OVERVIEW: The Silver Dog is a 76 mm naval chaff decoy round designed to seduce radar-guided missiles. It was introduced in the mid-1980s as part of Germany’s Hot Dog/Silver Dog system.

DETAILS: Silver Dog is fired from small‑caliber rocket launchers mounted on fast-attack and patrol craft, coastal minehunters, and similar vessels. The round measures 76 mm in diameter, weighs approximately 0.95 kg, and carries about 0.45 kg of radar‑reflective chaff that forms an effective decoy cloud within two seconds of deployment. The launcher comes in 12- or 24-tube modules, capable of serial firing patterns that maintain continuous chaff coverage. The system was installed on German Navy Type 143 (Gepard-class) fast attack craft, Type 332–343 mine countermeasures vessels, and Lürssen export variants, remaining in service through the mid-1990s.

FONCTION:
Fired from a 76 mm Hot Dog/Silver Dog launcher module under radar-threat detection.
Rockets launch and disperse a chaff cloud to the prescribed altitude/distance.
Creates a decoy radar signature to blind or seduce incoming radar seekers.

SOURCE:
Forecast International PDF – Hot Dog/Silver Dog (ARC_ID 700)