INTERIOR CONFIGURATION OF TYPE IV WARHEAD TRANSPORTER, TYURATAM, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B07179A000100310001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 29, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 1, 1978
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
Summary
Report
INTERIOR CONFIGURATION
OF TYPE IV WARHEAD
TRANSPORTER,TYURATAM,USSR 1TSR)
SR-066/78
SEPTEMBER 1978
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INTERIOR CONFIGURATION OF TYPE IV WARHEAD
TRANSPORTER,,TYURATAM, USSR (TSR)
(TSR) a type IV warhead transporter was
identified without its environmental cover for the first time (Figure 1). The transporter was in
at Tyuratam
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Missile/Space Test Center (MSTC) SSM, USSR . On this coverage and
on previous high-qualit the interior configura-
tion of the transporter was discernible.
(TSR) The type IV warhead transporter is used to transport and mate reentry vehicle
(RV) payloads with the SS-17 and SS-19 missile systems and possibly with the SS-11(Mod 4).
The vehicle comprises atransporter/trailer pulled by a probable ZIL-type prime mover. The
transporter is environmentally protected by apeak-roofed cover with a sloping aft section.
During warhead mating exercises, the cover is hinged to the transporter near the front and
can be raised approximately 60 degrees from a horizontal plane to allow adequate clearance
while lifting the RV payload with the inboard crane. OnOthe cover had been removed
from the transporter and placed upright on a road within the NWHF, 43 meters southeast of
the western a load handling building: The transporter was not within the NWHF on this
date, but by~ it was observed in the parking area of the NWHF without the cover.
Details of the bed of the transporter could be determined on imagery of ~ and on
successive coverages.
(TSR) The bed of the transporter measures A probable telescoping crane
is mounted on the cenierline of the transporter bed from the aft end. On~
imagery of0 the crane was extended horizontally over the forward portion of the
transporter to its probable maximum length of0 (Figure 1). The crane can be rotated
at least 180 degrees from this position.
(TSR) A small area aft of the crane that is enclosed by a curved wall section is probably
the control point for a crane operator. A plate which forms an integral part of the trans-
porter slopes from the forward wa110 toward the center of the bed of the transporter.
This slope probably creates a space under the transporter that may possibly house afront-end
support stand. Although the height of the side walls of the transporter could not be accu-
ratelydetermined, the walls appear to slope downward from front to back and may be hinged to
facilitate the transfer of the RV payload. The dimensions' of the floor between the sloped
front plate and the crane are0 This area is available for the RV payload and
possibly for the RV shroud (Figure 2).
(TSR) From the type IV warhead transporter was observed
19 times without the environmental cover at different locations within the N WHF. On~
the transporter was not observed within the NWHF; however, on
it was observed adjacent to a site support building at Tyuratam ICBM Launch Test
Site S9 0 Figure 3).
(TSR) The removal of the environmental cover and the subsequent movements of the
transporter about the rangehead are not fully understood. There is no known precedent for
the use of a warhead transporter in other than nuclear-associated functions. Therefore, it is
possible that the transporter without the cover is used in an auxiliary or support capacity.
Also, a second type IV warhead transporter has been observed at Tyuratam MSTC Payload
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Handling Facility The presence of this additional transporter would
probably provide sufficient capability for handling the payloads of the SS-17 and SS-19
missile systems at the rangehead.
(S) Comments and queries regarding this report are welcome. The ma be directed to Soviet
Strategic Forces Division, Imagery Exploitation Group, NPiC,
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