KSShch

For other uses, see P1 (disambiguation).

The KSShch (Russian: Корабельный снаряд «Щука» (КСЩ)^[1]; tr.:Korabelny snaryad Shchuka (KSShch); English: Shchuka Anti-Ship Missile, "Shchuka" - pike in English) was a Soviet anti-ship cruise missile design that carried a nuclear warhead. Its GRAU designation is 4K32. It was sometimes referred to as P-1 or Strela (Arrow). It was used in the 1950s and 1960s. The missile's NATO reporting name was SS-N-1 or Scrubber (a derogatory term about young ladies in UK usage). It was tested in 1957-1958 on the destroyer Bedovyy (Kildin-class) and entered service in 1958, being deployed on Kildin-class and Kanin-class ships. It was fired from a heavy rail launcher SM-59, with an armoured hangar. As those ships were retrofitted and modernized between 1966 and 1977, the missiles were removed (in favor of the SS-N-2 on the Kildin class and an anti-aircraft/anti-submarine weapons suite on the Kanin class).

Specifications

• Total length: 7.6 m (25 ft)
• Diameter: 900 mm (3 ft)
• Wingspan: 4.6 m (15 ft)
• Weight: 3,100 kg (6830 lb)
• Warhead: nuclear warhead
• Propulsion: liquid-fuel rocket
• Range: 40 km (25 mi)
• Guidance: inertial guidance
• Contractor: NPO Mashinostroenia
• Entered service: 1958

Operators

 Soviet Union

• The Soviet Navy employed the KSShch on Kildin and Kanin class ships. The missile was withdrawn by 1977.

References

1. ^ (Russian) Black Sea Navy

External links

• GlobalSecurity.org: SS-N-1 Scrubber accessed March 15, 2004.