GM ( Russian : Gusenichnaya Mashina , Гусеничная машина , lit. tracked machine ) is a series of tracked vehicle chassis . Generally, the series is produced by Russia's Mytishchi Machine-Building Plant . Some older series were developed and produced by Belarusian agriculture machinery manufacturer Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ).
5-560: GM-569 is used for the TELAR 9A38, part of the Buk-M1-2 SAM system. Designed and developed at Metrovagonmash (previously MMZ and OKB-40): Also MMZ produced GM-569, GM-567A, GM-562, GM-5959, GM-5951, GM-5952. Designed and developed at Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ): By others: Transporter erector launcher A transporter erector launcher ( TEL ) is a missile vehicle with an integrated tractor unit that can transport, elevate to
10-498: A firing position and launch one or more rockets or missiles . Such vehicles exist for both surface-to-air missiles and surface-to-surface missiles . Early on, such missiles were launched from fixed sites and had to be loaded onto trucks for transport, making them more vulnerable to attack, since once they were spotted by the enemy they could not easily be relocated, and if they were it often took hours or even days to prepare them for launch once they reached their new site. Usually
15-521: A number of TELs and TELARs are linked to one command post vehicle (CP or CPV). They may use target information from target acquisition , designation and guidance radar (TADAGR or TAR). A transporter erector launcher and radar (TELAR) is a type of TEL that also incorporates part or all of the radar system necessary for firing the surface-to-air missiles . Such vehicles have the capability of being autonomous, greatly enhancing their effectiveness. With this type of system each vehicle can fight regardless of
20-630: The missile body itself. The Patriot missile system has a towed launch vehicle or mobile erector launcher ( MEL ). Another sub-set of the TEL are erector-launchers mounted to pallets, which can then be carried by suitable vehicles to create a TEL. The MBDA iLauncher used to launch the Sky Sabre missile is one example; a 15-tonne unit which is carried by MAN HX trucks in British Army service. In spaceflight , TELs are support structures used to transport
25-486: The state or presence of support vehicles. The vehicle may have to aim the missile, usually through a rotating turret , or they may fire straight up. A transporter launcher and radar ( TLAR ) is the same as a TELAR without the erector capability, because the missile in question is transported in the launch-ready position as default. An example is the 9K330 Tor , which mounts a vertical launching system (VLS)-style block of SAMs that correct their trajectory using rockets on
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