RBS70 Flashcards

1
Q

What 5 parts make up the Missile in Container?

A
End caps
Launcher tube
Missile lock
Missile launch motor
Bolide missile
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2
Q

What provides storage and transport protection once the MiC is removed from the ISU?

A

Shock absorbing Cellular plastic End Caps and a Centre Pad

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3
Q

What activates the Bolide Missile thermal battery?

A

Depressing of the firing button

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4
Q

What makes the RBS-70 Bolide Missile man portable

A

Can be assembled in 30 seconds

Able to be broken into 3 parts - The Stand, Sight and Missile assembly

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5
Q

Describe the shape and dispersive effects of the casing of the warhead for the RBS70?

A

The casing has a convex contour to provide an effective dispersion of fragments both forwards and rearwards

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6
Q

What are the Launch and Sustainment Motor burn times?

A

LT - 40ms

Sustainment Motor - 4 seconds

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7
Q

How many tungsten spheres are in the Warhead of the RBS70?

A

3000

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8
Q

What does the explosive charge in the RBS70 warhead consist of?

A

475g Charge of Octol - HMX/ TNT

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9
Q

What enhances the thermal blast effect of the warhead?

A

Aluminium and Magnesium components in the fuselage

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10
Q

What does each of the Electronics packages (ELP) do?

A

ELP 1 - houses the CPU which provides control and guidance during activation, firing, flight and detonation

ELP 2 - Thermal battery, voltage converters, stabilisers used to produce electrical power

ELP 3 - Detects the guidance beam pulses from the sight, converts them to amplified signals and provides them to ELP 1

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11
Q

What does the slider interrupter do in the SAD in the Bolide?

A

The slider interrupter keeps the warhead initiator out of line prior to arming

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12
Q

What does MiC stand for?

A

Missile in Container

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13
Q

What features are included in the warhead design of the Bolide?

A

Multiple effects warhead combining blast, frag, and shaped charge

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14
Q

How is the Bolide missile guided, and what is it’s difference to legacy Missiles

A

Beam riding missile with longer range and shorter time-of-flight than older variants

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15
Q

What is the Guidance method of the RBS-70?

A

SACLOS

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16
Q

How does the Safe and Arm Device (SAD) prevent initiation?

A

It keeps the warhead initiator out of line prior to firing until arming conditions are met.

17
Q

What are the detection ranges whilst in Proximity Fuse setting?

A

Minimum- 0.4m to 6m

Detonation range of 4m at 30% reflectivity at 20 degrees C

18
Q

What are the three modes of operation of the proximity fuse?

A

Off - ground targets
Normal - delay used to engage large targets allowing missile to get closer (speed dependant)
Small target - uav or stand off weapons

19
Q

How many lobes at what angle are there in the RBS70 Proximity fuze?

A

18 narrow lobes at 30 degrees angles, they are forward faced

20
Q

On Proximity for the RBS70 what are the ranges?

A

Min 0.4
Max 6m
Typical 4m

21
Q

What effects does the warhead provide?

A

Blast

Fragmentation

Shaped Charge

22
Q

Combination of what enables RBS70 to initiate

A

Combination of Laser guidance and Proximity and impact Fuse

23
Q

What additional layers are used in the warhead and what is contained in that layer which enhances frag effect for the Bolide?

A

A plastic layer around the steel casing containing approximately 3000 tungsten spheres to enhance frag

24
Q

What does the Convex Contour of the warhead provide?

A

Effective fragmentation dispersion to both front and rear

25
Q

NEQ of the RBS70 Bolide Missile?

A

5.34kg

26
Q

How long does the Sustainer motor burn for?

A

4 seconds

27
Q

What speed does the launch motor accelerate the missile to, when does it burn out and what does it consist of?

A

Accelerates to 50m/s

Burns out within the container (40ms)

Grain consists of 460g of DB Propellant