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RGB-60 (Rocket Guided Bomb model 60) is a Russian
anti-submarine weapon An anti-submarine weapon (ASW) is any one of a number of devices that are intended to act against a submarine and its crew, to destroy (sink) the vessel or reduce its capability as a weapon of war. In its simplest sense, an anti-submarine weapon ...
with a range of 5,700–6,000 m that can function to depths of 500 m. They can be fired from ships in salvos of up to 12 using the
RBU-6000 The RBU-6000 Smerch-2 (Реактивно-Бомбовая Установка, ''Reaktivno-Bombovaja Ustanovka''; rocket-bomb installation & Смерч; waterspout) is a 213 mm caliber Soviet anti-submarine rocket launcher. The system enter ...
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Indian Navy service


Local production

India has several local versions of the RGB-60. An indigenous version by HAPP and Tiruchi was reported in 2010. In 2012 a version of the RGB-60 was provided to the
Indian Navy The Indian Navy (IN) (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the Navy, maritime and Amphibious warfare, amphibious branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of the Naval Staff (India), Chief ...
by Ammunition Factory Khadki with a strike range of 1,500 m. In 2023, a new YDB-60 fuse was delivered.


Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket (ERASR)


References

{{reflist, refs= {{citation , title=Indian Navy receives RGBs and Kavach decoy systems , date=May 28, 2012 , publisher=Kable , url=http://www.naval-technology.com/news/newsindian-navy-receives-rgbs-kavach-decoy-systems , accessdate=2015-04-27 {{citation , first1=Norman , last1=Friedman , title=The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapon Systems , page=756 , publisher=Naval Institute Press , date=2006 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4S3h8j_NEmkC&pg=PA756 , isbn=1557502625 Anti-submarine missiles of Russia Anti-ship missiles of Russia