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SHORAD SAM -based CIWS (ship-based remotely controlled Mistral-3 variants) Very short-range air-to-air missile (Mistral ATAM)
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2K12 Kublarger figure on 4 of 4
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Length
Single source5,800 mm[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | 2K12 Kub | Mistral (missile) |
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| Type | Tracked medium-range surface-to-air missile system[source] | SHORAD SAM -based CIWS (ship-based remotely controlled Mistral-3 variants) Very short-range air-to-air missile (Mistral ATAM)[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | France[source] |
| In service | 1967–present[source] | 1990–present[source] |
| Used by | See list of operators |
Mistral (missile)larger figure on 0 of 4
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
including initial booster
Single source1.86 m 1.88m (including initial booster)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
See Operators[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] | Second Congo War Russian invasion of Ukraine[source] |
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| Designer | NIIP / Vympel MMZ ( GM chassis )[source] | Matra Défense (now merged into MBDA )[source] |
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| Designed | 1958–1967[source] | 1974 onwards[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant (SURNs) ZiK (TELs)[source] | MBDA France[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] | — |
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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] | Solid Rocket Motor, 2-stage[source] |
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| Guidance system | Command guidance with terminal semi-active radar homing (SARH)[source] | Infrared homing[source] |
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| Warhead | Frag-HE[source] | High Explosive with high density tungsten balls[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | Contact and proximity[source] | Laser proximity or impact triggered[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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| Unit cost | — | Mistral 3: US$ 545,600 (2024)[source] |
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| Flight ceiling | — | 6 km (Mistral 3)[source] |
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