K-13 (missile) vs Kh-29: Specs Compared

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AMissiles

K-13 (missile)

Short-range infrared homing air-to-air missile

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BMissiles

Kh-29

Air-to-surface missile

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

K-13 (missile)R-3R

3.48 m

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Kh-29Kh-29L/T

3.9 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

K-13 (missile)larger figure on 0 of 1

None

Kh-29larger figure on 1 of 1

Diameter+199%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

20 of 54 rows sourced on both sides

3.48mR-3R

3.9mKh-29L/T

LengthScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

2.83 m

R-13M

Single source

3.48 m

R-3R

Single source

Configuration

Details

K-13 (missile) and Kh-29 configuration
Specification	K-13 (missile)	Kh-29
Type	Short-range infrared homing air-to-air missile^[source]	Air-to-surface missile^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Soviet Union^[source]
In service	1961^[source]	1980s–present^[source]
Used by	See Operators^[source]	Warsaw Pact, China, India, Iraq^[source]

Manufacturer	Vympel^[source]	Vympel / Tactical Missiles Corporation^[source]

Warhead	7.4 kg (16 lb)^[source]	HE armour-piercing^[source]

Engine	solid-fuel rocket engine^[source]	Fixed thrust solid fuel rocket^[source]

Guidance system	infrared homing^[source]	Kh-29L: semi-active laser guidance Kh-29T/TE: passive homing TV guidance Kh-29D: infrared homing guidance (IIR) Kh-29MP: active radar homing^[source]

Launch platform	MiG-21 , MiG-23 , MiG-19 , MiG-17 Sukhoi Su-17/20/22^[source]	Kh-29L&T: MiG-27K, MiG-29, Su-22, Su-27UB, Su-30MK, Su-39 Kh-29L only: Su-25 Kh-29T only: Su-35 Also: Mirage F1 E, Su-17/22 , Su-24 , Su-33 , Su-34 , Su-37^[source]

Guidance	(R-3S) infrared homing ; (R-3R) SARH^[source]	—

Launch weight	(R-3S) 75 kg (166 lb); (R-3R) 93 kg (205 lb)^[source]	—

Explosive content	5.3 kg (11.68 lbs) of TGAF-5 (40% TNT, 40% RDX, 20% Aluminium powder)^[source]	—

Fuze	type 428 proximity fuze and I-107 Contact fuze (R-3R)^[source]	—

Former operator · Bulgaria	Bulgaria^[source]	—

Former operator · Guinea	Guinea^[source]	—

Wars	—	Iran–Iraq War Second Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war Russo-Ukrainian War Russo-Ukrainian war^[source]

Designer	—	Matus Bisnovat Georgiy I. Khokhlov^[source]

Designed	—	1975^[source]

Produced	—	1980–present^[source]

Detonation mechanism	—	Impact^[source]

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