Video: zestienwieler transports Russia’s deadliest rocket

Posted on 21-05-2015 at 10:03 by CasperH – 47 Comments”

We give you a small glimpse into the high-tech transport of the Russian RS-24 “Yars” missile.

The Russian army has a serious weapon in your hands with the RS-24 “Yars”, a further development of the Topol-M missile. This missile was developed for U.s. defense systems to work and can nuclear warheads with a strength of 100 to 250 kilotonnes transport. It is seen as perhaps the most powerful weapon in the world. And with such a high-tech rocket hears a high-tech transporttruck.

Not that move often will be required, the missile has a range of thick, 11.000 miles. Nevertheless, Russia has apparently the need to make her missiles on its territory to spread. It has the MZKT-79221 16×16 TEL (Teletransporter Erector Launcher) was developed. A truck with sixteen driving wheels and six driving axles. The first, second, third, sixth, seventh, and eighth axis.

The wheels are independent hydro-pneumatic suspension and the tires can through a system in the truck to wish harder and softer to be made depending on the area in which the transport moves, or specific obstacles along the way. Check out the video of the transport here. How such a rocket into the sky, you can see here.