9K333 Verba vs FIM-92 Stinger: Specs Compared

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APortable air defence

9K333 Verba

Man-portable air-defense systems ( MANPADS )

FIM-92 Stinger — licensed reference photograph

BPortable air defence

FIM-92 Stinger

Man-portable surface-to-air missile

Credit

Audiovisuele Dienst Koninklijke Landmacht (AVDKL) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

9K333 Verbalarger figure on 2 of 2

Diameter+3%
Mass+10%

FIM-92 Stingerlarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 70 rows sourced on both sides

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1.53mAt launch In flight

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.53 m

At launch In flight

Single source

1.37 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

9K333 Verba and FIM-92 Stinger configuration
Specification	9K333 Verba	FIM-92 Stinger
Type	Man-portable air-defense systems ( MANPADS )^[source]	Man-portable surface-to-air missile^[source]
Place of origin	Russia^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	2014–present^[source]	1981–present^[source]
Used by	See Operators^[source]	See Operators^[source]

Wars	Syrian Civil War Russo–Ukrainian war^[source]	Falklands War Soviet–Afghan War Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Angolan Civil War Sri Lankan Civil War Chadian–Libyan conflict Tajikistani Civil War Kargil War Yugoslav Wars Invasion of Grenada Second Chechen War War in Afghanistan Iraq War Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013–2017) Russo-Ukrainian War^[source]

Manufacturer	KB Mashinostroyeniya - developer of the system^[source]	Raytheon Missiles & Defense^[source]

Produced	2011–present^[source]	1978–present^[source]

Warhead	1.5 kg (3.3 lb)^[source]	HE-FRAG^[source]

Engine	Solid fuel rocket motor^[source]	Solid-fuel rocket motor^[source]

Flight ceiling	4.5 km (15,000 ft)^[source]	—

Guidance system	Three-channel optical seeker (ultraviolet, near-infrared, mid-infrared)^[source]	Infrared homing^[source]

Designer	—	General Dynamics^[source]

Designed	—	1967^[source]

Unit cost	—	FIM-92A: U.S.$ 38,000 (missile only, 1980 FY) ($119,320 2020 FY )^[source]

Variants	—	FIM-92A, FIM-92B, FIM-92C, FIM-92D, FIM-92G^[source]

Detonation mechanism	—	Impact^[source]

Launch platform	—	MANPADS , M6 Linebacker , Multi-Mission Launcher , Eurocopter Tiger , AN/TWQ-1 Avenger , MQ-1 Predator , AH-64 Apache , T129 ATAK^[source]

References	—	Janes^[source]

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