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The S-24 is a
The S-24 is a rocket
A rocket (from it, rocchetto, , bobbin/spool) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using the surrounding air. A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to exhaust expelled at high speed. Rocket engines work entirely fr ...
weapon designed and used by the Soviet Air Force
The Soviet Air Forces ( rus, Военно-воздушные силы, r=Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily, VVS; literally "Military Air Forces") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces ...
. It remains in use by the Russian Air Force and Ukrainian Air Force
The Ukrainian Air Force ( uk, Пові́тряні си́ли Збро́йних сил Украї́ни) is the air force of Ukraine and one of the five branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Its headquarters are in the city of Vinnytsia. W ...
. The name is based on the diameter of the rocket, .
The Soviet Union was an early, enthusiastic user of rocket weapons, employing them as early as the 1930s. The S-24/S-24B is a very large, powerful unguided weapon and one of a handful of successors to the earlier World War II-era BETAB-750DS rockets.
The S-24B differs from the S-24 in that it uses BN-K low smoke motor powder for a low-smoke flight.
The S-24 is long, with a launch weight of . It has a blast- fragmentation warhead
A warhead is the forward section of a device that contains the explosive agent or toxic (biological, chemical, or nuclear) material that is delivered by a missile, rocket, torpedo, or bomb.
Classification
Types of warheads include:
* Expl ...
. Its range is about . The S-24 is carried individually on weapon hardpoints, rather than in pods.
Proximity fuze RV-24 is also available, in which the warhead detonate 3 meters above ground, creating 300—400m radius of fragmentation casualty zone. The body is mesh-texture shape-hardened by electric treatment and creates 4000 fragments that can penetrate up to 30 millimeters of armor, though some sources dispute this and give a figure of 25 millimeters.
The rocket is also license produced in Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
under the name of Shafaq.http://www.modlex.ir/cgi-bin/store.pl/page=product.html/pid=MXF05-000310
See also
*RS-82 (rocket family)
RS-82 and RS-132 (Reaktivny Snaryad; Russian: Реактивный Снаряд; rocket-powered projectile) were unguided rockets used by Soviet military during World War II.
Development
Design work on RS-82 and RS-132 rockets began in the late 19 ...
* S-5 rocket
The S-5 (first designated ARS-57) is a rocket weapon developed by the Soviet Air Force and used by military aircraft against ground area targets. It is in service with the Russian Air Force and various export customers. It is based on a German des ...
* S-8 rocket S8, S-8, or S 8 may refer to:
Routes
* S8 (Berlin), a S-Bahn line in Berlin, Germany
* S8 (Milan suburban railway network)
* S8 (Munich)
* Expressway S8 (Poland)
* S8 (RER Vaud)
* S8 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn)
* S8 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) in North Rhine-West ...
* S-13 rocket
The S-13 is a 122 mm calibre unguided rocket weapon developed by the Soviet Air Force for use by military aircraft. It remains in service with the Russian Air Force and some other countries.
Development
The S-13 rocket was developed i ...
* S-25 rocket
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:S-24 Rocket Air-to-ground rockets of the Soviet Union