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Air Defence System
Vehicles Technical Report APA-TR-2008-0601-A |
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by Dr Carlo Kopp, SMAIAA, MIEEE, PEng June, 2008 Text © 2008 Carlo Kopp |
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The new 5P85TE2 TEL combines a
variant of the legacy 5P85TE1 TEL semi-trailer with a new 6 x 6
BAZ-64022 tow tractor, the latter based on the Bryansk Avtomobilniy
Zavod (Брянский автомобильный завод) BAZ-69092 "Voshchina 1" series of
military trucks. The BAZ-64022 is based on the BAZ-6402 artillery
tractor.
![]() ![]() The 5P85TE2 TEL towed by a 6 x
6 BAZ-64022 tractor is a distinctive
feature of the S-400, making it readily
identifiable in comparison with the KrAZ-260 towed 5P85TE variants used
with the SA-20 Gargoyle (Almaz-Antey/Vestnik PVO).
![]() ![]() BAZ-64022
tractor (above, below).
![]() MZKT-7930 Transporter Erector LauncherAn option listed by Almaz-Antey for the S-400 is an 8 x 8 TEL based on the MZKT-7930 chassis, almost certainly involving a transplant of the hydraulically elevated erector/launcher equipment from the S-400 5P85SE demonstrator TEL on to the newer chassis design. To date no images of this design have appeared. It will deliver similar cross country performance to the legacy 5P85SE TELs. ![]() |
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S-300PMU1/PMU2 Favorit/SA-20A/B Gargoyle / S-300PS/PM/PMU/SA-10B/C Grumble SAM System 5P85TE Transporter Erector LauncherThe production 5P85TE TEL
combines a variant of the legacy 5P85TE TEL
semi-trailer with the Ukrainian Kremenchugskiy AvtoZavod 6 x 6 KrAZ-260
tow tractor. The KrAZ-260 entered production in 1979 as an artillery
tow tractor, with variants built for a range of military and civil
applications. Typical variants are rated in the 9.5 to 10 tonne class.
It was introduced to provide a much cheaper TEL compared to the MAZ-543
derived 5P85D/S series, sacrificing offroad mobility in the process,
but improving road speed.
![]() ![]() 5P85TE
TEL Deployed.
![]() 5T58-2 S-300PS/PMU transporter towed by KrAZ-260B (Image by Miroslav Gyűrösi). 5P85SE/SE1/SE2 Transporter
Erector Launcher
5P85S/SU Transporter Erector Launcher 5P85D/DU Transporter Erector Launcher The 5P85SE variants delivered
with the S-300PMU2 Favorit / SA-20B SAM systems are the last production
variants of the family of 8 x 8 'self propelled' TELs introduced with
the S-300PS system during the 1980s. These are all based on variants of
the MAZ-7910 chassis, itself a derivative of the ByeloRussian
MAZ-543/543M Uragan chassis series
developed as the self propelled 9P117 TEL for the R-17/R-300 Elbrus /
SS-1 Scud TBM. The MAZ-543 was soon dubbed Kashalot (Sperm Whale) by its
crews due to its sheer size compared to earlier Soviet wheeled
vehicles. This vehicle has remained in production in various forms
since the early 1960s, and has been adapted for the Smerch MRLS, a
range of radar systems, and formed the basis for larger 12 x 12
ballistic missile TELs, cranes, oilfield trucks, artillery tow
tractors, and semitrailer two tractors.
![]() 9P117
Kashalot TEL for the R-17/R-300 Elbrus / SS-1 Scud
TBM using the MAZ-543 Uragan
chassis (Czech Army).
The MAZ-7910 chassis first appeared with the S-300PS / SA-10B Grumble, the S standing for Samokhodniy (Self Propelled). The vehicle was used initially for the 5P85DU and 5P85SU TELs, the 30N6 Flap Lid series of engagement radars, and the 54K6 and 73N6 Baikal command posts. The base vehicle was later adapted as the MAZ-74106 tow tractor for the 64N6 Big Bird acquisition radar. In one or another form the MAZ-7910 forms the basis for most highly mobile S-300P variant systems. The first generation S-300PS TEL variants differed. The 5P85S was a fully autonomous or 'master' TEL, the 5P85D a 'slave' TEL, usually deployed in pairs with a single 5P85S. Later TEL variants such as the 5P85SE, 5P85SE1 and 5P85SE2 were all derived from the autonomous 5P85S series. The enclosed cabin used in the 5P85S/SU vanished in later variants of the 5P85SE.
![]() MAZ-543M/7910 chassis dimensions and layout. ![]() MAZ-79100 series tow tractor. The shorted aft chassis and closer spacing of the rear axles is prominent. ![]() ![]() A 5P85SE TEL during a military parade
(above). Just aft of the driver cabin is the stowed telescoping mast
for the datalink system. 5P85SE S-300PMU2 TEL deployed and stowed
(below).
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5P85SU
TEL
Deployed 5P85SU TEL of the
Slovakian Army (upper), and empty TEL (lower). Note the umbilicals for
the missile launch tube containers (Images
by Miroslav Gyűrösi).
![]() ![]() A support vehicle used with S-300PMU
batteries deployed in remote areas is a fully mobile accommodation
vehicle for relief crews, including bunks, a mess and kitchen area, and
self contained power generator.
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HQ-9/FT-2000 Wanshan WS2400 TEL![]() HQ-9 TEL (Chinese internet) The WS-2400 series of 8 x 8
vehicles are a Chinese derivative of the MAZ-543 series, with numerous
undisclosed modifications, and a unique crew cabin. This vehicle has
been widely used as a TEL for a range of ballistic missiles, and also
the HQ-9/FT-2000 surface to air missile system, derived from the
S-300PMU series. Performance and dimensional specifications will be
very close to the baseline MAZ-543.
The design was reverse engineered by the Wanshan Special Vehicle Factory, a division of China of the Sanjiang Space Group in Yinbin, specifically as a TEL for the DF-11/M-11 / CSS-7 IRBM. ![]() WS-2400 chassis (above), ballistic missile TEL (below). ![]() ![]() |
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