Udav-1 anti-submarine system
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The UDAV-1 system is a Russia
n ship-borne Anti-submarine weapon
system. The weapon fires a number of different types of rockets, which in addition to attacking submarines provide a multi-layer defence against torpedo
es and frogmen. The system operates in conjunction with the ship's sonar
.
The system consists of:
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n ship-borne Anti-submarine weapon
Anti-submarine weapon
An anti-submarine weapon is any one of a range of devices that are intended to act against a submarine, and its crew, to destroy the vessel or to destroy or reduce its capability as a weapon of war...
system. The weapon fires a number of different types of rockets, which in addition to attacking submarines provide a multi-layer defence against torpedo
Torpedo
The modern torpedo is a self-propelled missile weapon with an explosive warhead, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater towards a target, and designed to detonate either on contact with it or in proximity to it.The term torpedo was originally employed for...
es and frogmen. The system operates in conjunction with the ship's sonar
Sonar
Sonar is a technique that uses sound propagation to navigate, communicate with or detect other vessels...
.
The system consists of:
- A KT-153 remotely controlled multi-barrel automated rocket launcher with indirect elevation/traverse stabilisation;
- 111SG depth-charge rockets with HE warhead and impact-time fuze to engage underwater targets;
- 111SZ mine-laying rockets with hydroacoustic proximity fuzeProximity fuzeA proximity fuze is a fuze that is designed to detonate an explosive device automatically when the distance to target becomes smaller than a predetermined value or when the target passes through a given plane...
for remote mining of a water area to make a barrier for incoming torpedoes; - 111SO decoy rockets to divert homing torpedoes from the surface ship by creating false acoustic target;
- fire control devices;
- an ammunition loading device;
- ground support equipment.
Specifications
- Number of barrels: 10
- Number of rockets (including reloads): 40-60
- Effective range: 3,000 meters
- Effective dept: 600 meters
- Firing modes: single, salvo
- Rocket caliber: 300 mm
- Rocket length: 2,200 mm
- Reaction time: 15 seconds
- Intercept probability (salvo): 0.9 vs. torpedoes, 0.76 vs. homing torpedoes