MBU-600 is a Soviet multi-barrel bombing system developed by SKB MV under the leadership of B. I. Shavyrin based on operating experience of the domestic MBU-200 bomb [1] . It had 24 guides for launching depth charges . Adopted by the USSR in 1956 . It was used on minesweepers of Project 264 , destroyers , patrol ships and submarine hunters .
Content
- 1 Design Features
- 2 Performance characteristics
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Design Features
As a rule, the launcher was fixed motionless in the bow of the ship and stabilized by pitching. The guidance of the bomb for firing was carried out by the hull of the ship at the rate. To control the installation and salvo there was a special fire control device PUSB-24-600, which was installed in the cabin .
Performance Specifications
- 24 guides with the ability to change the pointing angles of each.
- Range: 644 m
- The affected area due to the individual inclination of the guides: ellipse 80 x 45 m
- Speed of the target (submarine): up to 10 knots
- Ammunition: B-30M - deep- explosive rocket bomb with an expelling charge, used in a salvo of 24 pcs. The RSL put on a tail pipe on the launcher barrel. Contact fuse type KVM, operates below a depth of 10 m.
- Type of warhead: HE
- Explosive weight: 14.4 kg
Notes
Literature
- Abdulov K., Sea minesweepers of the western design bureau. Marine collection. N 5/1993.
- Gusev R.A. The foundations of mine craft. S.-P., Costa, 2006
- Museum of the USSR Armed Forces. Moscow. 1989 year
- Shirokorad A.B., Weapon of the domestic fleet. 1945-2000. Minsk, Harvest, 2001