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Portable air defence1981–present
Man-portable surface-to-air missile
FIM-92 Stinger is a man-portable surface-to-air missile originating in United States. It was built by Raytheon Missiles & Defense.
FIM-92 Stinger
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United States
1981–present
See Operators
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General Dynamics
1967
Raytheon Missiles & Defense
FIM-92A: U.S.$ 38,000 (missile only, 1980 FY) ($119,320 2020 FY )
1978–present
FIM-92A, FIM-92B, FIM-92C, FIM-92D, FIM-92G
Missile – 22 lb (10.1 kg) System – 35 lb (15.7 kg)
At launch – 5 ft (1.53 m) In flight – 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
2.8 in (70 mm)
6.3 in (160 mm)
1
0.1–5 mi (0.16–8.05 km)
HE-FRAG
6.6 lb (3 kg)
Impact
Solid-fuel rocket motor
Mach 2.2 (2,440 ft/s; 745 m/s)
Infrared homing
MANPADS , M6 Linebacker , Multi-Mission Launcher , Eurocopter Tiger , AN/TWQ-1 Avenger , MQ-1 Predator , AH-64 Apache , T129 ATAK
Janes
Albania
Afghanistan
Angola
Australia
Bahrain
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Chad
Chile
Colombia
Croatia
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
India
Iran
Iraq
Kurdistan
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kuwait
Latvia
Lithuania
Morocco
Netherlands
North Korea
Norway
Pakistan
Portugal
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Slovenia
South Korea
Switzerland
Taiwan
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 1.53 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 1.53 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 1.53 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 1.53 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 1.53 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 1.53 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
FIM-92 Stinger equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Range count for FIM-92A. Service scope: Royal Bahraini Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): number: 14–16. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for FIM-92 Stinger. Service scope: Hellenic Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 631. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for FIM-92 Stinger. Service scope: Italian Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 145. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Army exact named equipment holdings: Stinger. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / Point-defence. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for FIM-92 Stinger. Service scope: Portuguese Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 40 (launchers). Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for FIM-92 Stinger Leichtes Fliegerabwehr-Lenkwaffensystem Stinger. Service scope: Swiss Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity (2025): 96. Origin: United States Switzerland. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Albania, Afghanistan, Angola, Australia, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
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