specifications[edit]
- Total length: 7.6 m (25 ft)
- Diameter: 900 mm (3 ft)
- Wingspan: 4.6 m (15 ft)
- Weight: 3,100 kg (6830 lb)
- Warhead: nuclear warhead or High Explosive
- Propulsion: liquid-fuel rocket
- Range: 40 km (25 mi)
- Guidance: inertial guidance
- Contractor: NPO Mashinostroenia
- Entered service: 1955
Operators[edit]
- The Soviet Navy employed the KSShch on Kildin and Kanin class ships. The missile was withdrawn by 1977.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ (in Russian) Black Sea Navy
External links[edit]
- GlobalSecurity.org: SS-N-1 Scrubber accessed March 15, 2004.
