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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 Updated February 2010 Text © 2008, 2010 Carlo Kopp |
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![]() ![]() Slovakian Air Force S-300PMU / SA-10B
30N6-1 Flap Lid B and 83P6 Fire Unit comprising one 5P85SE TEL and a
pair of 5P85DE TELs at Piestany in 2009 (© Miroslav
Gyűrösi).
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Background/IntroductionSince its introduction over three decades ago the S-300P family of SAM systems has become one of the most widely used designs in its class, globally, and currently forms the backbone of both Russia's and China's extensive national IADS. Almost four decades of technological evolution has seen considerable diversity in variants deployed, reflected in a wide range of different radars, command posts, Transporter Erector Launchers, and other support vehicles employed.A range of different military truck chassis have been employed to host or tow S-300P battery components since the first S-300PT systems were built. The choices in these vehicles reflect repeatedly period priorities, be they in offroad mobility, procurement costs, production availability, or most recently, sources of supply with the breakdown in relations between Russia and the Ukraine. From a technical intelligence perspective, this diversity in vehicles is important. Some variants can only be visually differentiated by the vehicle types employed, whether the imagery is close-in or overhead. The different vehicles also provide differing levels of offroad mobility, contraining deployment choices in off-base hide, shoot and scoot operations. The earliest S-300PT systems were mobile, but did not qualify as hide, shoot, and scoot systems. Battery components were mounted on trailers or semi-trailers, towed by the Russian Ural 375 or Ukrainian KrAZ-255 6 x 6 trucks. Only the massive 40V6M/MD mast system was towed by the MAZ-537 series heavy tractor, widely used for ballistic missile and tank transporter towing. Significant changes arose with the introduction of the self-propelled S-300PS / SA-10B, and its export derivative, the very similar S-300PMU (often labelled an SA-10C). This variant introduced the MAZ-7910 chassis, based in the MAZ-543M Uragan which was widely used as a ballistic missile TEL. Often considered to provide similar offroad mobility to tracked armour, the MAZ vehicles were a very robust solution to the mobility problem. The 5N63S Flap Lid B engagement radar, the early 5N64 Big Bird battle management radar, and the 5P85D/S TELs all employed this vehicle. Variants of the MAZ-7910 chassis have remained on offer for all subtypes including the S-300PMU-2 Favorit / SA-20B. The next significant variant to deploy was the S-300PM, a deep upgrade of the radar, systems and missile round design. The S-300PM formed the basis of the S-300PMU1 and S-300PMU2 Favorit export variants. While the S-300PM was supplied with the MAZ-7910 based self-propelled TEL design, this variant also saw the introduction of a towed TEL, the 5P85T, and its export derivative 5P85TE/TE1/TE2 variants. Until recently, the 5P85T series TELs were supplied with Ukrainian built KrAZ-260B tow tractors, supplanted now by Russian built BAZ-69022 series tractors, also employed with early production S-400 Triumf / SA-21 systems. Russian sources have claimed that development is proceeding on the 5P90 series TEL, but no details have been disclosed to date. |
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S-300P Variant TEL DesignThere are three generations of TEL design employed with variants of the S-300P system. Many share vehicle chassis, launcher hardware, and/or mission electronics.
The earliest towed 5P85/5P85-1 TELs were a stopgap design, produced to permit earliest possible deployment of the S-300PT system. This rather ungainly design, in which the tow booms were splayed out as supports, is easily distinguished visually, and carries the missile launch tubes oriented with the exhaust toward the tow tractor. It introduced the characteristic hydraulically elevated boom mounting the four missile launch tubes in a unique symmetrical trapezoidal arrangement.
S-300PT
5P85-1
TEL
(Vestnik
PVO) The TEL boom design comprises two main sections. The load bearing lower section is formed by a pair of rigid structural boxes with internal spacing members. It pivots at one end of the TEL chassis, and is elevated or stowed using a hydraulic boom. Two adaptors are mounted to it, providing a conformal load relief and attachment for the four launch tubes. The top of the boom mounts a characteristic latticework frame which carries the four U-shaped missile control and status umbilical cables and connectors. When a launch tube is attached, the connectors are mated to the tube to permit the transfer of missile and tube diagnostic, status and control commands. This arrangement has been retained, with variations, in all S-300P variants. ![]() Partly loaded and stowed S-300PMU 5P85SE
TEL of the
Slovakian Air Force (upper), and empty TEL (lower). Note the umbilicals
for
the missile launch tube containers (©
Miroslav
Gyűrösi).
![]() ![]() Deployed S-300PMU 5P85DE TEL of the
Slovakian Air Force. The canvas shroud over the utility area is almost
identical in shape to the F3S cabin (©
Miroslav
Gyűrösi).
Deployed
S-300PMU
5P85SE
TEL of the
Slovakian Air Force (via
valka.cz).
![]() Conformal attachments for launch tubes (via valka.cz). The self-propelled 5P85S/D TELs introduced first in the S-300PS provided a much more flexible deployment scheme, but not without limitations. The 5P85S with the characteristic large F3S accessory cabin and the supplementary 5P85D TEL, were both equipped with 5S18/19 series autonomous gas turbine electrical power generators, to permit standalone operation without an external generator van. A typical S-300PS/PMU battery 5P85SD TEL "komplex" would include one 5P85S/SU TEL, two 5P85D/DU TEL/Transloaders, all controlled by one self-propelled 5N63S Flap Lid B radar. The 5P85S was a "smart" TEL equipped with the control logic and datalink hardware for the whole 5P85SD TEL group, the 5P85D being a "dumb" TEL under the control of the 5P85S (the mnemonic is accidental). The principal limitation of this scheme was that TEL arrangement forced pairing of two 5P85Ds with a single 5P85S which controlled the group. This limited deployment options and flexibility in hide, shoot and scoot operations. The dumb 5P85D/DU TELs needed to be sited several metres from the 5P85S/SU smart TEL, this being limited by cable length. The whole TEL group had to be sited within 100 metres of the 5N63S Flap Lid B engagement radar, due to the limited range of the radio datalink between the radar and smart TEL. The S-300PM and S-300PMU1 export variant rectified this problem with the third generation of TELs, in which every TEL was smart and fully autonomous. Two distinct designs were introduced, sharing common hardware across different chassis. The 5P85SM and 5P85SE were smart self-propelled TELs on the MAZ chassis, with the distinctive bulky F3S cabin used with the 5P85S/SU replaced by much smaller electronics enclosures. This TEL has been offered, with electronics enhancements, for the S-300PMU2. The alternative was the cheaper road mobile 5P85T towed TEL, which has dominated deliveries in later variants. Both variants retain spools for umbilical cables, permitting cabled connections to the 30N6E series radar if desired. In additional, each TEL carries a main power converter and 60 metre power cable. All TEL functions, including elevating or stowing the launchers, are performed remotely over the radio datalink.
Late model S-300P system TELs are highly automated, and will level automatically on hydraulic supports once initiated by the crew. This decouples the system stow/deploy time from operating crew proficiency, the task of the crew being simply to drive the TEL to an intended location, deploy it, and then stow it and relocate once required. The TEL is fully remotely controlled by the engagement radar over the radio datalink channel, and missiles are launched remotely. Future developments in this TEL family are likely to involve not only newer vehicles, but also improvements in datalink/network technology, and progressively, the introduction of precision positioning capability in TEL, not unlike the Orientir system developed for the 30N6E2 Tomb Stone. |
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5P90SE Self Propelled Transporter Erector Launcher5P90TMU Towed Transporter Erector LauncherSystems:
S-400
The 5P90 series are a reported new TEL design for the S-400 Triumf / SA-21 SAM system. It is expected that both designs will be based on variants of the BAZ-69092 "Voshchina 1" series of military trucks, used currently with the 5P85T2/TE2 TEL supplied with the S-400 and recently exported S-300PMU-2 models. To date no imagery has been released. |
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![]() Systems: S-400 The new 5P85TM/T2/TE2 series 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 Bryanskiy Avtomobilnyy 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 Self Propelled Transporter Erector LauncherSystems:
S-400
An option listed at one stage 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 would deliver similar cross country performance to the legacy 5P85SE TELs. ![]() |
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5P85T/TE Towed Transporter Erector Launcher![]() S-300PMU2 Favorit 5P85TE TEL Deployed (© Miroslav Gyűrösi). Systems: S-300PMU1/PMU2 The production 5P85TE TEL combines a variant of the 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.
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5P85S/SM/SE/SE1/SE2 Self Propelled Transporter Erector Launcher5P85S/SU and 5P85D/DU Self Propelled Transporter Erector Launcher
Systems: S-300PS (D/DU/S/SU); S-300PM/PMU1/PMU2 (SM/SE) 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. S-300PMU2
5P85SE TEL
deployed (below, Said Aminov, Vestnik PVO).
![]()
S-300PS
5P85S
TEL
![]() 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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5T58 Missile Transporter![]() 5T58
S-300PS/PMU
transporter
towed
by
KrAZ-260B
(Image
by
Miroslav
Gyűrösi).
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NPP Start 22T6/22T6E2 Transloader![]() The NPP
Start 22T6E2 Missile Transloader is supplied now on the 8 x 8 Ural
532301 which is also
used for the new S-400 / SA-21 55K6E command post (NPP Start).
The 22T6 family of transloaders
are a specialised design built to
transfer S-300P family missile launch tubes between TELs and
transporters, such as the 5T58 or older 5T99. Early variants were
supplied on the KrAZ-260 6 x 6 chassis, later variants the 8 x 8 Ural
532301. This design replaces a range of generic cranes used
prior to its deployment.
![]() Model of the
KrAZ-260 hosted 22T6E transloader (NPP Start).
![]() An S-300PMU
5P85SU TEL being reloaded by a 22T6E transloader (via valka.cz).
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KrAZ-260 Tractor![]() KrAZ-260B
tow
tractor
with
deployed
5P85TE
TEL.
The Ukrainian built KrAZ-260
series tow tractor has been one of the most widely used with later
model S-300PMU series systems. It has been supplanted in the latest
variants by the 6 x
6 BAZ-64022 tractor. Typical KrAZ-260 configurations are powered
by a 300 SHP turbocharged V8 diesel.
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Ural 375 Tractor![]() Ural
4320
series
flatbed,
evolved
from
the
375
series
(Ural).
The Ural 375 series 6 x 6
tractor was often used to tow S-300PT battery components. Variants
remain in use for towing trailer mounted components of later S-300P
variants. The Ural 375 series was supplanted by the newer production
Ural 4320, with a 210 SHP engine.
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KrAZ-255 Tractor![]() KrAZ-255
flatbed (Wikipedia commons image).
The Ukrainian KrAZ-255 series 6 x 6 tractor was widely used to tow S-300PT battery components. Typical configuration is fitted with a 240 SHP diesel engine. Variants remained in use for towing trailer mounted components of later S-300P variants, but were mostly supplanted by the newer KrAZ-260 series.
![]() KrAZ-255
flatbed (Wikipedia commons image).
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