The TR-1 Temp (Russian: Темп-С, Temp-S, meaning 'Speed') was a mobile theatre ballistic missile developed and deployed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was assigned the NATO reporting name SS-12 Scaleboard and carried the industrial designation 9M76 and the GRAU index 9К76. A modified version was initially identified by NATO as a new design and given the SS-22 reporting name, but later recognized it as merely a variant of the original and maintained the name Scaleboard. The Temp entered service in the mid-1960s.

TR-1 Temp
SS-12 Scaleboard
9P120 launcher with 9M76 rocket of missile complex Temp-S
TypeTheatre ballistic missile
Short-range ballistic missile
Place of originUSSR
Service history
In service1969 – 1989
Used bySoviet Armed Forces
Production history
DesignerNadiradze OKB
ManufacturerVotkinsk Machine Building Plant
Specifications
Mass9,700 kg (21,400 lb)
Length12,400 mm (490 in)
Diameter1,010 mm (40 in)
WarheadSingle 500 kt warhead

EngineSingle-stage liquid propellant
Operational
range
800 km (500 mi) (SS-12)
900 km (560 mi) (SS-22)[1]
Guidance
system
Inertial
Accuracy750 m (0.47 mi) CEP (SS-12)
370 m (0.23 mi) CEP (SS-22)[1]
Launch
platform
Road-mobile TEL
TransportRoad-mobile TEL

The TR-1 was designed as a mobile weapon to give theatre (Front) commanders nuclear strike capability. The weapon used the same mobile launcher (MAZ-543) as the R-17 Elbrus missile but had an environmental protective cover that split down the middle and was only opened when the missile was ready to fire. All were decommissioned in 1988–1989 as part of the INF treaty banning such weapons.[1]

Operators

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  Soviet Union
The Soviet Armed Forces were the only operator of the TR-1 Temp. It was also placed in countries of Warsaw Pact for example Hranice (Military area Libava) (39) in Czechoslovakia, and Königsbrück (19), Bischofswerda (8), Waren (22) and Wokuhl (5) in East Germany.[2] Its active reach from there covered whole West Germany, parts of Scandinavia, France and Netherlands.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c TR-1 / SS-12 SCALEBOARD. Federation of American Scientists.
  2. ^ "Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles - Memorandum of Understanding". State Department web site. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  • Hogg, Ian (2000). Twentieth-Century Artillery. Friedman/Fairfax Publishers. ISBN 1-58663-299-X