- FROG-7
The FROG-7 is the final version of the FROG family of unguided, spin-stabilized, short-range artillery rockets. The name “FROG” comes from then
NATO designation of Free-Rocket-Over-Ground. The FROG-7 missiles were mounted on theZIL-135 8x8 army truck. The FROG-7 (A or B model) has a range up to 70km and a CEP (circular error probable) between 500m and 700m. The road mobile rocket has a 550 kg warhead and is capable of delivering high explosive, nuclear, or chemical warheads. The FROG-7 was first introduced in 1965. The FROG-7 was extensively deployed throughout the many Soviet satellite states. The rocket has been extensively exported and is now in the possession of a large number of countries. After the war with Iran,Iraq modified its stock of Frog-7s by extending their range to 90km and fitting a subammunition warhead. The rocket was renamed Laith-90. [Cordesman, Anthony: "Iraq and the War of Sanctions". Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999. Page 453. ISBN 027596528]Variants
;Frog-7a:Nuclear-armed variant, fitted with a 500-kg (1,213-lb) warhead.;Frog-7b:This variant is fitted with a 390-kg (860-lb) warhead.;Laith-90:Iraqi version with increased range (90km)and subammunition warhead.
Operators
Current Operators
;flag|Belarus;CUB;EGY;HUN;IRQ;PRK;KUW;flag|Lebanon;flag|Libya;ROM;RUS;flag|Slovakia;SYR;UKR;YEM
Former Operators
;ALG;BUL;CZS;DDR;POL;flagicon|Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska ;flag|South Yemen;USSR
*Soviet Army ;YUGpecifications
*Length: 30 feet (7A)
*Diameter: 1.8 feet
*Weight: 2.5-2.8 tons
*Range: 70,000 meters
*Warhead: high explosive, chemical, nuclear-capableReferences
External links
* [http://www.zil131.com/ UK Russian truck owners site and online forum resource]
*http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/frog-7.htm
*http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/www/284a.htm
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