PARS 3 LR vs Spike (missile): Specs Compared

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PARS 3 LR — licensed reference photograph

AAnti-tank weapons

PARS 3 LR

Air-to-surface missile Air-to-air missile Surface-to-surface missile Anti-tank guided missile

Credit

KrisfromGermany · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

BAnti-tank weapons

Spike (missile)

Anti-tank guided missile

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

PARS 3 LRLength

1.6 m

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Spike (missile)Spike ER

1.67 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 24 rows sourced on both sides

1.6m

1.67mSpike ER

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.6 m

Length

Single source

1,600 millimetres (63 in)^[source]

1.67 m

Spike ER

Single source

Configuration

Details

PARS 3 LR and Spike (missile) configuration
Specification	PARS 3 LR	Spike (missile)
Type	Air-to-surface missile Air-to-air missile Surface-to-surface missile Anti-tank guided missile^[source]	Anti-tank guided missile^[source]
Place of origin	Germany^[source]	Israel^[source]
Designed	1988–2011^[source]	Late 1970s (Spike NLOS)^[source]
Manufacturer	Parsys GmbH, MBDA Deutschland GmbH , Diehl BGT Defence ,^[source]	Rafael Advanced Defense Systems & EUROSPIKE GmbH Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Diehl Defence Rheinmetall Defence Electronics ST Engineering (Singapore)

Unit cost	€600,000^[source]	$249,966 (US Army Spike NLOS, 2022), $140,000 (German Spike LR, 2017)^[source]

Produced	2012–present^[source]	Spike NLOS : Since early 1980s Spike MR/LR/ER : Since 1997 Spike SR : Since 2012^[source]

Variants	see text^[source]	See variants^[source]

Warhead	9 kg (19.84 lb) tandem HEAT 1,000+ mm RHA penetration after ERA from TDW^[source]	HEAT Tandem-charge^[source]

Detonation mechanism	impact^[source]	Piezoelectric trigger^[source]

Engine	solid fuel rocket^[source]	Solid-propellant rocket^[source]

Guidance system	Target acquisition: passive IR and television CCD sensors in a mast mounted on launching helicopter Missile guidance: passive IR CCD sensors in the missile^[source]	Target Acquisition : Infrared seeker CCD Missile Guidance: IIR homing CCD CCD + IIR^[source]

Launch platform	Helicopter^[source]	—

In service	—	1981–present (Spike NLOS) 1997–present^[source]

Used by	—	See Operators (41 countries ordered it )^[source]

Wars	—	1982 Lebanon War Second Intifada Iraq War 2006 Lebanon War Afghanistan War 2008 Gaza War 2014 Gaza War 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Second Nagorno-Karabakh War 2023 Gaza War Twelve-Day War 2025 Cambodia-Thailand conflict^[source]