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2K12 Kublarger figure on 0 of 5
S-75 Dvinalarger figure on 5 of 5
Measured figures
Length
Single source5,800 mm[source]
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| Specification | 2K12 Kub | S-75 Dvina |
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| Type | Tracked medium-range surface-to-air missile system[source] | Strategic SAM system[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1967–present[source] | 1957–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.
10,600 mm (34 ft 9 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
See list of present and former 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] | Vietnam War Six-Day War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Yom Kippur War Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Yugoslav Wars War on terror War in Abkhazia (1992–93) First Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Saudi–Yemeni border conflict (2015–present) Tigray War[source] |
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| Designer | NIIP / Vympel MMZ ( GM chassis )[source] | Raspletin KB-1 (head developer), Grushin MKB Fakel (missile developer), Lavochkin OKB[source] |
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| Designed | 1958–1967[source] | 1953–1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant (SURNs) ZiK (TELs)[source] | OKB-2 Lawotschkin[source]Named manufacturer organization |
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| Produced | 1968–1985[source] | 1957[source] |
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| No. built | 500 launchers, 10,000 missiles[source] | Approx 4,600 launchers produced[source] |
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| Variants | 2K12 Kub, 2K12E Kvadrat (export version), 2K12M3, 2K12M4[source] | SA-75 Dvina, S-75 Desna, S-75M Volkhov/Volga[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] | Radio control command guidance[source] |
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| Warhead | Frag-HE[source] | Frag-HE[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | Contact and proximity[source] | Prox, contact and command[source] |
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| Propellant | integral rocket motor/ramjet booster and sustainer motor[source] | Solid-fuel booster and a storable liquid-fuel upper stage[source] |
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| Flight altitude | Max. 14,000 metres (46,000 ft) Min. 100 metres (330 ft)[source] | 25,000 m (82,000 ft)[source] |
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| Launch platform | 2P25 TEL[source] | Single rail, ground mounted (not mobile)[source] |
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| Boost time | — | 5 seconds boost, then 20 seconds sustain[source] |
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| Accuracy | — | 65 m (210 ft)[source] |
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| Alternative designation | — | SA-2 Guideline[source] |
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