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    Surface To Air Missile SA-10 (S300)

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    The document summarizes the SA-10/S-300 surface-to-air missile system. It was designed by the Soviet Union as a long-range air defense system and has since been upgraded. The SA-10 in the game is the S-300PMU-1, which can launch missiles with ranges of 1-40km and 1-120km. The most effective ways to defeat the SA-10 are to destroy its radar systems first using standoff weapons or specialized jamming, then eliminate the launchers, as attempting to outrun its missiles directly would be futile.

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    Surface To Air Missile SA-10 (S300)

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    The document summarizes the SA-10/S-300 surface-to-air missile system. It was designed by the Soviet Union as a long-range air defense system and has since been upgraded. The SA-10 in the game is the S-300PMU-1, which can launch missiles with ranges of 1-40km and 1-120km. The most effective ways to defeat the SA-10 are to destroy its radar systems first using standoff weapons or specialized jamming, then eliminate the launchers, as attempting to outrun its missiles directly would be futile.

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    The document summarizes the SA-10/S-300 surface-to-air missile system. It was designed by the Soviet Union as a long-range air defense system and has since been upgraded. The SA-10 in the game is the S-300PMU-1, which can launch missiles with ranges of 1-40km and 1-120km. The most effective ways to defeat the SA-10 are to destroy its radar systems first using standoff weapons or specialized jamming, then eliminate the launchers, as attempting to outrun its missiles directly would be futile.

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    Surface To Air Missile SA-10 (S300)

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    The document summarizes the SA-10/S-300 surface-to-air missile system. It was designed by the Soviet Union as a long-range air defense system and has since been upgraded. The SA-10 in the game is the S-300PMU-1, which can launch missiles with ranges of 1-40km and 1-120km. The most effective ways to defeat the SA-10 are to destroy its radar systems first using standoff weapons or specialized jamming, then eliminate the launchers, as attempting to outrun its missiles directly would be futile.

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    Surface To Air Missile: SA – 10/S300 (The Grumble)

    The S300 (SA-10 Grumble) is a Soviet/Russian long range surface to air missile system that was
    designed as a long range anti aircraft and anti cruise missile system later upgraded to have
    counter ICBM abilities. In today’s TOTW article we will examine this deadly SAM and how we
    should go about defeating it.

    S300MPU-2 Fires a missile

    A Brief History of the SA10/S300


    Initially fielded in 1979 by the USSR, the S300 was deployed to protect large industry and key
    strategic targets around the soviet union. To avoid tedium the author will shorten the history of
    the SA10 substantially (there’s a lot of it). The first versions of the SA10 were used as area
    denial weapons in the high to low altitude environment thusly they recieved the GRAU
    designation S300P, P standing for PVO – Strany (country air defense system). Later versions of
    the S300 gained the ability to target ballistic and cruise missiles. The S300 was revolutionary
    for its time using Passive Electronically Scanned Array (PESA) allowing for multiple targets to
    be tracked and engaged at the same time.

    The System
    In reality the ‘grumble’ has been through a huge and constant modernisation program that
    covered almost every aspect of the SAM’s capability. Because of this the amount of missile
    types available to the system is quite simply vast. To avoid turning this article from a medium
    length ‘afternoon tea’ type of read, to a NATO 600 page document for advanced study, the
    author has chosen to focus purely on the system found in BMS.

    The Missile

    The SA-10 in BMS is the S-300PMU-1 (Authors note: Still unsure if this is the correct designation
    for the system in BMS however this is the benchmark based upon capabilities). This system is
    equipped with several missiles in reality such as; 5V55R, 48N6E and 48N6E2 missiles. The S-
    300PMU-1 can launch two new missiles, the 9M96E1 and 9M96E2. Both are significantly
    smaller than the previous missiles at 330 and 420 kg and carry smaller 24 kg warhead. The
    9M96E1 has an engagement range of 1–40 km and the 9M96E2 of 1-120 km.

    Before we move onto guidance, the author would like to make an additional note on the missiles
    and how the launch sequence works – based upon the positive feedback he received from the
    SA – 9 article. After a target has been located, illuminated and a firing solution calculated, the
    operator of the system will proceed to fire a missile. The missiles ‘throw out motor’ is fired and
    the missile is shot upwards out of the tube it is stored in from the TELAR. After it is clear of the
    launcher the main sustainer motor is fired and the missile will rise vertically and begin to arc
    over to track the target. Unlike the SAM’s we have discussed in the past, the SA-10 does not
    require a constant radar hardlock to guide the missile. The system uses ‘TVM’- Track via missile
    and passive radar guidance. This makes the SA-10 an exceptionally deadly threat to deal with
    because the SAM does not have to ‘give away’ its position by locking the target aircraft. Instead
    the radar provides inertial information to the missile to guide it to impact.

    Guidance

    In the previous segment the guidance type was revealed and explained. To avoid tedium this
    segment will briefly cover the types of radar that are part of the S330MPU-1 in BMS. The
    S300MPU-1 uses two radars in BMS, the ‘Clam Shell’ (76N6) acquisition radar and the ‘Flap Lid
    B’ (30N6). The Flap Lid B has a detection range of 50nm and operates in the I/J band. The Clam
    Shell has a acquisition range of 50km and operates in the H band (low altitude search radar)
    76N6 acquisition radar and 30N6 fire control radar

    How To Defeat the S300 MPU-1


    To start I will outline a very important fact about facing the SA-10. Never attempt to kinetically
    defeat the SA-10, the missiles travel at Mach 6 and trying to outrun them is futile and will only
    result in you dying tired…

    The most effective ways to defeat an SA-10 are terrain masking or using a specialised jamming
    platform such as the EA-18G ‘Growler’.

    The most effective way to defeat an SA-10 is to destroy the Clam Shell and Flap lid radars and
    then eliminate all the launchers. Be aware that SA-16/14 are often inserted into the SA-10
    battalions making CCIP/low altitude CCRP drops an extreme risk. Instead the author
    recommends the use of AGM 65D or other such equivalents to provide some standoff range.
    Additionally the use of IAMs (inertially aided munitions – such as glide bombs and cruise
    missiles) is also recommended.

     
    A quick reference guide
    An SA-10 site will usually contain;

     Several SA-10 TEL units

     1X Flap Lid B Search/track Radar

     1X Clam Shell low alt Search track Radar

     Several support vehicles like KRAZ trucks

     2/3X SA-16/14 (theatre dependent) for close protection

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