General Secretary Podgorny has given the green light for Marshal Ustinov and Marshal Chuikov to implement their military reform plans. Adopting the lessons from previous conflicts, the Chinese Civil War and the evident deficiencies of Soviet military hardware, the Politburo would approve a wholesale increase of 1.5% to the Soviet military budget with the intention to

-Focus on military research, and R&D departments of Soviet design bureaus

-Expand training regimes on Soviet pilots

-Finalize the Multi-Tiered Air Defense System Program (MTADS)

-Expand arms production by 25% with an emphasis on the aerospace, electronics, and missile fronts.

-Expand the Soviet Union’s strategic weapon and ICBM stockpile

With this new defense budget, besides the new state of affairs, the following R&D programs will be approved and placed on mass production in the near future.

-9K111 Oboe (SACLOS anti-tank missile)

Manufacturer: Tula KBP Design Bureau

Guidance: wire guided SACLOS

Rate of fire 3 rds/min

Muzzle velocity 80 m/s (180 mph; 290 km/h) at launch

186 m/s (420 mph; 670 km/h) in flight speed

Effective firing range 70–2,500 m (230–8,200 ft)

Warhead High-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead

Warhead weight 1.7 kg (3.7 lb)

The Oboe Anti tank missile was first designed in 1962 by the Tula Arms Bureau as a standard issue ATGM for infantry use against tanks, replacing gun based anti-tank weapons from rifle divisions. Approval for the missile was slowed down due to the reorganization of divisional structures to accommodate as well as bureaucratic slow down. The new missile has begun mass production.

AGS-14 Grenade Launcher

Manufacturer: OKB-16

Cartridge 30×29mm grenade

Caliber 30 mm

Action Blowback

Rate of fire 400 round/min

Muzzle velocity 185 m/s

Effective firing range 800 to 1,700 m

Feed system 29 grenades belt

Sights Adjustable iron sights, optional mount required for optical sights

The AGS-14 is an automatic grenade launcher designed for infantry use and fire support. Mounted on vehicles, it is tasked with providing suppressive fire to enemy fortified emplacements and soft targets. Design has been approved for mass production in 1966.

T-64B-2M

Kharkiv Morozov Design Bureau

Mass 38 tonnes (42 short tons; 37 long tons)

Length 9.382 m (gun forward)

Width 3.415 m

Height 2.172 m

Crew 3 (driver, commander, gunner)

Main armament 125 mm smoothbore gun D-81T (aka 2A46)

Secondary armament 7.62 mm PKMT coaxial machine gun, 12.7 mm NSVT anti-aircraft machine gun

Engine: 6TD 1000 hp (735 kW)

Suspension: Torsion bar

Operational range: 600 km

Maximum speed: 45–60 km/h (28–37 mph) depending on version

Developing upon the currently mass-produced T-64A variant, the T-64B-2M is a modification to the T-64 mainly on changing it’s poorly reliable engine with a more rugged and reliable engine which doubles as an engine with stronger horsepower and more fuel efficient. Despite Morozov’s lobbying against the T-64B-2M, the new design was approved for mass production for February 1967.

-9K32 Strela-3

Manufacturer: Kolomna Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau.

Mass

Missile weight: 10.3 kilograms (23 lb)

Full system: 16.0 kg (35.3 lb)

Operational range

4,500 metres (14,800 ft)

Flight altitude 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) vs. jets

3,000 metres (9,800 ft) vs. slow moving targets

Maximum speed 470 metres per second (1,700 km/h; 1,100 mph)

After testing conducted with the previous Strela 2 variant, it was noticed that the missile had low penetration and was easily fooled by traditional flares. Thus it was ordered to design a modified IR-seeking missile for the Strela-3. With additional funding and expertise allocated to the design crew, they built a working Strela 3 model in October 1966 after studying a US Redeye MANPAD closer. Mass production will begin in July 1968.

2S3 Akatsiya

Manufacturer: Ural Plant of Transport Engineering, Omsk

Firing Range: 18km.

RPM: 1 round per minute.

Armor 15 mm

Main armament 152.4 mm D-22 howitzer L/27 46 rounds

Secondary armament 7.62 mm remotely controlled PKT tank machine gun (1,500 rounds)

Engine V-59 (12-cylinder 4-stroke V-shaped water-cooled diesel) 520 hp (382.7 kW) at 2,000 rpm

Suspension: Torsion Bar

Operational Range: 500km

The 2S3 Akatsiya will be our standardized SPG for use in our motor rifle and tank divisions. Effectively a D-20 howitzer on tracks, it is hoped will improve general combat effectiveness as well as bring indirect fire support and mobility. Will begin production in early 1967.

BMP-1A

Manufacturer: Cheliabynsk Tractor Plant

Mass 13.4 tonnes

Length 6.735 m

Width 2.94 m

Height 2.2068 m

Crew 3 (commander, driver and gunner) 8 passengers

Armor 6–33 mm (0.24–1.30 in) welded rolled steel

Main armament: 30mm chainlink autocannon 2A24 “Pila”, 9M14 Malyutka SACLOS anti tank missile.

Secondary armament 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machinegun (2,000 rounds)

Engine: UTD-20, 6-cylinder 4-stroke V-shaped airless-injection water-cooled multifuel 15.8-liter diesel 300 hp (224 kW) at 2,600 rpm

Power/weight 22.7 hp/tonne (17.0 kW/tonne)

Suspension: Individual torsion bar with hydraulic shock absorbers on the 1st and 6th road wheels

Operational range 600 km on road, 500 km off-road

Maximum speed: 65 km/h road, 45 km/h off-road 7–8 km/h water

With the BMP-1 entering production in 1966, The Ministry of Defence commissioned a variant of the BMP with a 30mm autocannon instead of the 2A28 Grom 76mm main gun that the BMP-1 uses, Instead of a Malyutka missile launcher it has Fleyta missiles mounted. Coupled with additional ergonomic improvements such as air conditioning, additional armor plating on the bottom hull, and a slight increase of the IFV’s profile in exchange for more space in the infantry compartment. The vehicle is intended for export and will begin production at the end of 1966.

The following projects also received priority for release with the majority planned for mass production by early 1967 with the exception of 9K33 Osa which will most likely be released early 1968.

2K12 Kub

Manufacturer: Mystichi Machine Building Plant/Vympel Design Bureau

Armament: 3x 3M9 SAMs

Mass: 599 kg

Length: 5,800 mm

Diameter: 335 mm

Warhead: Frag-HE

Warhead weight: 59 kg

Detonation mechanism: Contact and proxy

9K31 Strela-1

Manufacturer: OKB-16

Platform: BDRM-1

Mass 7,000 kg

Length 5.8 m

Width 2.4 m

Height 2.3 m

Crew 3 (commander, gunner and driver)

Armour: 5–14 mm

Main armament 4 × 9M31 (or 9M31M) with a Infrared Homing guidance system and an operational Range of 4,200 meters and an Frag/HE warhead.

Secondary Armament: 1x PK heavy machine gun (2,000 rounds)

Engine GAZ 41 V-8 water-cooled petrol

140 hp at 3,400 rpm

9K33 Osa

Manufacturer: Znamaya Truda Machine Plant, Moscow.

Mass 17.5 tonnes

Length 9.14 m

Width 2.75 m

Height 4.20 m (radar mast stowed)

Crew 5 soldiers

Main armament: 6 9M33M2 (Frag/HE warhead, operational range of 15,000 meters, 1,020 m/s Radar guidance)

Engine D20K300 diesel

Radar: 1S51M3 ("Land Roll") – C band target acquisition radar

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