ATILGAN PMSS vs M163 VADS: Specs Compared

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AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of ATILGAN PMSS

AAir defence

ATILGAN PMSS

Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon Mobile air defense missile system Surface to air missile

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BAir defence

M163 VADS

Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

ATILGAN PMSSLength

4.863 m

Length source ↗

M163 VADSLength

4.86 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

ATILGAN PMSSlarger figure on 2 of 3

Length
Width+29%

M163 VADSlarger figure on 1 of 3

Height+16%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

16 of 31 rows sourced on both sides

4.86m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

4.863 m

Length

Single source

4.863 m (16.0 ft)^[source]

4.86 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

ATILGAN PMSS and M163 VADS configuration
Specification	ATILGAN PMSS	M163 VADS
Type	Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon Mobile air defense missile system Surface to air missile^[source]	Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun^[source]
Place of origin	Turkey^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	2001–present^[source]	1968–present^[source]
Used by	Turkish Armed Forces Turkish Naval Forces^[source]	See list of operators

Manufacturer	ROKETSAN and ASELSAN^[source]	—

Produced	2001–present^[source]	1965–1970, 1975–1979, 1982^[source]

No. built	100+^[source]	654^[source]

Main armament	4 or 8 FIM-92 Stinger missiles^[source]	M168 General Dynamics 20 mm Rotary cannon 2,000 rounds (M163) 2,230 rounds (M163A1/A2)^[source]

Secondary armament	1x 12.7 mm (0.500 in) automatic machine gun^[source]	—

Payload capacity	8 ready-to-fire Stinger missiles^[source]	—

Suspension	torsion bar, 5 road wheels^[source]	torsion bar , 5 road wheels^[source]

Wars	—	Vietnam War Western Sahara War 1982 Lebanon War Invasion of Panama Persian Gulf War Israeli–Palestinian conflict Iraq War (limited) Yemeni Civil War Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen 2025 Cambodia-Thailand conflict^[source]