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Measured figures
Mass
Single sourceweight with tripod/firing unit
Single sourcewith launch tube) /
Single source27 kg (29 kg with launch tube) / 63.7 kg (weight with tripod/firing unit)[source]
Operational; anti-tank
Single sourceOperational; high explosive
Single sourceOperational; Kornet Kornet-EM
Single sourceKornet 100–5,500 m Kornet-EM 8,000 m (anti-tank), 10,000 m (high explosive)[source]
Operational; Operational range
Single source10–25 km (6.2–15.5 mi)[source]
HEAT
Single source4.6 kg (10 lb) HEAT[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Configuration
| Specification | 9M133 Kornet | Bulsae-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Anti-tank missile[source] | Anti-tank guided missile[source] |
| Place of origin | Russia[source] | North Korea[source] |
| In service | 1998–present[source] | — |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | North Korea Russia[source] |
| Wars | Iraq War 2006 Lebanon War Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis Gaza war Libyan Crisis (2011–present) Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013–2017) Russo-Ukrainian War Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) Yemeni Civil War Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Sinai insurgency 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict[source] | Russo-Ukrainian war[source] |
| Designer | KBP Instrument Design Bureau[source] | — |
| Designed | 1988–1998[source] | 2010 (combat vehicle) 2018 (missile)[source] |
| Manufacturer | Degtyarev plant[source] | North Korea[source] |
| Unit cost | $26,000 per missile (2019, export cost)[source] | — |
| Produced | 1994–present[source] | — |
| No. built | 35,000 (2009)[source] | — |
| Variants | See Variants[source] | — |
| Warhead | 1,000+ (9K135), 1,200+ (E), 1,300+ (D) mm RHA penetration after ERA with Tandem HEAT , Thermobaric[source] | — |
| Detonation mechanism | Impact fuze[source] | — |
| Propellant | Solid-fuel rocket[source] | — |
| Guidance system | SACLOS laser beam riding[source] | Electro-optical seeker combined with command guidance[source] |
| Steering system | Two control surfaces[source] | — |
| Accuracy | <5 m[source] | — |
| Launch platform | Individual, vehicles, Kornet-T , Kornet-D , Bumerang-BM , Kornet-D1 , Pokpung-Ho IV[source] | Armoured launcher Pickup truck launcher[source] |
| Reported operators |
| — |