AGM-65 Maverick vs PL-5: Specs Compared

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AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of AGM-65 Maverick

AMissiles

AGM-65 Maverick

Air-to-surface missile

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BMissiles

PL-5

Short-range air-to-air missile

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

AGM-65 MaverickLength

2.49 m

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PL-5PL-5B, PL-5C

3.128 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Measured figures

Head to head

12 of 32 rows sourced on both sides

2.49m

3.13mPL-5B, PL-5C

Length

All recorded figures & sources

2.49 m

Length

Single source

249 cm (8 ft 2 in)^[source]

3.128 m

PL-5B, PL-5C

Single source

Configuration

Details

AGM-65 Maverick and PL-5 configuration
Specification	AGM-65 Maverick	PL-5
Type	Air-to-surface missile^[source]	Short-range air-to-air missile^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	China^[source]
In service	30 August 1972 – present^[source]	—
Used by	>30 countries^[source]	—
Wars	Cold War Vietnam War Yom Kippur War Iran–Iraq War Persian Gulf War Kosovo War Iraq War First Libyan Civil War

Manufacturer	Raytheon Missile Systems Raytheon^[source]	Luoyang Electro-Optics Technology Development Centre (EOTDC), Hanzhong Nanfeng Machine Factory^[source]

Unit cost	US$ 17,000 to $110,000, depending on variant^[source]	—

No. built	>70,000^[source]	—

Warhead	126 lb (57 kg) WDU-20/B shaped-charge (A/B/C/D/H models) 300 lb (140 kg) WDU-24/B penetrating blast-fragmentation (E/F/G/J/K models) E models utilize FMU-135/B delayed impact fuze^[source]	6kg blast-frag , or expanding rod (RF-fuse)^[source]

Engine	A/B: Thiokol SR109-TC-1 D/E/F/G/H/J/K: SR114-TC-1 (or Aerojet SR115-AJ-1) solid propellant rocket motor via a WPU-4/B or WPU-8/B propulsion section^[source]	Solid-fuel rocket^[source]

Propellant	Solid propellant^[source]	—

Guidance system	A/B/H/J/K: Contrast seeker D/F/G: imaging infrared guidance E/E2/L: Laser guidance^[source]	Infrared homing , multi-element, dual band detector(PL-5EII)^[source]

Produced	—	1982^[source]

Detonation mechanism	—	Active infrared , laser proximity fuse(PL-5EII)^[source]

Launch platform	—	Aircraft, helicopter gunships^[source]

Reported operators	—	Reported operator · Bangladesh Reported operator · China Reported operator · Burma Reported operator · Egypt Reported operator · Iran Reported operator · Pakistan Reported operator · Sri Lanka Reported operator · Sudan Reported operator · Tanzania Reported operator · Venezuela Reported operator · Zimbabwe