Description
80 mm Unguided Aviation Rocket ARS-8KOM
NSN: 1340-50-001-2400
MAIN FEATURES:
The 80 mm Unguided Aviation Rocket ARS-8KOM is of “air–to–ground” type, designed to be fired from the B8, B8M, B8M-1, B8-V20-A, B-8V7 and B-8S7 rocket pods carried on aircraft and helicopters of the front-line and army aviation, is intended for destruction of:
- Armoured ground targets – tanks, armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and machinery, etc.;
- Unarmoured ground targets – radiolocation stations, rocket launching units, soft-skinned combat materiel on the ground, etc., and
- Enemy manpower.
| MAIN-TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS | ARS-8KOM |
| Type: | Unguided Aviation Rocket with hollow-charge and fragmentation warhead |
| Caliber, mm | 80 |
| Rocket overall length, mm | 1542 max |
| Weight, kg:
– Rocket total weight, kg: – Warhead (without the cup) – Explosive |
11.5 max
3.65 max 1.0 max |
| Muzzle velocity, m/s | 55 ÷ 75 |
| Maximum velocity, m/s | 600 |
| Armour penetration, mm | 400 |
| Casualty fragments of weight 3 g, pcs. | about 400 |
| Time of Rocket engine operation, s | 0.45 min at 60⁰C 1.3 max at minus 60⁰C |
| Rocket firing range, m | 1300 ÷ 4000 |
| Probable deviation of the technical circular dispersion in the picture plane upon fire: | |
| -With aircraft flying at speed 600 … 1200 km/h, mrad | ≤ 3 |
| -With helicopter flying at speed 200 … 300 km/h, mrad | ≤8 |
| Fuze | Piezoelectric, AF 82 |
| Operational temperature range, °C | from minus 60 to 60 |
| Shelf life | 15 years, if stored in storeroom conditions, in the original non-opened packing of the Manufacturer, strictly observing all handling and storage instructions of the Manufacturer. |
| PACKING: | ||
| Four (4) Rounds per wooden case | ||
| Wooden case dimensions, mm | 1675 x 315 x 290 | |
| Wooden case volume, m3 | 0.153 | |
| Gross weight, kg: | 72 | |
| CLASS OF EXPLOSION HAZARD | 1.1E, UN 0181 | |
