What's new
British Ordnance Collectors Network

Join over 14,000 collectors of inert military ordnance. Get expert identification help for shells, fuzes, grenades, and more — plus access our classifieds marketplace and decades of archived knowledge. Free to register, takes seconds.

Silkworm

AMMOTECHXT

Well-Known Member
Ordnance approved
Premium Member
Captured from the Iraqis in 1991. I understand that the Silkworm is a ground-based, Chinese developed anti ship missile. From news reports of the time it was quoted as having a 60 mile (approx 100 Km) range. The close-up views of the vent/filling ports are similar to those on the US Lance missile, so the propellant is therefore likely to have been liquid. Not sure why some of the markings seem to be in Cyrillic.
 

Attachments

  • Silkworms with Roland.jpg
    Silkworms with Roland.jpg
    71.4 KB · Views: 43
  • Silkworm front end.jpg
    Silkworm front end.jpg
    89.7 KB · Views: 37
  • Silkworm rear.jpg
    Silkworm rear.jpg
    70.2 KB · Views: 33
  • Silkworm wing.jpg
    Silkworm wing.jpg
    66 KB · Views: 29
  • Silkworm radar equipment.jpg
    Silkworm radar equipment.jpg
    97.2 KB · Views: 34
  • Silkworm markings - 1.jpg
    Silkworm markings - 1.jpg
    98.1 KB · Views: 32
  • Silkworm markings - 2.jpg
    Silkworm markings - 2.jpg
    23.8 KB · Views: 31
  • Silkworm markings - 3.jpg
    Silkworm markings - 3.jpg
    35.1 KB · Views: 29
Top