Guest Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:48 pm
KoTeMoRe wrote: Militarov wrote: Cyberspec wrote:Good video of one of those 'Hell Rockets" being used
Search for Target, Launch and Destroy..#SAA local rocket hit Islamist militiants position in Khan Shih/westren Ghota
https://twitter.com/Syria_Protector/status/660844018553737217
Actually i always prefered term "Elephant bomb" coz of their sound during launch that reminds alot of elephant. Btw first time something of a sort was used on large scale was Yugoslav wars by Serbs that used varios types of HE-FRAG bombs and paired them with engines available (from Kh-13 engines to Orkan M87 MLRS) to create few versions (fairly standardised tho not like these guys, each unit having 5 types) and they are today mostly known under one name "Košava" (type of wind).
Even modern version is proposed for export today by Serbian integrator company Yugoimport SDPR. And yeah that is Laser guided bomb
Serbia the fukcing McGyver of warfare and global proliferation. Thumbs up!
Haha, true, true.
Well Serbs have during Yugoslav Civil war alot of gravity bombs of various kinds, and could produce them too, however they were forbidden to fly at one point by NATO, so they got this idea to merge two things they have in quantities. There was at one point released audio from US pilot over Bosnia that was sent to intercept and destroy "Serb bombers", coz FABs were falling on Muslim positions. You can imagine NATO frustration seeing aerial bombs falling on targets and no aircrafts in the sky whatsoever. Just few years ago Bosnia and Herzegovina destroyed last remaining Areal Fuel Rocket-modified Bombs (RFAB-275 M-91) which were converted for use on Koshava, 58 of them in total ended up on that side of Drina river.
There was even try to make them "smart" or at least more precise, since you can imagine this isnt very accurate by definition. Yugoslavians had saboteur/partisan units which were armed with fairly light weapons including single shot "MLRS" in 128mm Yugoslavian caliber. It was dubbed M71 - Partisan, it was imagined as confusion tool for enemy artillery radars for an example or attacks from multiple angles with few of these aganist some higher value targets.
So what was the idea, they place this one equiped with "tracer" version of 128mm rocket which was used as aerial target for Yugoslavian short range air defence like Strela, Igla etc since it generates alot of signature (official name was "Aerial target imitator"). Then they aim it at the target they need to hit and place it next to Koshava. Then, they placed specially desiegned RFAB-275-M91 which had added guidance elements from K13M on it (not adequate but guidance parts but nothing else was available...). So you basically fire them at the same time, and in theory RFAB was supposed to at least at start "track" this "aiming" rocket which would increase accuracy.
How Serious this Yugoslavian versions were says fact that RBL 755 (cluster submunition) variant was made (few only i suppose) which hard maximum range of 18km, here is one photo of it (training rounds naturally, with white stripes).
Well hope someone enjoyed this little offtopic