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No it isn't similar in principle to Hedgehog - it is a rocket, not a spigot mortar. The only "similarity" is that it isn't dropped off the stern like a depth charge, so the ship doesn't have to pass over the target |
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{{Short description|Soviet anti-submarine rocket launcher}}
[[Image:RBU_6000.JPG|right|thumb|RBU-6000 system]]
[[Image:RBU-6000.jpg|right|thumb|A RBU-6000 rocket launcher aboard an {{sclass|Udaloy|destroyer|1}}
[[Image:ORP Kaszub RBU.jpg|thumb|[[ORP Kaszub (1987)|Polish corvette '' Kaszub'']] firing a RBU-6000 rocket depth charge]]
[[File:INS_Trikand_(F51)-image49.jpg|thumb|[[INS Trikand (F51)|Indian frigate ''Trikand'']], completed in 2013, with its RBU-6000 launcher and [[BrahMos]] VLS, visiting Portsmouth, UK, on its delivery voyage from St Petersburg.]]
[[File:INS Tabar firing an RBU rocket.jpg|thumb|[[Indian Navy]] frigate {{INS|Tabar}} firing an RBU rocket.]]
The '''RBU-6000''' '''Smerch-2''' (Реактивно-Бомбовая Установка, ''Reaktivno-Bombovaja Ustanovka''; [[reaction engine|rocket]]-bomb installation & Смерч; waterspout) is a 213 mm caliber [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[
The '''{{vanchor |RPK-8}}''' system is an upgrade of the RBU-6000 system, firing the 90R rocket, which releases a 90SG depth charge that is actively guided in the water.<ref name=roe-rpk/> This allows it to home in on targets at depths of up to {{convert|1,000|m|ft}}. The warhead is a {{convert|19.5|kg|lb|adj=on}} [[shaped charge]], which enables it to punch through the hulls of submarines. It can also be used against divers and torpedoes. System response time is reported to be 15 seconds and a single-salvo has a kill probability of 0.8. RPK-8 entered service in 1991 and mounted on Project 1154 and 11356 frigates. Serial production of the upgraded 90R1 rocket was launched in 2017.
RBU-6000 were the most widespread anti-submarine rocket launchers in the [[Soviet Navy]], used on many ship classes.
== Specifications ==
==Launcher==▼
* Length: 2 m▼
* Height: 2.25 m▼
* Width: 1.75 m▼
* Elevation: -15° to +65°▼
* Traverse: 180°▼
▲===Launcher specifications===
{|class=wikitable
* Weight: 113.5 kg▼
! Value !! RBU-6000<ref name="wsys"/> !! RPK-8<ref name=roe-rpk>{{cite web |title=Anti-submarine rocket launcher system RPK-8 {{!}} |url=http://roe.ru/eng/catalog/naval-systems/shipborne-weapons/rpk-8/ |website=Catalog Rosoboronexport roe.ru}}</ref>
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! Empty weight (kg)
| 3100 || 3500 + 4700 (autoloader)
* Range:▼
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** Ballistic 1: 350 m to 1700 m▼
** Ballistic 2: 1500 m to 5500 m▼
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* Depth: 10 to 500 m▼
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* Sink rate: 11.6m/s▼
| 2.25 ||
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| 1.75 ||
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! Elevation
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| 180° ||
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=== Rocket specifications ===
All rockets are 212 mm in diameter.<ref name=roe-rpk/>
* Warhead: 19.5 kg▼
{|class=wikitable
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! Value !! RGB-60<ref name="wsys"/> !! 90R<ref name=roe-rpk/>
* Range: 600 m to 4,300 m▼
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| 113.5 || 112.5
** Submarines: 0 to 1,000 m▼
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! Warhead
| 23 kg, explosive
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! Target depth (m)
| {{plainlist|
* Torpedoes and divers: 4–10 m<ref name="wsys">{{cite web |title=RBU-6000 Smerch-2 |url=https://weaponsystems.net/system/528-RBU-6000+Smerch-2 |website=Weaponsystems.net |language=en}}</ref>
}}
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| 11.6 m/s || Unknown
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! Seek radius
| N/A (not homing) || 130 m
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Both versions of depth charges have contact and programmed fuse modes.<ref name="wsys"/> The guided depth charge released by 90R has its own name, 90SG.<ref name=roe-rpk/>
India's [[DRDO]] developed Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket (ERASR) to enhance the range of existing RGB-60 rocket. ERASR has twin motor propulsion system which can fire the rocket in short range and long range mode to achieve a distance of 500 m to 8900 m. The rocket was successfully test fired from [[INS Chennai (D65)|INS Chennai]] on 3 April 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kulkarni |first=Sushant |date=2023-04-06 |title=Anti-submarine rockets developed by 2 Pune labs successfully tested from INS Chennai |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/anti-submarine-rockets-pune-labs-successfully-tested-8542838/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anti Submarine Rocket for RBU 6000 Launcher |url=https://www.drdo.gov.in/technology-cluster-links/labs-products-detail/2644/174 |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=Defence Research & Development Organisation}}</ref>
==Ships==
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** {{sclass|Udaloy|destroyer|1}} (Project 1155)
** [[Burevestnik-class frigate|Burevestnik/Burevestnik M-class frigate]] (Project 1135/1135M)
** {{sclass|
** {{sclass2|Koni|frigate|1}} (Project 1159)
** {{sclass2|Gepard|frigate|1}} (Project 11661)
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** {{sclass|Talwar|frigate|1}} (Project 11356)
** {{sclass|Shivalik|frigate|1}} (Project 17)
** [[Nilgiri-class frigate (2019)|''Nilgiri''-class frigate]] (Project 17A)
** {{sclass|Kamorta|corvette|1}} (Project 28)
*{{Flagicon image|Ensign of Vietnam People's Navy.svg}} [[Vietnam People's Navy]]
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*{{navy|Cuba}}
** Koni-class frigate (Project 1159T)
==Armoured vehicles==
*{{army|Russia}}
** [[MT-LB]]s and [[T-80]] chassis have been seen with the launcher complex fitted during the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].<ref>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |author1-link= |title=Russia Modifies T-80 Tanks Into Rocket Launchers; Fresh Proof Of Moscow's Military Might |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vy4_P-iclA |website=youtube.com |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en |format=video |date=Jan 26, 2024}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{No footnotes|June 2009 article|date=June 2009}}
* ''The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Systems 1997-1998''
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rbu-6000}}
[[Category:Naval weapons of the Cold War]]
[[Category:Anti-submarine missiles of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Cold War weapons of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Military equipment introduced in the 1960s]]
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