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SS-30

IOC: 1983

SS-60

Origin
Brazil

Contractor/s
IMBEL

Applications
ASTROS II
ASTROS III

Family Members
SS-30
SS-40
SS-80

Description: SS-60 is a 300mm caliber unguided rocket produced by IMBEL for the ASTROS multiple rocket launch system. Its payload varies from High Explosive (HE), anti-personnel munitions, anti-tank mines, etc. SS-60 rocket can hit targets at distances between 20 and 60 kilometers from the launch emplacement. Each ASTROS artillery system can transport up to 4 such rockets.

Specifications
Dimensions: Diameter 300 mm, Length 5.6 m

Performance: Max Range 60,000 m (196,850 ft), Min Range 20,000 m (65,617 ft)

SS-60 - Contracts, Orders & Sales

see transactions report

SS-30 and SS-60 rockets; items: 384; transferred from Brazil to Qatar in 1992
Items: 384

SS-30, SS-40 and SS-60 rockets
Items: 50,328

Operators

see operators map | see family operators map

Bahrain

Brazil

Iraq

Malaysia

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

Last Updated: Saturday, October 25, 2008

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