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Surface-to-air missile
Roland (missile) is a surface-to-air missile originating in France and West Germany. It was built by Euromissile.
Surface-to-air missile
France and West Germany
1977–present
Iran–Iraq War Falklands War Gulf War Iraq War
1963
Euromissile
67 kg
2.40 m
16 cm
50 cm
6.5 kg (14 lb) pre-fragmented high-explosive
Dual-thrust solid-fueled rocket: Booster: "Roubaix" rocket, 15.3 kN for 1.7 s Sustainer: "Lampyre" rocket, 1.96 kN for 13.2 s
8,000 m
5,500 m
Mach 1.6
Early warning by search radar. Target and missile tracking by optical system (Roland 1) or tracking radar (Roland 2)
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Roland (missile) equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Reported count for Roland. Service scope: Nigerian 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: 16. Origin: France. 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 Roland. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 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 (fire units): 9. Origin: France Germany. 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.