CZK - RKP 2 (130mm raketomet)

Project of a 130mm calibre rocket launcher made by Škoda Plzeň in 1947. The fired rockets were rotationally stabilized. The rocket launcher consisted of 6 barrels (2x3 barrel bundle). There were designs for two types of rockets (short and long). There was a project for a similar, but self-propelled version RKH 2. The project was not taken into series production, but the development of the 130mm rocket continued further and led to the successful derivation of the vz.51 rocket launcher.



Data is for the short rocket, data in brackets is for the long rocket.


Calibre : 130 mm
Rocket length : 685 (800) mm
stabilisation : rotation
weight of the rocket : 21,4 (24,4) kg
explosive weight : 2.3 kg
weight of propellant : 3,4 (4,6) kg
maximum speed : 320 (380) m/s
maximum range : 6800 (8000) m
number of rockets in the launcher : 6
pointing : 0-50°
Range : 30°
firing height : 1070 mm
Wheelbase : 1200 mm
weight of weapon system : 580 kg



*Source:


Mgr.Martin Dubánek - Od bodáku po tryskáče - Nedokončené Československé zbrojní projekty 1945-1955 (Unfinished Czechoslovak Weapons Projects 1945-1955), Mladá fronta 2011, ISBN : 978-80-204-2515-7
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