All rockets and air-launched weapons
Nine line items cover the unguided rockets of this group, in 57 mm, 80 mm and 128 mm. The 57 mm family runs from the high-explosive BR-1-57 and the hollow-charge BR-2-57 through the universal BR-20-57 P1, the illuminating M17, and the inert BR-1-57 V, BR-2-57 V and BR-20-57 V practice versions. Above them sit the 80 mm S-8 KOM and the 128 mm BR-VZ-128-M15. All are unguided, and launcher detail is sparse: the BR-1-57 names tube launchers with open rear end in an L-57 honeycomb pod, and the M17 is fired from 57 mm straight and helical rocket launchers. Warhead type and mass differ from model to model, four of the nine name their fuze, and range or flight-time figures appear where the source publishes them.
An unguided air-to-surface rocket with a dual-purpose HE/HEAT warhead intended for ground targets including tanks, self-propelled artillery, armoured vehicles and personnel carriers, launch ramps, radar stations, parked aircraft and helicopters, ammunition and fuel stores, and enemy personnel.
Unguided 57 mm air-to-air and air-to-ground rocket with high-explosive warhead and UTI-1 impact fuze, fired from tube launchers in honeycomb pods.
Unguided 57 mm hollow-charge aircraft rocket with UTI-2 impact inertial fuze, used against tanks, self-propelled artillery and armoured vehicles.
Universal unguided 57 mm aircraft rocket combining hollow-charge and fragmentation effect, allowing a single rocket type for air and ground missions.
A 57 mm electrically ignited illuminating rocket made up of a parachute and flare section, a time delay unit and a rocket motor, fired from 57 mm straight and helical rocket launchers to illuminate the field during combat operations and for surveillance and identification of vessels during coastal patrol.
Inert practice version of the BR-1-57 aircraft rocket for pilot training, matched in mass, centre of gravity and shape to the service rocket.
Inert practice version of the BR-2-57 hollow-charge aircraft rocket for pilot training, with ballistic trajectory identical to the service rocket.
Inert practice version of the BR-20-57 universal aircraft rocket for pilot training, with ballistic trajectory identical to the service rocket.
An 80 mm unguided aviation rocket with a hollow-charge fragmentation warhead of impact effect, used from aircraft and helicopters against armoured ground targets such as tanks, self-propelled guns and armoured personnel carriers, unarmoured targets such as launchers, radar stations and parked aircraft, and enemy forces.
Calibre is the one figure every entry states. The six service rockets give the mass of the assembled rocket, and five of them add its length and a velocity figure; the mass of the explosive charge and a fuze designation — UTI-1 or UTI-2 — appear on the three 57 mm BR service rockets. The three inert practice versions state only that mass, centre of gravity and shape are matched to the service rocket. Packaging appears where the source publishes it: eight rockets per wooden case for the BR-20-57 P1 and twelve per case at 67 kg gross for the practice versions, with a five-year warranty period on those same four records.
Four designation families appear. The BR series covers the 57 mm rockets, with the letter V marking the inert practice version of a service round. M17 belongs to the illuminating rocket, S-8 KOM to the 80 mm model and BR-VZ-128-M15 to the 128 mm one. Assembled mass runs from 3.64 kg on the BR-2-57 to 52.7 kg on the BR-VZ-128-M15, and the named fuzes include UTI-1, UTI-2 and a mechanical impact type.
Three: 57 mm, 80 mm and 128 mm. The 57 mm rockets form the larger part of the group, while the 80 mm S-8 KOM and the 128 mm BR-VZ-128-M15 are listed as single models. Grouping follows role rather than calibre, so the three sit together on one page.
Yes. BR-1-57 V, BR-2-57 V and BR-20-57 V each hold their own record. Their warheads and fuzes are inert metal, and the source states that mass, centre of gravity and shape are matched to the service rocket so that the trajectories are identical.
