PL-5 vs Roketsan Cirit: Specs Compared

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AMissiles

PL-5

Short-range air-to-air missile

Credit

Carlos E. Perez S.L · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BMissiles

Roketsan Cirit

Air-to-surface , anti-armor and anti-personnel missile

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

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

3.128 m

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Roketsan CiritLength

1.9 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Measured figures

Head to head

13 of 38 rows sourced on both sides

3.13mPL-5B, PL-5C

1.9m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

3.128 m

PL-5B, PL-5C

Single source

2.893 m

PL-5E

Single source

Configuration

Details

PL-5 and Roketsan Cirit configuration
Specification	PL-5	Roketsan Cirit
Speed	Mach 2.5^[source]	—
Type	Short-range air-to-air missile^[source]	Air-to-surface , anti-armor and anti-personnel missile^[source]
Place of origin	China^[source]	Turkey^[source]
Manufacturer	Luoyang Electro-Optics Technology Development Centre (EOTDC), Hanzhong Nanfeng Machine Factory^[source]	ROKETSAN^[source]

Produced	1982^[source]	2011 - present^[source]

Warhead	6kg blast-frag , or expanding rod (RF-fuse)^[source]	Tri-Mode: Anti Armour, Anti Personnel and Incendiary Anti Personnel: Increased Anti Personnel and Incendiary Thermobaric: Increased Anti Personnel and Anti Structure^[source]

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

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

Guidance system	Infrared homing , multi-element, dual band detector(PL-5EII)^[source]	Midcourse Guidance: MEMS-IMU , MEMS-INS , Magnetometer Terminal Guidance: Semi-Active Laser Seeker^[source]

Launch platform	Aircraft, helicopter gunships^[source]	Attack Helicopter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle TAI Hürkuş Land combat vehicle Naval platforms Stationary platforms^[source]

Used by	—	Turkish Army , UAE Army^[source]

Wars	—	Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) Syrian Civil War Operation Olive Branch Second Nagorno-Karabakh War^[source]

Designed	—	2004 – 2009^[source]

Steering system	—	Pop-out fins^[source]

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