Kasirga

[Iww]

Guys, help me. What do u know about turkish KASIRGA? :unknown

[Stimpy75]

well,basicly it´s a licenced version of the chinese WS-1/B missile system
more infos here
http://www.sinodefence.com/army/mrl/weishi.asp

the chinese version has 6 missiles ready to launch and the turkish version has 4 missiles.

another interesting missile,which has been released this year for the first time in turkey is the B611 missile system,which has been jointly developed with the chinese,turkey uses a single launched system,here´s apicture of the chinese doublelaunched version.

cheers

p.s. mutlu bayramlar

[Iww]

Thanks, Bros. And what about the FG-42/43 motor used for the rockets? Who produces it?

[Soner1980]

The Kasirga is roughly similar tot the Smerch MLRS from Russia. The Kasirga has only longer range, and fewer rockets. Therefore, the Kasirga needs upgraded. 4 Rockets is not much if they are unguided... ;-)

B611 "Yildirim" SRBM is a really other system than the Kasirga. The Yildirim is a guided missile with a range of 150km and can be equipped with 450kg HE. It's like the SCUD missiles early variants with guidance systems.

This missile should also be upgraded with more missiles on a truck or tracked vehicle. The range is good enough for the battle field range today. The longer version, possibly 300km or maybe 500km will also produced after a couple yaers I hope, but I really really hope with cruise missile technology...

[buglerbilly]

Here are some interesting shots of the WS-1A on MAN 6x6 trucks.............

http://www.armyrecognition.com/customer/thierry/turkey/ws1a_02.jpg

http://www.armyrecognition.com/customer/thierry/turkey/ws1a_01.jpg

http://www.armyrecognition.com/customer/thierry/turkey/ws1a_03.jpg

http://www.armyrecognition.com/customer/thierry/turkey/ws1a_04.jpg

...............all via Army Recognition and this thread: -

http://www.armyrecognition.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1113&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30

Regards,

BUG