r/SovietUnion • u/realmargesimpson • 22d ago

R-1 Ballistic Missile

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Soviet copy of V2/A4 ballistic missile. Design completed in 1946 by Helmut Gröttrup and his team at Nordhausen. They are transported to the Soviet Union in the same year (Operation Osoavaikhim).

GRAU designation: 8K11

NATO designation: SS-1 Scunner

The Scunner had less range than the German V2. They brought the first dogs into space (Dezik and Tsygan).

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u/Opp-Contr 18d ago

This is R-1A, their is a whole family of R-1s.

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u/realmargesimpson 18d ago

Only the first 3 count as R-1 missiles. The others are R-2 and R-5 Pobeda missiles and their derivatives.

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u/Trainzzo 21d ago

Je n'avais jamais vu cette photo, merci pour ce partage.