I just wanted to express my gratitude. This simulator gives me a lot of fun. It was actually great to see it from the "other side" as I am coming from the flight sim community.

Keep up the good work Hpasp!

The best sites, that I found, are at the bottom of the SAMSIM homepage.
http://sites.google.com/site/samsimulator1972/home

The pictures were shot at Hungary:

Hungarian Air Defense Museum, Zsámbék (Volhov, Neva, 1S12 Long Track)
http://legvedelmimuzeum.hu/en.html

12. Arrabona Air Defense Regiment, Gyor (1S32 KRUG)
http://www.raketaezred.hu/

Army History Museum and Park, Kecel (Vega, Shilka)
http://www.museum.hu/museum/index_en.php?ID=961

About the SA4, I got the usual (~1500 pages of) Hungarian language manuals...

This page contains a link to an interesting video about that S-200 site: http://www.fortifikace.net/soubory/rapotice_video.mp4.

Can anybody identify the instrument that appears at 2:50?

Certainly.


That is the leftmost round instrument of the K9 cabin. (It is not simulated)
In this cabin, the commander of the site were guided the firing batteries.

Ugh.. It's always a language I can't read, lol. After spending a few more hours Google diving, I'm really surprised by the lack of interesting information. It seems like every site I find that actually mentions the 2K11-M1/SA-4 just repeats what all the others say. And so far the only internal images I've found are pictures taken by someone who thought it'd be great to place a massive watermark of his email address right through the middle. Pretty sad as they're up close pictures of some of the station panels..

I am however rather pleased with some of the pictures I found of the missile, a performance chart, and pictures showing how the radar deploys/stows.



Also, two new questions. First, after the initial launch of the missile, are the solid fuel boosters ripped off of the 3M8M3 missile, or is there a system to release them? Secondly, what does 1 do?

This page contains a link to an interesting video about that S-200 site:
http://www.fortifikace.net/soubory/rapotice_video.mp4

Extremely good find!!!
Everybody should watch it.

1, SNR Frequency selector switch.
You can find the same at the Volhov "Z" panel.

Usually guarded so one frequency was used in peacetime, and another in wartime.
(In case the enemy listens before the hostilities begun.)

That's a pretty good trick. Does the Gammon have that ability too?

All the WarPact, (and I assume) that Western systems were capable of it.
(You need the capability to tune your frequency away, if you are close to another similar system.)

I have one question. I think this information is quite easy to find, but i didn't found anything concrete :S
How did the missile units of the PAVN were formed? I mean, the vietnamese officers were sent to where? Where they were formed (wich University/Academy)? What was the participation of soviets on the formation of the missile units?! When and how the missiles get arrived? Wich patents operated the sites? How much time the soviet experts watched PAVN's sites operation? Did the soviet experts manned the sites? If yes, for how long?

Thank you in advance. I would be very greatful in get this questions answered for AAR's and search.

Another thing, the vietnamese operators knew about the SR-71? If not, when they became advised about it?