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BAir defence
Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon Mobile air defense missile system Surface to air missile
At a glance
2K12 Kublarger figure on 2 of 3
ATILGAN PMSS
Measured figures
Length
Single source5,800 mm[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | 2K12 Kub | ATILGAN PMSS |
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| Type | Tracked medium-range surface-to-air missile system[source] | Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon Mobile air defense missile system Surface to air missile[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Turkey[source] |
| In service | 1967–present[source] | 2001–present[source] |
| Used by | See list of operators[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
4.863 m (16.0 ft)[source]
(Basic), 3 (STC)
Single source2 (Basic), 3 (STC)[source]
Detroit Diesel 6V53T, 6-cylinder diesel engine
Single sourceDetroit Diesel 6V53T, 6-cylinder diesel engine 205 kW (275 hp)[source]
Warhead weight
Single source59 kg[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Turkish Armed Forces Turkish Naval Forces[source] |
| Wars | List Yom Kippur War Angolan Civil War Chadian Civil War Western Sahara War Iran–Iraq War 1982 Lebanon War Gulf War Yugoslav wars Kosovo War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war[source] | — |
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| Designer | NIIP / Vympel MMZ ( GM chassis )[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1958–1967[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant (SURNs) ZiK (TELs)[source] | ROKETSAN and ASELSAN[source] |
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| Produced | 1968–1985[source] | 2001–present[source] |
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| No. built | 500 launchers, 10,000 missiles[source] | 100+[source] |
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| Variants | 2K12 Kub, 2K12E Kvadrat (export version), 2K12M3, 2K12M4[source] | — |
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| Main armament | 3 3M9M4(or variants) guided missiles[source] | 4 or 8 FIM-92 Stinger missiles[source] |
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| Engine | Integral rocket motor/ ramjet booster and sustainer motor[source] | — |
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| Guidance system | Command guidance with terminal semi-active radar homing (SARH)[source] | — |
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| Warhead | Frag-HE[source] | — |
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| Detonation mechanism | Contact and proximity[source] | — |
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| Propellant | integral rocket motor/ramjet booster and sustainer motor[source] | — |
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| Flight altitude | Max. 14,000 metres (46,000 ft) Min. 100 metres (330 ft)[source] | — |
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| Launch platform | 2P25 TEL[source] | — |
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| Secondary armament | — | 1x 12.7 mm (0.500 in) automatic machine gun[source] |
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| Payload capacity | — | 8 ready-to-fire Stinger missiles[source] |
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| Suspension | — | torsion bar, 5 road wheels[source] |
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| Reported operators |
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