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BAnti-tank weapons
Top attack Anti-tank missile Surface-to-surface missile Surface-to-air missile
At a glance
Measured figures
Length
Single source1200 mm[source]
Launch tube
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | 9M133 Kornet | HJ-12 |
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| Type | Anti-tank missile[source] | Top attack Anti-tank missile Surface-to-surface missile Surface-to-air missile[source] |
| Place of origin | Russia[source] | China[source] |
| In service | 1998–present[source] | 2020–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | See § Users[source] |
Missile
Single sourceMissile: 0.98 m (3.2 ft) Launch tube: 1.2 m (3.9 ft)[source]
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]
carry weight
Single sourceIIR / EO targeting sight
Single sourceOperational; 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]
Effective; daytime
Single sourceEffective; nighttime
Single sourceHEAT
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.
| 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] | — |
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| Designer | KBP Instrument Design Bureau[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1988–1998[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Degtyarev plant[source] | Norinco[source] |
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| Unit cost | $26,000 per missile (2019, export cost)[source] | — |
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| Produced | 1994–present[source] | 2014–present[source] |
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| No. built | 35,000 (2009)[source] | — |
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| Variants | See Variants[source] | — |
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| Warhead | 1,000+ (9K135), 1,200+ (E), 1,300+ (D) mm RHA penetration after ERA with Tandem HEAT , Thermobaric[source] | Tandem shaped charge HEAT[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | Impact fuze[source] | Impact force[source] |
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| Propellant | Solid-fuel rocket[source] | — |
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| Guidance system | SACLOS laser beam riding[source] | Infrared homing , TV imaging[source] |
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| Steering system | Two control surfaces[source] | — |
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| Accuracy | <5 m[source] | — |
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| Launch platform | Individual, vehicles, Kornet-T , Kornet-D , Bumerang-BM , Kornet-D1 , Pokpung-Ho IV[source] | — |
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| Engine | — | Solid fuel rocket[source] |
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missile
Single source22 kg (49 lb) (carry weight) 17 kg (37 lb) (missile) 5 kg (11 lb) ( IIR / EO targeting sight)[source]
4,000 m (2.5 mi) (daytime) 2,000 m (1.2 mi) (nighttime)[source]