Naze'at
Artillery rocket
The Naze'at 6-H and Naze'at 10-H/Mushak-120/Iran-130 (Persian: نازعات lit. Those Who Pull Out, in reference to the angels who tear out the souls of the wicked) are two Iranian long-range artillery rockets with ranges of about 100 km. The Naze'at 10-H is larger, more powerful, and has a longer range than the Nazeat 6-H. Like Iran's similar shaped Zelzal rockets, Naze'at rockets do not have a guidance system. Both systems are also widely known without the -H suffix, as the Naze'at 6 and Naze'at 10. The Iranians also have developed another 500 kg version called the Mushak-160 with 160 km range.
01History
The Naze'at family was developed during the 1980s with Chinese assistance in an attempt to build an equivalent of the FROG-7 missile.
02Specifications
- Naze'at 6-H rocket
- Max. range (km): 100
- Min. range (km): 80
- Length (mm): 6290
- Diameter (mm): 356
- Initial weight (kg): 960
- Warhead weight (kg): 130
- C.E.P (%): <5% Max. range
- Average Action Time (s): 9
- Specific Impulse (s): 240
- Propellant Weight (kg): 420
- Type of Propellant: Solid (HTPB)
- Service life: 7 years
- Naze'at 10-H rocket
- Max. range (km): 130
- Min. range (km): 110
- Length (mm): 8020
- Diameter (mm): 457
- Initial weight (kg): 1830
- Warhead weight (kg): 230
- C.E.P (%): <5% Max. range
- Average Action Time (s): 10
- Specific Impulse (s): 240
- Propellant Weight (kg): 865
- Type of Propellant: Solid (HTPB)
- Service life: 7 years
03Details
The Naze'at is launched from a transporter erector launcher (TEL) and carries a conventional warhead, and potentially a chemical or biological one. A complete Naze'at system includes a TEL and communications vans, meteorological vans, and a GPS system for surveying the launch site. Both Naze'at rockets have a closing speed of Mach 4-5. The reliability and accuracy of Naze'at rockets is assessed as poor.
The Naze'at has fins for stabilization in flight and is believed to have a CEP of around 500-1000 m, which is considered poor. There are multiple different TELs used for Naze'at rockets.
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Beit al-Moqaddas 26 rocket exercises (07).jpg by Hamed Malekpour, CC BY 4.0
- Naze'at 6-H.jpg by Mahmood Hosseini, CC BY 4.0
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