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Measured figures
Length
Single source5,800 mm[source]
emplaced
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | 2K12 Kub | M167 VADS |
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| Speed | Mach 2.8[source] | — |
| Type | Tracked medium-range surface-to-air missile system[source] | Rotary cannon[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1967–present[source] | 1965–1994 (United States) 1960s–present (other countries)[source] |
in travel configuration
Single source472.4 cm (186.0 in) in travel configuration 386.1 cm (152.0 in) emplaced[source]
Warhead weight
Single source59 kg[source]
1000 or
Single source1000 or 3000 rounds per minute[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source1030 m/s[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Used by | See list of operators[source] | See Operators[source] |
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| 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] | War in Darfur Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen[source] |
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| Designer | NIIP / Vympel MMZ ( GM chassis )[source] | Rock Island Arsenal[source] |
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| Designed | 1958–1967[source] | 1964[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant (SURNs) ZiK (TELs)[source] | Armament Systems Department, General Electric Daewoo Heavy Industries Ltd[source] |
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| Produced | 1968–1985[source] | — |
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| No. built | 500 launchers, 10,000 missiles[source] | — |
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| Variants | 2K12 Kub, 2K12E Kvadrat (export version), 2K12M3, 2K12M4[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Main armament | 3 3M9M4(or variants) guided 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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| Cartridge | — | 20×102mm[source] |
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| Barrels | — | 6-barrel (progressive RH parabolic twist, 9 grooves)[source] |
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| Action | — | Hydraulically operated , electrically fired, rotary cannon[source] |
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| Feed system | — | 500rd linked feed[source] |
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