IDENTIFICATION OF SSC-LA SHADDOCK MISSILE EQUIPMENT USSR

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• Publication Date: April 1, 1969
• Content Type: MEMO

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IDENTIFICATION OF
SSC-Ia SHADDOCK
MISSILE EQUIPMENT
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IDENTIFICATION OF SSC-la SHADDOCK MISSILE EQUIPMENT
SSC-la SHADDOCK cruise missile transporter-launchers and associated sup-
25X1D port equipment were identified in at the Birobidzhan Tactical SSM
Barracks, USSR. This is the first iden i ication of deployed SHADDOCK launch-
ers with the Soviet forces.
The SSC-la SHADDOCK was first observed in the Moscow parade of 7 November
1961. The missile is transported in and launched from a tube mounted on a mod-
25X1 D ified ZIL-135, E wheeled vehicle (Figure 1). The SHADDOCK is an aerody-
namic, low-altitude, low-supersonic tactical surface-to-surface missile (SSM)
with a range of 300 nautical miles.
Because of a lack of positive identification of SHADDOCK deployment from
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sighting of a SHADDOCK unit at Birobidzhan and an analysis of the associated
support equipment indicate that vehicles previously identified by NPIC as prob-
able cruise missile transporter and/or launcher semitrailers at other instal-
lations in the USSR can now be associated with the SHADDOCK system.
The installation at Birobidzhan was originally designed as an. SA-2 surf ace-
2 5X1 D to-air missile (SAM) support facility. However, this function appears to have
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ransporters present in the installation on 25X1 D
The S}HDDOCK missile transport semitrailers at Birobidzhan appear identi-
cal to vehicles observed in other tactical SSM barracks and support facilities
in the USSR. These semitrailers are usually observed with a URAL-375S truck
tractor including both the canvas-top and metal-top cab models. The vehicle
is 55 feet in length including the tractor, and the semitrailer is app O
2 5X1 D mately 40 feet long and The configuration and the dimensions of
this vehicle are similar to the Soviet naval SS-N-3 cruise missile trans-
porter.* This similarity plus their dissimilarity to other known tactical
missile systems, the lack of identifiable deployed SHADDOCK launchers, and the
identification of similar vehicles in the Launch Complex B training area at
Kapustin Yar led to the identification of this vehicle as a probable cruise
missile transporter and/or launcher semitrailer. Although it still must be
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SHADDOCK transporter-launcher. I
Following the identification of the SHADDOCK system at Birobidzhan and
based on an association of vehicles, the cruise missile unit located at the
Sarata Tactical SSCM Barracks AL-1 is now identified as a SHADDOCK unit. On
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25X1 D semitrailers (Figure 3 . The HADDOCK launchers have not been observed
to date at this installation. Two missile shipping and storage canisters,
similar to the SS-N-3 naval cruise missile canister, were also observed in the
motor pool area and are considered to be for the SHADDOCK.
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Other support vehicles identified in the installation include five ZIL-157 mis-
sile fuel trucks, one cargo semitrailer with truck tractor, four truck-mounted
cranes, eight ZIL-157 van trucks, four POL trucks, two BAT bulldozers, two
MDK -2 ditchers, two lowbed trailers, one S-80 bulldozer, 14 ZIL cargo trucks,
two KRAZ-214 cargo trucks, five GAZ cargo trucks, two GAZ van trucks, eight
utility trucks, four generator trailers, one van trailer, and three probable
field kitchens.
In addition to the SHADDOCK cruise missile units at Birobidzhan and Sar-
ata, vehicles and equipment that can now be identified as SHADDOCK-associated
are present in several tactical SS%!' support facilities and storage depots
throughout the USSR. This equipment includes the transport semitrailers and
UJRAL-3755 truck tractors, missile crates, and missile shipping and storage
canisters. The following is a list of the installations where this equipment
can be identified.
Lozovaya Tactical SSM Support Facility
Zavitinsk Tactical SSM Support Facility
Krasnyy Kut Tactical SSM Support Facility
Ulan-Ude Tactical SSM Support Facility
Balakleya Tactical SSM Support Facility
Rybinsk Tactical SSM Support Facility
Khabarovsk Artillery Engineer Depot DO-2
Novosibirsk Tactical SSM Storage Depot
Surok Tactical SSM Storage Depot
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SHADDOCK-associated equipment was present in a few of these facilities in
however, initial deployment to these installations cannot be
accurately determined from existing photography.
SHADDOCK transporter-launchers have been observed on one previous occasion
in the Soviet Far East at
the the Khabarovsk Army Barracks Central AL-1
Two SHADDOCK transporter-launchers were present a ong
wl her tactical SSM equipment in preparation for a parade. Four semitrail-
ers with truck tractors generally resembling the SHADDOCK missile transporter
have also been observed at Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia,
and on several succeeding missions. The semitrailers nave not been observed
without a canvas covering, precluding a positive assessment of their function.
The presence of several support vehicles in the same area with the semitrailers
and the similarity to the SHADDOCK missile transporter indicate a possibility
that this missile system is with the Soviet Forces it Mongolia.
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