PANELED 19 moved ReIease 2005 11121 _25x1 - jg F gf 17 May 1965 DIA Intelligence Bulletin 95-65 DIA and 080 review s completedEXCLUDED REGRADING DOD DIR 520010 DOE NOT APPLY MEDIUM RANGE H lillE 133335 133335 DIA-ISIC 11' MAY 05 I Approyed For Release 2005 111'21 SECRET More 0n Moscow Parade Weapons-Analysis- -Continuing analysis of the 9 May Moscow Parade photographs is refining initially published data and prov iding ad ditional assessments o'f weapons' capa bilities New Possible Medium Range Mobile Missile The new mobile missile system contained in a pod and mounted on a large tracked transpor'ter erector launcher may have a one- or two stage solid propellant configuration The actual configuration and size is not known since the missile itself was not visible The container is about 40 feet long and has a rear cover some five feet in diameter through which four nozzles protrude Performance anagisis shews range capabilities- between 300 and 800 nautical miles with a 1 500 tQ 3 000 lb payload for a twosstage design the one considered more reasonable A single stage configu ration would have a range of less than 300 nautical miles This syStem may be the one that has been tested on the Kapustin Yar M_issile Test Range since March 1964 The pod probably proyides environmental centrol or insulated protectibn for the solid propellant missile The missile is apparently erected to the vertical position behind the tracked vehicle and rests on the blast deflector which is at road level Before ignition the clamshell lid of the pod is -opened by pneumatically operated latches and a hydraulically operated cylinder the pod is then lowered to clear the missile lift off path New Three Stage Solid Propelladt ICBM 'The new three stage solid propellant ICBM is similar to the US MINUTEMAN in size and design Continued 17 may 65 DIA Intelligence Bulletin Page 5 SECRET 133335 NEW THREE- SEAEE IBBM 4 VEHICLE ij u'oJ' Ls o i'u MAY 65 SECRET prproved For Release 2005i11f21 SECRET It is about 65 1 feet long and has a grosslweight' of around 90 000 pounds _ It is considered capable of delivering a payload of about 800 pounds to a range in excess of 5 000 nautical miles The missile guidance system is probably- located in the twonfoot cylindrical section located immediately behind the reentry vehicle and probably uses an autonomous or radio inertial technique Vehicle thrust vector con trol is probably attained through the use of swivel nozzles on each stage The accuracy of the system has not yet been estimated The propulsion system may use a cast double base solid propellant All three stages have four nozzles which are visible and all have similarily designed motor casings which appear to be fabricated from- heavy sheet metal The motors a-re probably ignited 1 by a device which is clearly visible on the topo dome i of the motor casings for the first two stages No thrust termination devices are visible The sphere cone reentry vehicle RV on the pa rade missile appears to be a Cover mockup or parade decoration Its surface is ri-ppled with dents and it has a crimped lower _edge If the sphere cone de picts the 5 actual shape the base diameter is about 3 4 feet and the length about 5 1 feet A- Compatible warhead weight would b_e in the 500 to 700 1b class The three stages are connected by a lattice type structure fabricated of metal tubing and ar ranged in a triangular pattern which exposes the interstage areas The third stage has two conduits running from the-nozzle compartments to the 2 2- foot long cylindrical section probably for guidance and associated instrumentation cables Access panels are located on the flared sections covering the nozzle compartments of all three stages and on the probable instrumentation compartment at the top of the missile The transporter is a six wheel special purpose trailer capable of carrying the missile with or Continued 17 May 65 DIA Intelligence 'aulletin Page 6 SECRET If I 133335 133335 I 22 Jr '1 cou cunmou Air-147% 21 Tr -u'n u nf m sm SECRET Approved For Release-2005I11f21 SECRET - - 'without the reentry Vehicle and appears to have been designed specifically for this weapon The maximum Weight of the loaded transporter can range from 100 000 to 125 000 pounds A towlspeed'of 30 mil s per-hour is aSSessed The transporter does not ap pear to serve as an_erector Large Unidentified Three-Stage Vehicle The large three stage vehicle has an'overrall length of about 115 feet Diameters of the first and second stages are about 8 9 feet with a flare at the base'of the first stage to about 9 9 feet The length of the third stage is about 22 feet with a base diameter of about 7 8 feet The first and second stages use liquid bipropel lants the third stage cahnot be evaluated from available data Analysis shows the vehic1e is not compatible with known charateristics of the boosters used to launch VOSTOK and VOSKHOD capsules but it could be used in a weapons system or in a space vehicle launch system The third stage is not the type of body normally associated with a reentry vehicle There is a Small sphere cone section on the front of this stage which could be or could contain the reentry vehicle If -this is a three stage ICBM and the small sphere cone -segment istthe reentry vehicle the payload could be on the order of 3 500 pounds The other alternative is that the third stage is not intended to reenter and is alnonrecoverable vehicle with or without a propulsion System ' This stage may have a single chamber rocket_engine surrounded by toroidal tanks as in the LUNIK vehicles The stage appears large enough to hold guidance components and a retro sys tem The-numerous protruberances access panels and apparent ports have not been identified i Continued 17 May 65 DIA Intelligence Bulletin Page 7 SECRET Approved For Release 2005 1121 SECRET DAMAGED MISSILE - 7 MAY 65 CONFIDENTIAL 7BT05439A00050012003747 Manufacturing techniques and construction fea - tures appear different from those and SASIN displayed in last November's parade they more c10Sely resemble those used in the older SCUD and SANDAL missiles The vehicle's estimated characteristics have compared to those of the 85 10 and the new space booster first flown in_mid 1964 The 88 7 and 88 9 were eliminated by the incompatibility of theuratio of the first to second stage propellant loading and the number of first stage engines The 33 8 and 58 10 are possible contenders on the basis of the approximate first stage diameter the ratio of first to second stage_pr0pellant loading and the number of first stage engines The vehicle could have a gross take off weight of about 350 000 pounds and a first stage thrust from 550 000 to 650 000 pounds Using conservative construction factors the dry weight including payload wou1d be less than 45 000 pounds which is within the 60 000-lb load carrying capability assessed for the transporter New Antitank Missile Analysis of the new antitank missile is still under way It is about two feet long and some four inches_in diameter It probably weighs about 15 to 20 pounds and has a maximum range of around 1 000 meters Six of them are mounted on a modified BRDM light amphibious reconnaissance vehicle The 'cover on the rear of the BRDM is raised by a center post to a height of two tp three feet and the mis sile launchers are mounted under the cover three on each side of the centerpost The guidance mode -of the missile is unknown but it may be by radio The missile has a sphere-Cone shaped nose similar '_ Continued 17 May 65 DIA Intelligence Bulletin Page 8 SECRET SECRET to but its fins are similar to Th62 Medium Tank The tank has been knowu to exist for several years 'but this was its first public dis play It is a medium tank weighs about 40 5 short tons and mounts a 115 mm smoothbore gun that fires either a hypervelocity- armor piercing discarding sabot round or a high explos'ive antitank HEAT round The is only 7 9 feet high and has cruising range of about 310 miles w1th auxiliary tanks It is the most modern tank in use- by the Soviet Army today however at a reception after the parade Marshal Romistrov Chief Marshal of Armored Troops Stated that some thought and work is under way_ on- a new medium tank to replace all tanks Military equipment inothe para appeared in the following order f1 NUMBER NUMBER 44 BRDM Reconnais 8 250 mm Rocket sance Vehicle Launchers 8 Anti Tank 8 GOAS Missile 16 SWATTER Anti Tank 16 GUIDELINES Missi le 42 60 Wheeled 16 GUILD Armored Personnel Carrier 51 50 Tracked Armored Personnel earlier UAZ- 69 Light truck 85 Assault Gun Medium tank T62 Medium tank ZSU 57 2 Tracked Twin 57 mm GANEF 100 mm Field Gun 130 mm Field_Gun FROG-4 - SCUD-B 1 SHADDOCK SERB SANDAL 'aam ommaa_ Continued '17 May 65 DIA Intelligence Bulletin Page 9 SECRET Approved For Release 200531 11'21 I setnet ITEM A ITEM 152 mm Gun-Howitzer - SKEAN 203_mm cun Howitzer missile'on tracked vehicle 40 Round Rocket SASIN Launcher 2005mm Rocket 65 ft 3 stage _Launcher solid propellant I missile 1l5 ft 3 stage 1iquid_propellant -missile The GANEF was grouped with the armored units directly behind the ZSU 57 2 twin AA guns- When it was first dis_played On 1 May 64 the GANEF was grouped -with the surface to air_ missiles however on 7 Nov 64 it was exhibited with the tactical bal list 1e missile SCUD The new track mounted missile was positioned between the 2 2oo-nm SKEAN and the 6 000 nm SASIN At a reception following the parade Marshal Krylov 'Commander in Chief of Strategic Rocket Troops sisted_to the that the track mounted 'missile had a range of 4 000 plus kilometers about 2 200 nautical miles and that this had een made t SUUHCF VARIOUS 17 May 65 DIA Intelligence Bulletin SECRET This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu