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GRAU

March 03, 2023

For other uses, see Grau (disambiguation).

The Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Russian: Гла́вное раке́тно-артиллери́йское управле́ние Министе́рства оборо́ны Росси́йской Федера́ции (ГРАУ Миноборо́ны Росси́и), tr. Glávnoye rakétno-artilleríyskoye upravléniye Ministérstva oboróny Rossíyskoy Federátsii (GRAU Minoboróny Rossíi)), commonly referred to by its transliterated Russian acronym GRAU (ГРАУ), is a department of the Russian Ministry of Defense. It is subordinate to the Chief of Armament and Munition of the Russian Armed Forces, a vice-minister of defense.

Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
GRAU major emblem
Active1862–present
Country Russia
TypeCentral Military Authority
Part ofChief of Armament and Munition of the Russian Armed Forces
Nickname(s)GRAU
Commanders
Current
commander		Major General Nikolay Romanovsky

The organization dates back to 1862 when it was established under the name Главное артиллерийское управление (ГАУ – GAU). The "R" from "rockets" was added to the title in 1960.

In particular, the GRAU is responsible for assigning GRAU indices to Russian army munitions and equipment.

Arsenals of the GRAU, according to Kommersant-Vlast in 2005, include the 60th at Kaluga, the 55th at Rzhev, the 75th at Serpukhov south of Moscow, (all three in the Moscow Military District) and the 80th at Gagarskiy, the 116th at Krasno-Oktyabrskiy and the 5th, all in the Volga–Urals Military District.[1]

As of December 2021, the Chief of the GRAU is Major General Nikolay Romanovsky.

Current GRAU indices

GRAU indices are of the form ⟨number⟩ ⟨letter⟩ ⟨number⟩, sometimes with a further suffix ⟨letter⟩ ⟨number⟩. They may be followed by a specially assigned codename. For example "2 S 19  Msta-S", the 2S19 Msta self-propelled howitzer, has the index 2S19, without suffix; Msta-S is the codename.

Misconceptions

Several common misconceptions surround the scope and originating body of these indices. The GRAU designation is not an industrial designation, nor is it assigned by the design bureau. In addition to its GRAU designation, a given piece of equipment could have a design name, an industrial name and a service designation.

For example, one of the surface-to-air missiles in the S-25 Berkut air defense system had at least four domestic designations:

  • design name: La-205
  • GRAU index: 5V7
  • industry name: Article 205 (Izdeliye 205)
  • Soviet military designation: V-300

Some Soviet general-purpose bombs bore a designation that looked confusingly similar to GRAU.[note 1]

Designation scheme

The first part of a GRAU index is a number indicating which of the several main categories of equipment a given item belongs to. The second part, a Cyrillic character, indicates the subcategory. The third part, a number, indicates the specific model. The optional suffix can be used to differentiate variants of the same model.

1 (Radio and electronics equipment)

2 (Artillery systems)

3 (Army and naval missiles)

4 (Naval missiles and army equipment (munitions, reactive armour, etc.))

5 (Air defense equipment)

  • 5Ae: Computers (5Ae26, a specialized multi-CPU computer with a performance of 1.5 MIPS)
  • 5B: Surface-to-air missile warheads (5B18, the warhead for the S-125's V-601 missile)
  • 5P: Surface-to-air missile launchers (5P75, the four-missile launcher for the S-125 air defense system)
  • 5V: Surface-to-air missiles (5V55, SAM for S-300 air defense system)
  • 5Ya: Surface-to-air missiles (5Ya23, a SAM for the S-75 air defense system)
  • 5#
* 51T6 (SH-11/ABM-4 Gorgone), an exoatmospheric anti-ballistic missile interceptor for the A-135 air defense system
* 53T6 (SH-08/ABM-3 Gazelle), an endoatmospheric interceptor for A-135 air defense system

6 (Firearms, air defense equipment)

  • 6B: Body armor (6B1; 6B13, for mountain troops; 6B23, MOLLE; 6B43, MOLLE for airborne, naval and special troops), helmets (6B6)
  • 6Ch: Firearm equipment (6Ch12, the PBS-1 flash suppressor and silencer; 6Ch63, AK modernize kit; 6Ch64, front grip)
  • 6E: Firearm equipment (6E7, flashlight)
  • 6G: Firearms (6G3, the RPG-7 man-portable, rocket-propelled grenade launcher; 6G17, the VOG-25 40 mm grenade cartridge)
  • 6Kh: Knives and bayonets (6Kh3, a sword-bayonet for the AKM)
  • 6P: Firearms (6P1, the 7.62 mm AKM, and 6P41/6P41M, PKP)
  • 6Sh: Firearm equipment (6Sh5, a rifle sling; 6Sh92, tactical vest; 6Sh104, SVD/VSS vest for sniper and backpack with rain cover and 2 side MOLLE pouches; 6Sh105, normal or digital tactical vest; 6Sh112, MOLLE tactical vest for PKM/PKP machine-gunner)
  • 6T: Firearm equipment (6T2, Samozhenkov's carriage for PKS machine gun)
  • 6Ts: Sights (6Ts1, the PSO-1 sight for the Dragunov sniper rifle)
  • 6U: Firearm equipment (6U1, personnel carrier vehicle carriage for PKB/PKBM machine gun)
  • 6V: Firearms (6V1, the Dragunov sniper rifle)
  • 6Yu: Firearm accessories kit (6Yu4, accessories kit for the AKM)
  • 6Zh: Firearm equipment (6Zh1M, a 100-round belt-box for the PKM machine gun)
  • 6L: Magazine (6L20, bakelite plastic 5.45×39mm magazine for the AK-74)

7 (Firearm munitions)

Exceptions
  • 71Kh6: the US-KMO Prognoz-2 early warning system satellite
  • 73N6 Baikal-1: an automated air defense command and control system
  • 75E6 Parol-3: the IFF interrogator for the S-75M and S-125
  • 76N6: a low-altitude target detector radar

8 (Army missiles and rocketry)

9 (Army missiles, UAVs)

10 (Equipment)

  • 10P: Sights (10P19, the PGO-7V sight for RPG-7V grenade launcher)
  • 10R: Radios (10R30 Karat-2, a radio transmitter)

11 (Rocketry and associated equipment)

14 (Rocketry and associated equipment)

  • 14A: Rockets (14A15, is the "Soyuz-2-1v")
  • 14D: Rocket engines (14D30, the "Briz" booster's S5.98M liquid fuel engine)
  • 14F: Satellites (14F10, the IS-MU Naryad anti-satellite weapon)
  • 14I: Ground equipment (14I02, the ground equipment for the "Briz" booster's 8P882 system)
  • 14P: Ground equipment (14P72, the service system for the "Briz" booster)
  • 14S: Boosters (14S12, the "Briz" booster)
  • 14T: Ground equipment (14T81, the storage equipment for the "Briz" booster)

15 (Strategic Missile Forces equipment)

17 (Rocketry and associated equipment)

  • 17D: Misc. rocket engines (17D58Ae, the stabilization and orientation engine of the "Briz-M" booster)
  • 17F: Satellites (17F15 Raduga-1, a telecommunications satellite)
  • 17K: Space-based systems (17K114, a space-based reconnaissance and targeting system)
  • 17P: Ground equipment (17P31, the start system for 11K25)
  • 17S: Rocket stages (17S40, Unit D of the Proton launcher)
  • 17U: Ground equipment (17U551, the "Briz-M" booster testing system)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ For example, the FAB-250sch entered service in 1944 with the designation 7-F-334, which was not assigned by GRAU.

References

  1. ^ Kommersant-Vlast, Vys Rossikaya Armiya, 2005
  • The initial version of this article was based on material from aviation.ru. It has been released under the GFDL by the copyright holder.

Further reading

External links

  • History of the GRAU (in Russian)

March 03, 2023
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artillerijskoe upravlenie GAU GAU The R from rockets was added to the title in 1960 In particular the GRAU is responsible for assigning GRAU indices to Russian army munitions and equipment Arsenals of the GRAU according to Kommersant Vlast in 2005 include the 60th at Kaluga the 55th at Rzhev the 75th at Serpukhov south of Moscow all three in the Moscow Military District and the 80th at Gagarskiy the 116th at Krasno Oktyabrskiy and the 5th all in the Volga Urals Military District 1 As of December 2021 the Chief of the GRAU is Major General Nikolay Romanovsky Contents 1 Current GRAU indices 1 1 Misconceptions 1 2 Designation scheme 1 2 1 1 Radio and electronics equipment 1 2 2 2 Artillery systems 1 2 3 3 Army and naval missiles 1 2 4 4 Naval missiles and army equipment munitions reactive armour etc 1 2 5 5 Air defense equipment 1 2 6 6 Firearms air defense equipment 1 2 7 7 Firearm munitions 1 2 7 1 Exceptions 1 2 8 8 Army missiles and rocketry 1 2 9 9 Army missiles UAVs 1 2 10 10 Equipment 1 2 11 11 Rocketry and associated equipment 1 2 12 14 Rocketry and associated equipment 1 2 13 15 Strategic Missile Forces equipment 1 2 14 17 Rocketry and associated equipment 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksCurrent GRAU indices EditGRAU indices are of the form number letter number sometimes with a further suffix letter number They may be followed by a specially assigned codename For example 2 S 19 Msta S the 2S19 Msta self propelled howitzer has the index 2S19 without suffix Msta S is the codename Misconceptions Edit Several common misconceptions surround the scope and originating body of these indices The GRAU designation is not an industrial designation nor is it assigned by the design bureau In addition to its GRAU designation a given piece of equipment could have a design name an industrial name and a service designation For example one of the surface to air missiles in the S 25 Berkut air defense system had at least four domestic designations design name La 205 GRAU index 5V7 industry name Article 205 Izdeliye 205 Soviet military designation V 300Some Soviet general purpose bombs bore a designation that looked confusingly similar to GRAU note 1 Designation scheme Edit The first part of a GRAU index is a number indicating which of the several main categories of equipment a given item belongs to The second part a Cyrillic character indicates the subcategory The third part a number indicates the specific model The optional suffix can be used to differentiate variants of the same model 1 Radio and electronics equipment Edit 1K Buran the first Buran class orbiter see also 11 Rocketry and associated equipment 1L 1L14 the IFF detector for the 9K310 Igla air defense system 1S Radar 1S11 target detecting radar of 1S91 command and control vehicle of 2K12 Kub air defense system 1V Artillery command vehicles 1V18 19 on BTR 60 chassis 1V13 16 on MT LBu chassis 1P Firearms optic 1P87 optic on AK 12 1P70 optic on SVDK 1PN designates the firearms optic as a night vision device e g 1PN51 2 Artillery systems Edit 2A Towed artillery systems 2A65 Msta B 2B Mortar Systems 2B9 Vasilek 2B14 Podnos 2K Air Defence Systems 2K11 Krug surface to air missile system 2K12 Kub surface to air missile system 2K22 Tunguska surface to air gun missile system 2S Self propelled artillery systems 2S1 Gvozdika 2S19 Msta S 2U Training equipment3 Army and naval missiles Edit 3M Various missiles 3M80 Moskit 3M45 Granit 4 Naval missiles and army equipment munitions reactive armour etc Edit 4G Warheads 4G15 the high explosive HEAT warhead for the P 15 Termit anti ship missile 4K Naval missiles 4K10 the submarine launched ballistic missile R 27 RSM 25 for D 5 Zyb system 4K40 P 15 Termit missile 4P Launchers 4S Launchers 4S95 the launcher of Kinzhal Klinok SA 15 Gauntlet air defense complex 5 Air defense equipment Edit 5Ae Computers 5Ae26 a specialized multi CPU computer with a performance of 1 5 MIPS 5B Surface to air missile warheads 5B18 the warhead for the S 125 s V 601 missile 5P Surface to air missile launchers 5P75 the four missile launcher for the S 125 air defense system 5V Surface to air missiles 5V55 SAM for S 300 air defense system 5Ya Surface to air missiles 5Ya23 a SAM for the S 75 air defense system 5 51T6 SH 11 ABM 4 Gorgone an exoatmospheric anti ballistic missile interceptor for the A 135 air defense system 53T6 SH 08 ABM 3 Gazelle an endoatmospheric interceptor for A 135 air defense system6 Firearms air defense equipment Edit 6B Body armor 6B1 6B13 for mountain troops 6B23 MOLLE 6B43 MOLLE for airborne naval and special troops helmets 6B6 6Ch Firearm equipment 6Ch12 the PBS 1 flash suppressor and silencer 6Ch63 AK modernize kit 6Ch64 front grip 6E Firearm equipment 6E7 flashlight 6G Firearms 6G3 the RPG 7 man portable rocket propelled grenade launcher 6G17 the VOG 25 40 mm grenade cartridge 6Kh Knives and bayonets 6Kh3 a sword bayonet for the AKM 6P Firearms 6P1 the 7 62 mm AKM and 6P41 6P41M PKP 6Sh Firearm equipment 6Sh5 a rifle sling 6Sh92 tactical vest 6Sh104 SVD VSS vest for sniper and backpack with rain cover and 2 side MOLLE pouches 6Sh105 normal or digital tactical vest 6Sh112 MOLLE tactical vest for PKM PKP machine gunner 6T Firearm equipment 6T2 Samozhenkov s carriage for PKS machine gun 6Ts Sights 6Ts1 the PSO 1 sight for the Dragunov sniper rifle 6U Firearm equipment 6U1 personnel carrier vehicle carriage for PKB PKBM machine gun 6V Firearms 6V1 the Dragunov sniper rifle 6Yu Firearm accessories kit 6Yu4 accessories kit for the AKM 6Zh Firearm equipment 6Zh1M a 100 round belt box for the PKM machine gun 6L Magazine 6L20 bakelite plastic 5 45 39mm magazine for the AK 74 7 Firearm munitions Edit 7B Ammunition 7B33 the 7 62 54mmR armour piercing incendiary round 7G Grenades 7G1 the RKG 3 handheld HEAT grenade 7Kh Training ammunition 7Kh1 the 12 7 108mm blank cartridge 7N Ammunition 7N1 the 7 62 54mmR round for sniper rifles 7P Rocket propelled grenades 7P1 a 40 mm RPG 7 round 7S Misc ammunition 7S1 a signal false fire of orange smoke 7T Ammunition 7T2 the 7 62 54mmR tracer round 7U Ammunition 7U1 the 5 45 39mm low speed subsonic US Umenshennoy Skorosti Reduced Speed cartridge 7Z Ammunition 7Z1 the 14 5 115mm incendiary round Exceptions Edit 71Kh6 the US KMO Prognoz 2 early warning system satellite 73N6 Baikal 1 an automated air defense command and control system 75E6 Parol 3 the IFF interrogator for the S 75M and S 125 76N6 a low altitude target detector radar8 Army missiles and rocketry Edit 8A Ballistic missiles 8D Rocket engines mostly 8F Warheads 8K Missiles 8K51 8K63 Dvina 8K64 8K67 8K71 8K81 8K84 8P Expendable launch systems 8S Missile propulsion stages9 Army missiles UAVs Edit 9A Launchers 9A52 the chassis of the Smerch MLRS 9F Training and equipment systems 9F827 of the Smerch system 9K Systems 9K33 Osa surface to air missile system 9K115 2 Metis M anti tank missile system 9K310 the Igla air defense system 9M Missiles 9M133 Kornet and 9M62 T 92 UAV from aerial reconnaissance complex Tipchak 9P Launchers 9P140 the chassis of the Uragan MLRS 9S 9S737 Ranzhir mobile command center 9T Transporter loaders and re supply vehicles 9T234 of the 9K58 Smerch system 9T244 of the 9K331 Tor system 10 Equipment Edit 10P Sights 10P19 the PGO 7V sight for RPG 7V grenade launcher 10R Radios 10R30 Karat 2 a radio transmitter 11 Rocketry and associated equipment Edit 11A Rocketry 11A51 the Korolev N 1 heavy lift launcher 11A511 the Soyuz launcher 11B Nuclear thermal rocket engines 11B91 RD0410 11B97 11D Rocket engines 11D43 the RD 253 liquid fuel rocket engine First stage of Proton space launcher 11F Satellites 11F67 Molniya 1 a telecom satellite 11F35 K1 Buran the first Buran class shuttle see also 1 Radio and electronics equipment 11F654 GLONASS satellites 11F94 LK a lunar lander 11G Equipment 11G12 a refuelling station 11K Rocketry 11K25 Energia a heavy lift rocket for the Buran class shuttle 11M Onboard equipment 11M243 solar array actuators for the 11F624 Yantar 2K satellite 11P Ground equipment 11P825 the launch complex for the 11K25 11S Rocket stages 11S59 the 1st and 2nd stages unit A of the Soyuz rocket 14 Rocketry and associated equipment Edit 14A Rockets 14A15 is the Soyuz 2 1v 14D Rocket engines 14D30 the Briz booster s S5 98M liquid fuel engine 14F Satellites 14F10 the IS MU Naryad anti satellite weapon 14I Ground equipment 14I02 the ground equipment for the Briz booster s 8P882 system 14P Ground equipment 14P72 the service system for the Briz booster 14S Boosters 14S12 the Briz booster 14T Ground equipment 14T81 the storage equipment for the Briz booster 15 Strategic Missile Forces equipment Edit 15A Intercontinental ballistic missiles 15A14 and 15A18 the R 36M SS 18 Satan ICBM 15A15 the UR 100MR SS 17 Spanker ICBM 15B Warheads 15D Rocket engines mostly 15F Warheads 15N Command and control vehicles 15P Silo based launchers mostly 15U ICBM ground equipment 15Zh ICBMs and tactical ballistic missiles 15Zh45 the RT 21M Pioneer SS 20 Saber TBM 17 Rocketry and associated equipment Edit 17D Misc rocket engines 17D58Ae the stabilization and orientation engine of the Briz M booster 17F Satellites 17F15 Raduga 1 a telecommunications satellite 17K Space based systems 17K114 a space based reconnaissance and targeting system 17P Ground equipment 17P31 the start system for 11K25 17S Rocket stages 17S40 Unit D of the Proton launcher 17U Ground equipment 17U551 the Briz M booster testing system See also EditDesignations of Russian towed artillery NATO Reporting NameNotes Edit For example the FAB 250sch entered service in 1944 with the designation 7 F 334 which was not assigned by GRAU References Edit Kommersant Vlast Vys Rossikaya Armiya 2005 The initial version of this article was based on material from aviation ru It has been released under the GFDL by the copyright holder Dictionary of GRAU designations at aviation ruFurther reading EditLennox Duncan March 1993 Russian Missile Designators Jane s Intelligence Review p 120 Zaloga Steven August 1994 Russian Missile Designations Jane s Intelligence Review p 342 349 External links EditHistory of the GRAU in Russian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title GRAU amp oldid 1128129462, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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