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RBU-1000 ASW mortar

Country of Origin: Russia

This six-barrel ASW rocket launcher is mounted on several classes of Russian cruisers and destroyers, often in combination with the RBU-6000.

The barrels of the weapon are loaded automatically while in a vertical position. They are fired sequentially.

The rocket may have an anti-torpedo capability.

In service.

Initial operational capability (IOC) was reached in 1962.

 State Unitary Enterprise (Plant 9), Yekaterinburg (Smerch systems), Russia

 China
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