Laymen tend to think of a weapon system as consisting only of the weapon itself, in this case the missile, however with MASURCA (and for that matter most missile systems) this is far from the truth.

The MASURCA weapon system consisted of:
A twin arm launcher of 40 metric tons (44 short tons), 4 meters (13 ft) high and 4.45 meters (14.6 ft) wide, trainable in elevation and azimuth.
Providing the initial direction of the missile to the target, it could launch missiles at elevations from +6° to +70°.

A working chamber located to the rear of the launch arms and pedestal.
This chamber permitted the mounting and unfolding of the rear tail control services and facilitated the loading of the missiles onto the launch arms.

A magazine consisting of two horizontal silos for the storage of 17 ready to fire missiles and space for a single missile to undergo verification for proper operation
A magazine for the storage of unassembled missiles.

A missile assembly cradle.
 It was difficult to assemble more than 12 missiles in a day's work, in particular ceramic components within the missiles were very susceptible to shock damage during assembly.

Two DRBR-51 tracking radars with two associated illuminators
Fire control Computer
A single DRBI-23 three-dimensional radar
A single SENIT 2 automatic tactical information processor
Target designators for weapon assignment
Whereas the weight of 48 missiles is 96 metric tons (105.8 short tons), counting the entire weapon system as a whole, the weight was closer to 450 metric tons (496 short tons).
This great weight imposed a limit on the minimum hull size that could deploy the system, and was one reason why MASURCA was limited to only three ships of the French Navy.
Laymen tend to think of a weapon system as consisting only of the weapon itself, in this case the missile, however with MASURCA (and for that matter most missile systems) this is far from the truth.
The MASURCA weapon system consisted of:
A twin arm launcher of 40 metric tons (44 short tons), 4 meters (13 ft) high and 4.45 meters (14.6 ft) wide, trainable in elevation and azimuth. Providing the initial direction of the missile to the target, it could launch missiles at elevations from +6° to +70°.
A working chamber located to the rear of the launch arms and pedestal. This chamber permitted the mounting and unfolding of the rear tail control services and facilitated the loading of the missiles onto the launch arms.
A magazine consisting of two horizontal silos for the storage of 17 ready to fire missiles and space for a single missile to undergo verification for proper operation
A magazine for the storage of unassembled missiles.
A missile assembly cradle.  It was difficult to assemble more than 12 missiles in a day's work, in particular ceramic components within the missiles were very susceptible to shock damage during assembly.
Two DRBR-51 tracking radars with two associated illuminators
Fire control Computer
A single DRBI-23 three-dimensional radar
A single SENIT 2 automatic tactical information processor
Target designators for weapon assignment
Whereas the weight of 48 missiles is 96 metric tons (105.8 short tons), counting the entire weapon system as a whole, the weight was closer to 450 metric tons (496 short tons). This great weight imposed a limit on the minimum hull size that could deploy the system, and was one reason why MASURCA was limited to only three ships of the French Navy.
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