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Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | 9K32 Strela-2 | QW missile |
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| Type | Man portable surface-to-air missile launcher[source] | Man-portable air-defense system[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | China[source] |
| In service | 1970–present[source] | 1992–present[source] |
| Used by | See operators[source] | See Operators[source] |
Wingspan
Single source0.3 m[source]
Strela-2M missile
Single sourcesystem, ready to fire
Single source9.8 kg (21.6 lb) (Strela-2M missile) 15 kg (33.1 lb) (system, ready to fire)[source]
QW-1
Single sourceQW-2
Single sourceMaximum; Strela-2
Single sourceMaximum; Strela-2M
Single source430 m/s (1,400 ft/s) (Strela-2) 500 m/s (1,600 ft/s)(Strela-2M)[source]
Effective; (Strela-2M) (minimal range)
Single sourceMaximum; Strela-2
Single sourceMaximum; Strela-2M
Single source800 m (2,600 ft) (Strela-2M) (minimal range)[source]
3,700 m (12,100 ft) (Strela-2) 4,200 m (13,800 ft) (Strela-2M)[source]
Operational; QW-1
Single sourceOperational; QW-2
Single sourcedirected-energy blast fragmentation warhead (Strela-2M)
Single sourceHE content
Single source1.15 kg (2.5 lb) directed-energy blast fragmentation warhead (Strela-2M), 370 g (13 oz) HE content[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | War of Attrition Yom Kippur War Portuguese Colonial War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War The Troubles Basque conflict Western Sahara War Communist insurgency in Thailand Rhodesian Bush War Nicaraguan Revolution Uganda–Tanzania War Salvadoran Civil War 1982 Lebanon War Lebanese Civil War Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Falklands War Second Sudanese Civil War South African Border War Soviet–Afghan War War in Afghanistan Syrian occupation of Lebanon Yugoslav Wars Iraq War Libyan Civil War Insurgency in Egypt Sinai insurgency Syrian Civil War War in Donbas Yemeni Civil War Libyan Civil War Russo-Ukrainian war Gaza war Iran war[source] | — |
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| Designer | KBM ( Kolomna )[source] | — |
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| Designed | c. 1964[source] | — |
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| Unit cost | US$ 75,000 (launcher with 5 missiles, export price to Libya , 1972–1973)[source] | — |
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| Variants | See versions[source] | See Variants[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | Non-delay impact and grazing fuzes, 14–17 second delay self-destruct.[source] | QW-1: impact QW-2/3/4: impact and laser proximity[source] |
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| Flight altitude | 50–1500 m (Strela-2) 50–2300 m (Strela-2M)[source] | — |
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| Guidance system | Infra-red passive homing (AM-modulated reticle seeker head with uncooled PbS detector element), proportional navigation logic[source] | QW-1: Infrared homing (IR) QW-2: Infrared homing (IR) QW-3: Semi-active laser homing (SALH) QW-4: Imaging infrared homing (IIR)[source] |
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| Former operator · Kuwait | Kuwait[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | KBM, Degtyarev plant, Cugir Arms Factory, Kyiv Arsenal[source] | Liuzhou Changhong Aerospace of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC)[source] |
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| Warhead | — | 1.42 kg (3.1 lb) high-explosive fragmentation (HE-Frag)[source] |
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| Engine | — | Rocket motor[source] |
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| Flight ceiling | — | QW-1: 30–4,000 m (98–13,123 ft) QW-2: 10–4,000 m (33–13,123 ft) QW-3/4: 4–5,000 m (13–16,404 ft)[source] |
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| Launch platform | — | MANPADS & surface[source] |
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QW-3
Single sourceQW-4
Single sourceQW-1: 16.5 kilograms (36 lb) QW-2: 18 kilograms (40 lb) QW-3: 21 kilograms (46 lb) QW-4: 21 kilograms (46 lb)[source]
Operational; QW-3/4
Single sourceQW-1: 0.5–5 km (0.31–3.11 mi) QW-2: 0.5–6 km (0.31–3.73 mi) QW-3/4: 0.8–8 km (0.50–4.97 mi)[source]