FlaRakRad

FlaRakRad

◊Osa-AK

FlaRakRad

◊Osa-AK

Germany

VIII Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
11.7	11.7	11.7

Class:

SPAA

Research:400 000

Purchase:1 080 000

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Description

The Flugabwehrraketensystem Roland auf Radkraftfahrzeug is a rank VIII German SPAA with a battle rating of 11.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "New Power".

General info

Survivability and armour

Internal armor of the FlaRakRad (5 mm)

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Armour	Front (Slope angle)	Sides	Rear	Roof
Hull	5 mm	5 mm	5 mm	5 mm
Turret	15 mm	15 mm	15 mm	10 mm

Notes:

• The chassis is 30 mm thick.
• The windows in the cab have no armor.
• The tracking radar is 15 mm thick.
• There are 5 mm plates inside the rear compartment (see image).

Mobility

Game Mode	Max Speed (km/h)		Weight (tons)	Engine power (horsepower)		Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
	Forward	Reverse		Stock	Upgraded	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade	98	8	27.5	511	687	18.58	24.98
Realistic	90	7		318	360	11.56	13.09

Armaments

Main armament

Roland SAM (x2)						Turret rotation speed (°/s)					Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode	Capacity (Belt)	Fire rate	Vertical	Horizontal	Stabilizer	Stock	Upgraded	Full	Expert	Aced	Stock	Full	Expert	Aced
Arcade	10 (2)	145	-10°/+80°	±180°	N/A	__._	__._	__._	__._	__._	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Realistic						__._	__._	__._	__._	__._

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
Roland 3	SAM	54	54	54	54	54	54
VT1	SAM	59	59	59	59	59	59

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Range (m)	Projectile Mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g)
Roland 3	SAM	900	8,500	77	0	0.1	6,810
VT1	SAM	1,250	12,000	73	0	N/A	7,860

Ammo racks

Full ammo	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	3rd rack empty	4th rack empty	5th rack empty	6th rack empty	Visual discrepancy
5	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__

Usage in battles

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Modules

Tier	Mobility		Protection	Firepower
I	Tires		Parts	Horizontal Drive
II	Suspension	Brake System	FPE	VT1	Airstrike
III	Filters		Crew Replenishment	Elevation Mechanism	Improved Optics	NVD
IV	Transmission	Engine	Smoke Grenade	Artillery Support	Laser Rangefinder

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Good speed and mobility; easy to move around on larger maps
• High speed missile with long range

Cons:

• The single biggest ground vehicle in the game, longer and taller than a Maus - finding proper concealment is nigh impossible
• Every single gun in the game, MGs included, poses a threat
• No defense against any ground vehicles
• Lack of guns means it cannot defend itself from close aircraft
• No survivability from attacks from the ground or air

History

Devblog

The FlaRakRad self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system with the Roland 3 surface-to-air missile system became the most advanced modification of the Roland, Franco-German anti-aircraft missile. While the army version of the FlaRakPz 1 self-propelled air defense system was equipped with a tracked chassis, the air defense services and the German naval forces settled on wheeled chassis for AA systems for airfield protection. At the end of the 90’s, a MAN 6x6 truck was chosen as a chassis for the Roland 2 complex, but soon a unified command vehicle on the chassis of the MAN 15t mil gl KAT I A1 (8×8) truck was adopted, which served as the basis for further development of the Roland family.

One of the latest modernization programs for the complex for the needs of the German army assumed the possibility of launching not only Roland 2 and Roland 3 missiles, but also promising long-range VT1 missiles, but the program was not completed and by 2003 Germany refused to further modernize the Roland complex in favor of more modern systems.

Media

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See also

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• reference to the series of the vehicles;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

• [Devblog] FlaRakRad: Protective Sphere

Germany anti-aircraft vehicles
Wheeled	Sd.Kfz.222
Half-track	Sd.Kfz.251/21 · Sd.Kfz. 6/2
Flakpanzer IV	Wirbelwind · Ostwind · Ostwind II · Kugelblitz · Zerstörer 45
Other Flakpanzers	Flakpanzer I · Flakpanzer 38 · Flakpanzer 341
Wiesel AWC	Wiesel 1A4 · Ozelot
Radar SPAAG	Gepard · Gepard 1A2
Missile SPAA	FlaRakPz 1 · FlaRakRad