50P6 TEL truck transporter erector launcher S-350.

Technical Data

• Transporter Erector Launcher Design

  The Viyyaz missile truck launcher 50P6 carried twelve tubular containers, in two lines of six. A launcher vehicle can mount 9M96E missiles or 9M100 missiles. The launcher unit is mounted at the rear of the chassis. In firing position four hydraulically operated outriggers are deployed on the ground, one on each side of the chassis and two at the rear.

• Missile

  The missile for the Vityaz 50R6 the 9M96 originally designed for the S-400 system. This missile is intended for self-defence at a range of up to 15 km and features passive IR homing guidance. The 9M96 is a dual-role anti-missile and anti-aircraft missile. The smaller 9M100 missile can be also used against aircraft, UAVs and cruise missiles. The 9M100 is a short-range, IR-guided missile that has been mentioned as both a SAM and an AAM. The 9M96E missile are ‘hit-to-kill’ designed for direct impact, and use canards and thrust vectoring to achieve extremely high G and angular rate capability. An inertial package is used with a datalink from the MFMTR X-band radar for midcourse guidance, with a radar homing seeker of an undisclosed type. The small 24kg blast fragmentation warhead is designed to produce a controlled fragment pattern, using multiple initiators to shape the detonation wave through the explosive. A smart radar fuse is used to control the warhead timing and pattern.

• Mobility

  The Vityaz launcher missile canisters are mounted on the 8x8 truck chassis BAZ-6909. The power plant comprising a engine, a clutch and a gearbox which are mounted behind the cab. The engine is the YaMZ-8424.10-033 multi-fuel four-stroke eight cylinder V-type liquid cooled diesel with a power of 470 hp. The suspension is of an independent torsion-bar wishbone type with telescopic shock absorbers. The tire and air pressure regulation system is centralized and controlled from the driver seats and includes a pressure control valve, shutoff valves of the wheels and piping. The cab is of a metal stamped and welded double-door three seats type. Protected cabs and frame-type cabs with local armor can be installed. Auxiliary equipment includes a filtering and ventilation system, a heater, communication, decontamination and protection systems. The BAZ-6909 can run at a maximum speed of 80 km/h with a maximum cruising range of 1,000 km. The truck can negotiate obstacles of 57 % gradient, 38% side slope, fording depth of 1.4m and trench of 1.5 m maximum.

• Combat Use

  Each truck-mounted launcher assembly has two layers of six ready-to-fire missiles in their cylindrical container-launchers which, when in the travelling configuration, are in the horizontal position. For cold launching the missiles to a height of about 30-m (where the weapon's main rocket motor sustainer ignites) they are swung into the vertical position at the rear of the vehicle.