Rb05A
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Description
The Rb05A is a Swedish manually-guided air-to-ground missile. It was introduced in Update "New Power".
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
General info
| Missile characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Mass | 305 kg |
| Guidance | Manual (MCLOS) |
| Maximum speed | 415 m/s |
| Missile guidance time | 24 secs |
| Firing range | 8 km |
| Explosive mass | 76.8 kg TNTeq |
| Armour penetration | 76 mm |
Effective damage
The Rb05A has more than enough explosive mass to take out most tanks and can overpressure most light tanks with ease with its proximity fuse.
Comparison with analogues
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Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
Pros:
- 76 kg of tnt destroys almost everything
- Quite fast
- Has an proximity fuze
Cons:
- Must be manually guided, can be difficult to control
- Guidance time of only 24 seconds
History
The RB 05 was developed as a ground attack missile for the AJ37 "Viggen" fighter-bomber and SAAB-105 trainer aircraft in 1967. The missile was tracer-guided using radio controlled manual command to line of sight (MCLOS), which meant that aiming had to be done separate to piloting, either requiring a two-seat cockpit with a dedicated missile gunner, as per the Saab 105, or a central computer which could control the aircraft during guidance, as present on the Saab 37 Viggen.
During development, Saab used a variety of J35 "Draken" prototypes for testing. J35 prototypes with tandem trainer cockpits were used for many of the firing trials, as the guidance equipment could be easily retrofitted into the secondary cockpit to trial guidance with a dedicated missile gunner.
The Rb05 entered service in 1972 and was withdrawn from service in 2005.
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