The TR-1 Temp (, Temp-S, meaning 'Speed') was a mobile
theatre ballistic missile
A theatre ballistic missile (TBM) is any ballistic missile with a range less than , used against targets " in-theatre". Its range is thus between that of tactical and intermediate-range ballistic missiles. The term is a relatively new one, encomp ...
developed and deployed by the
Soviet Union
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during the
Cold War. It was assigned the
NATO reporting name SS-12
Scaleboard and carried the industrial designation 9M76 and the
GRAU index 9К76. A modified version was initially identified by NATO as a new design and given the SS-22 reporting name, but later recognized it as merely a variant of the original and maintained the name Scaleboard. The Temp entered service in the mid-1960s.
The TR-1 was designed as a mobile weapon to give theatre (
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) commanders nuclear strike capability. The weapon used the same mobile launcher (
MAZ-543
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) as the
R-17 Elbrus
The R-17 Elbrus, GRAU index 9K72 is a tactical ballistic missile, initially developed by the Soviet Union. It is also known by its NATO reporting name SS-1C Scud-B. It is one of several Soviet missiles to carry the reporting name Scud; the most p ...
missile but had an environmental protective cover that split down the middle and was only opened when the missile was ready to fire. All were decommissioned in 1988–1989 as part of the
INF treaty
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty, formally the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles; / ДРСМ ...
banning such weapons.
Operators
;: The Soviet Armed Forces were the only operator of the TR-1 Temp. It was also placed in countries of
Warsaw Pact
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for example
Hranice (Military area Libava) (39) in Czechoslovakia, and
Königsbrück
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(19),
Bischofswerda
Bischofswerda (; hsb, Biskopicy) is a small town in Germany at the western edge of Upper Lusatia in Saxony.
Geography
The town is located 33 km to the east of Dresden at the edge of the Upper Lusatian mountain country. The town is k ...
(8),
Waren (22) and
Wokuhl (5) in
East Germany
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.
Its active reach from there covered whole
West Germany
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, parts of Scandinavia, France and Netherlands.
See also
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MGM-31 Pershing
The MGM-31A Pershing was the missile used in the Pershing 1 and Pershing 1a field artillery missile systems. It was a solid-fueled two-stage theater ballistic missile designed and built by Martin Marietta to replace the PGM-11 Redstone missile ...
and
Pershing II
The Pershing II Weapon System was a solid-fueled two-stage medium-range ballistic missile designed and built by Martin Marietta to replace the Pershing 1a Field Artillery Missile System as the United States Army's primary nuclear-capable thea ...
– comparable U. S. theatre nuclear missiles
*
List of missiles
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Types of missiles:
* Conventional guided missiles
** Air-to-air missile
** Air-to-surface missile
** Anti-rad ...
*
Ghaznavi
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Abdali-I
The Abdali-I (Urdu:ابدالى-ا; official codename: Hatf–II Abdali) is a supersonic and tactical surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) designed and developed by the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), ...
*
Shaheen-I
The Shaheen-I ( ur, شاہين-ا; official codename: Hatf–IV Shaheen), is a Pakistani land-based supersonic and short-to-medium range surface-to-surface guided ballistic missile jointly designed and developed by the joint venture of NESCOM ...
*
J-600T Yıldırım
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SOM
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Bora
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Fateh-313
Fateh-313 ( fa, فاتح-313, "Conqueror-313"), an Iranian solid-fuel short-range ballistic missile, was unveiled on 21 August 2015. The Fateh-313 missile is the newest model within the Fateh missiles family. It is almost identical to the previous ...
*
Qiam 1
The Qiam 1 ( Persian: قیام-١, "Uprising-1") is a short-range ballistic missile designed and built by Iran. It was developed from the Iranian Shahab-2, a licensed copy of the North Korean Hwasong-6, all of which are versions of the Soviet ...
*
Al-Hussein
*
Nasr
*
Zelzal Zelzal ( fa, زلزال-۱, meaning "Earthquake") is a series of artillery rockets developed by Iran. The series consists of:
*Zelzal-1, with an estimated range of
*Zelzal-2, with an estimated range of
*Zelzal-3, with an estimated range of
Thes ...
*
Tondar-69
The Tondar-69 is a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) originating in China and operated by the armed forces of Iran. It was originally deployed by the Iranian army in 1992. The design is based on the Chinese CSS-8, which itself was designed ...
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Burkan-1
The Burkan-1 (Arabic 1 بركان) or Volcano-1 (also spelled as Burqan 1) is a mobile short-range ballistic missile used by the Houthis in Yemen. It is related to the Scud missile family.
Development
Houthi forces unveiled the Burkan-1 when it ...
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RT-21 Temp 2S
The RT-21 Temp 2S was a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was assigned the NATO reporting name SS-16 Sinner and carried the industry designation 15Zh42.
The RT-21 was the first mobile ...
External links
Global Security: TR-1
References
* Hogg, Ian (2000). ''Twentieth-Century Artillery''. Friedman/Fairfax Publishers.
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