9K38 Igla vs FN-6: Specs Compared

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APortable air defence

9K38 Igla

Man-portable air-defense systems ( MANPADS )

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Vitaly V. Kuzmin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of FN-6

BPortable air defence

FN-6

Man-portable surface-to-air missile

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph

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ForceTally · AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph · AI-generated · OpenAI output terms · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

9K38 IglaLength

1.574 m

Length source ↗

FN-6Length

1.495 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

9K38 Iglalarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+5%
Range+54%

FN-6larger 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

13 of 35 rows sourced on both sides

1.57m

1.5m

Length+5%

All recorded figures & sources

1.574 m

Length

Single source

1.574 m (5.16 ft)^[source]

1.495 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

9K38 Igla and FN-6 configuration
Specification	9K38 Igla	FN-6
Type	Man-portable air-defense systems ( MANPADS )^[source]	Man-portable surface-to-air missile^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	China^[source]
In service	1981–present^[source]	2000–present^[source]
Used by	See Operators^[source]	See Operators^[source]

Wars	Iran War 2026 Iran–Iraq War Sri Lankan Civil War Siachen conflict Somali Civil War Gulf War Yugoslav Wars Bosnian War Cenepa War Second Chechen War Iraq War First Libyan Civil War Syrian civil war Russo-Ukrainian War Sinai insurgency Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present) 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Gaza war 2026 United States strikes in Venezuela^[source]	Syrian civil war War in Iraq (2013–2017) Internal conflict in Myanmar Russo-Ukrainian War^[source]

Manufacturer	KB Mashinostroyeniya – Developer of the system^[source]	Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST)^[source]

Produced	1981–present^[source]	—

Warhead	1.17 kg (2.6 lb) with 390 g (14 oz) explosive^[source]	—

Detonation mechanism	Contact and grazing fuze^[source]	—

Engine	Solid fuel rocket motor^[source]	Rocket Motor^[source]

Flight ceiling	3.5 km (11,000 ft)^[source]	—

Guidance system	Dual waveband infra-red (S-version)^[source]	Multi-element passive infrared homing^[source]

Designed	—	1990s^[source]

Variants	—	See Variants^[source]

Flight altitude	—	15–3,800 m (49–12,467 ft)^[source]

Launch platform	—	MANPADS & surface^[source]

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