"towing/moving sa2 missile launcher?" Topic
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| wardog | 09 Jun 2013 2:54 p.m. PST |
guys got a question
seen plenty of pictures of sa2 missiles (reloads)being transported on a truck/ long trailer transporter
but how do they move the launcher itself ?
do they lift/load it onto a flatbed trailer
or does the launcher have wheels and a towing bar?(removed when deployed) any one got info/pictures on launcher being moved |
| tmy 1939 | 09 Jun 2013 3:35 p.m. PST |
Four wheels are attached to the launcher (much like many AA guns) to make it into a trailer. link
I suppose you could put on a flatbed. |
| VonTed | 09 Jun 2013 3:36 p.m. PST |
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| Fatman | 09 Jun 2013 3:40 p.m. PST |
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| Fatman | 09 Jun 2013 3:41 p.m. PST |
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| emckinney | 10 Jun 2013 11:47 a.m. PST |
VonTed's first picture is transporting a reload, not a launcher. In the 1960s, the Soviet manuals had norms of about a half-hour for getting the launchers ready to move. Soviet advisers were stunned when they saw North Vietnamese air defense troops moving batteries in less than ten minutes. The Vietnamese had re-though everything, were extremely well drilled, and were just better than the Soviet air defense troops. Of course, have the USAF/USN come after your SAM sites tends to weed out the incompetent. Part of the reason that the U.S. had so much difficultly destroying any NVN SAMs. |
| wardog | 11 Jun 2013 1:24 p.m. PST |
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