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Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | 2K12 Kub | RBS 23 |
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| Crew | — | one or two[source]SCC crew only, not wholebattery one or two persons[source]MCCcrew only, notSCC/wholebattery |
| Speed | Mach 2.8[source] | — |
| Type | Tracked medium-range surface-to-air missile system[source] | medium range, all-weather capable air defense system[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | — |
| In service |
Wingspan
Single source1.245 m[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.
1967–present[source] |
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| Used by | See list of 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] | — |
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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] | — |
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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] | — |
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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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| National origin | — | Sweden[source] |
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| Designation | — | BAMSE (Bofors Advanced Missile System Evaluation)[source] |
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| Developer | — | Bofors and Ericsson Microwave Systems[source] |
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| Engagement altitude | — | 15,000 m[source]Missile engagement altitude, not equipment height |
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| Architecture | — | Surveillance and Control Center (SCC) and two to four Missile Control Centers (MCC)[source] |
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| Radar mast height | — | 8 to 13 meters[source]SCC radar mast only, notsystemtransportheight |
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| Launch capacity | — | six ready-to-fire BAMSE missiles[source]OneMCC ready-to-fire missiles, not nationallyheldmissiles |
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| Guidance | — | radar command control ACLOS missile[source] |
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| Current service evidence | — | On 1 July 2019, the system was taken into Swedish Army use[source] |
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| Reported operators |
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