10X

As trophies, the Soviet Union got several V-1 missiles while occupying the territory of the test site near the city of Blizna in Poland .

The corresponding decision of GKO appeared . At the end of the summer of 1944, Chelomey completed the preliminary design of the projectile with his D-3 PuVRD, known as 10X, and on September 19, 1944 he was appointed chief designer and director of the 51 NKAP plant. Previously, this plant was engaged in the design and manufacture of prototype aircraft under the direction of chief designer N. N. Polikarpov, who died on July 30, 1944. Of all the work planned by Polikarpov, the factory retained only flight tests and refinement of the NB night bomber, as well as the design and construction of a rocket fighter "Baby".

Accelerated the creation of 10X delivery from the UK and Poland incomplete V1. However, copying the device completely was not discussed. For example, when developing drawings for the AP-4 autopilot for a 10X projectile, in order to quickly master it in mass production of OKB-1 by chief designer V.M. Sorkin, the emphasis was on the use of gyroscopic units of serial Soviet devices.

Unlike the Fau-1, the 10X was intended to be launched not only from ground positions and aircraft, but also from ship-based installations .

Originally intended for launches from the ground on ground targets, like the prototype, but, due to low efficiency, this application was rejected. The revised version was intended for arming carrier aircraft in order to destroy enemy targets at a considerable distance from the line of launch from the aircraft.

The development of the projectile was set by the decision of the GKO on June 13, 1944 ^[1]

On December 25, 1944, factory bench tests of the D-3 PuVRD were successfully completed ^[2] .

March 20, 1945 at the test site in the area of Jizzakh, Uzbek SSR ^[2] , the first launch from the carrier aircraft Pe-8 . Flight tests were completed in 1946 . In 1948, after conducting flight tests on Pe-8 and Er-2 aircraft, a projectile was recommended for adoption by the Air Force. However, the Air Force refused to take this missile into service, primarily because of the low accuracy of the guidance system. The imperfection of the inertial guidance system led to a large dispersion - when firing at the maximum range, getting into a square with sides of 5 kilometers was considered a good result ^[3] . Also, the rocket had a short range, altitude and flight speed less than that of a piston fighter of that time.

In the post-war period, V. N. Chelomey developed several more rockets based on 10X ( 14X and 16X ), but in the early 1950s, the development was discontinued, and the design bureau developing them was closed. As a result, the projectile did not enter the armament of the Soviet Army ^[4] .

• Afanasyev I. Leonardo of the XX century. On the centenary of the birth of Vladimir Chelomey // Cosmonautics News. - M. , 2014 .-- T. 24 , no. 377 , No. 06 . - S. 1-5 . - ISSN 1561-1078 .

• Chelomei 10X