RM - 130 ROCKET LAUNCHER AND GROUND TORPEDO

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004900360003-9
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• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 1, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Mi - 130 Rocket Launcher and Ground Toppedo NO. OF PAGES
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1. The -~~,-130 rocacet L& ,c 1c.r was tuout ted on a 6x6 .G,aC'type tr?ucko The
four-fit n gun Crew 1n"S ncatcc. bz"I- nd the dl's ve ? cab, The rocket launcher
was provided naith 32 tubes (.rak ;,nice) arranged in rows of 8 and fitted
Lh steel bands. trn either side of the tuheasD there ware equalizing
spa-a.ttgtt r'whiQ a made the elevation of the weapon tore oasye the rocket
lau ehc:r was mounted on a rotatizag circular steel pia tre -"Which was sAoved
by a traversing mechanism, The weapon was elevated bar-$n elevating
aech:;nism. ?, locking rechaxiisu: was located behind the seat of the gun
crew. A sight mount was screwed on consoles to .he right and left in
the rear. An electric firing miechanism wes installed beside the sight
mount? "Thirty-three rockets were stored on either side below the load-
ing st;-,.ee 0 The rocket launcher can be iitoved short distances even when
loaded t:
20 The tubes consisted of 5?tatta sheet steel, were 14&) cliL long; and tad a
caliber of 1.30 rwa. A hoop was fi'Lted on either end of the tube which
had four straight guide gi?ooves0 The rocket. 'ias held by two hooks with
springs, fiti'reed to the rear of tho tube,, 'a.he. firing raechauisra consisted
of a lever of aet.:ai on onr. v ad of which was brought into
contact viii-111 the base of the r?oc.tet after loaditdg. thus, the current
imp?uise reached the firing mech.waaieii of the roca.eL; A ch rocket tube
had its on lever.
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T7`p encased bring device (odpalovaci sdcrinea,), a sheet uetal box Which
was about 30x20 cri in ,iizee haw a tin coVC:s which could be tilted before
firing. The case was fitted to the rear of the x?ocxet launcher. A turn-
ing knob at the left side of the firing case cor.troed the succession
of fire" A scale for salvo and individual fire was located to the right
of the control knob,
The weapon was equipped with a range drum sir.6ilax' to those used on
other ar?tiLLcry pieces,, The range drum had a cross level, a clinotreter,
and a range ncrrle which had apparently a trail graw.ation with three-
digit riuutbo: ?s. The to .moan firing range was 1.0 dt a:: An individual salvo
covered an :o ea of 5Qx 2UU r.:eters0
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5.. The rockets had the shape of a normal artillery p o~ cc ile Prior to
loading, an aiming in of plastic material was puUe: i from ti'n': head c:2:
the project l;e, probably to activate th;- rocketo A c!isk of sheet meta.,
of 3 cm in diameter, with which a lover was brought into contact, was
located in the center of the rocket. i ou't 20 openin;`;n each of e,rou t 6
ewi in diameter, were located in the base of the pro`actil,t-_ o The rock-o',
was 80 cm ton , had a caliber of l 0 22;, kg and bad a smooth
body.
6, The gun crew consisted of the following six. men:
1 chief of section (platoon leader or corporal)
1 first ndnrmaunition bearer (podava.c le) (private)
1 second ammunition bearer (podavac 2.) (peivate)
1 gun loader (nabijec) (private)
1 gunner (miric) (private first class)
1 driver (ridic) (private).
7? In 14arch 1953,; a special weapon exerciso i^lc:.s hold bv,- E?ocket aarrncher
battrlion in the c;aseraae at the eastern perimeter of Uherskc H sdisto.
The installation also housed a b econnnaissalrnce unit. The rockct'-Aat ;ache r
battalion practiced at the harochusi training grounds ~a re the reccsnnaissanee unit was trained with an unidentified uweap cno The training
officer said. that the new weapon was a ground torpedo (p lc~s~rni. torpedo)
8e This ground torpedo was said to ae a projectile., about .144 meters to n
and 30 cup in diameter, which was raounnted on a sleigh of -t,ubings of air .*,ut
30 urea in diaead ter,> Steel bands -rich wore about 30 a n, oida and 10 a P7 ':?daic'
tied the projectile to the sleigkx,, At the base of the Larwjectilea tho o
were about four groups of openings, each of 10 i u a iin dig a_rw ter? Ush.ich [9e 4
arranged around an igniter in thz) center. The weapon i;pparont it was
operated by two wennt one "ly-'kn on Wither side of W- ,o siei k?