Missile turret

French Malafon Anti Submarine Missile on its turret

American RUR-4 Weapon Alpha naval Anti Submarine rocket launcher (1950s)

A missile turret is a specific type of weapon turret -- a device for aiming missiles towards their intended target before launch. Similarly to gun turrets they have been used on warships and vehices on the ground. In most roles articulated missile lunching systems on warships have been replaced by vertical launching systems. Ship-based missile systems often have centralised guidance systems which eliminate the need for targeting sensors on the turrets themselves.

Examples

Aboard ships:

• Some Close-in weapon systems, like the Rolling Airframe Missile and the Crotale missile systems.
• Mk 10 GMLS for the RIM-67 Standard or RIM-2 Terrier missile
• Mk 12 GMLS for the RIM-8 Talos missile
• Mk 13 missile launcher
• Mk 26 launcher for the RIM-66 Standard or RIM-24 Tartar missile
• Sea Dart missile

On land:

• Air Defense Anti-Tank System
• MIM-72/M48 Chaparral
• Roland (air defence)

Autoloading

Combined type

These are some weapon system that use a single turret for mounting a combination of guns and missiles:

• CADS-N-1 Kashtan, a Russian naval air defense system
• Tunguska-M1 Russia anti-air vehicle

See also

• Guided Missile Launching System
• Transporter erector launcher

External links

Information on some launch systems, turreted and otherwise http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/index.html