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Measured figures
ATAS · Length
Single source1.52 m (60 in)[source]
PL-5B, PL-5C
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Air-to-Air Stinger | PL-5 |
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| Type | air-to-air missile system[source] | Short-range air-to-air missile[source] |
| Launch platform | helicopters such as the AH-64 Apache , T129 ATAK , Eurocopter Tiger , and also UAVs such as the MQ-1 Predator[source] | Aircraft, helicopter gunships[source] |
| Used by | US Army[source] | — |
| Guidance | Fire-and-forget passive infrared seeker for Block I and Fire-and-forget passive IR focal plane array seeker in Block II version[source] | — |
| Warhead |
PL-5E
Single source3.128 m (PL-5B, PL-5C), 2.893m (PL-5E)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
3 kg (6.6 lb) HE blast fragmentation[source] |
6kg blast-frag , or expanding rod (RF-fuse)[source] |
| Propulsion | Dual thrust solid fuel rocket motor[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | United States[source]Inventory Origin column; table 34, row 3, cell 3; revision 1376486574; retrieved 2026-09-30 | — |
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| Place of origin | — | China[source] |
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| Manufacturer | — | Luoyang Electro-Optics Technology Development Centre (EOTDC), Hanzhong Nanfeng Machine Factory[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1982[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | — | Active infrared , laser proximity fuse(PL-5EII)[source] |
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| Engine | — | Solid-fuel rocket[source] |
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| Guidance system | — | Infrared homing , multi-element, dual band detector(PL-5EII)[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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