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| SA-13 Gopher (9K35 Strela-10) |
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Country: Russia
Type: Point SAM
Introduction: 1975 |
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The 9K35 Strela-10 is a highly mobile, visually-aimed, optical/infra-red guided, low-altitude, short-range surface to air missile system. The NATO reporting name is SA-13 Gopher. The 9K35 is a SAM system with electro-optical guidance. It has the capability to use radars for target acquisition and range.
Development of the system has started in 1975. It continued throughout the years and by September 2007 the 9K35M3-K Kolchan variant, mounted on a BTR-60 wheeled chassis, was displayed for the first time at the Moscow Air Show MAKS 2007. Rather than being mounted on an amphibious but lightly-armoured BRDM chassis like the SA-9, the SA-13 is mounted on a slightly better protected and more mobile tracked, modified MT-LB. Four missiles are mounted on the turret in boxes, ready to launch, and eight more are carried inside the vehicle as reloads. Reloading takes around 3 minutes.
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| General Information |
| Developed by |
Russia |
| Deployed by |
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Rep., Hungary, India, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine |
| Development Year |
early 1970s |
| Deployment Year |
1975 |
| Platform |
See description |
| Number deployed |
900 launchers(?), 2,800 missiles/year manufacturing |
| Design |
Nudelman OKB-16 Design Bureau |
| Manufacturer |
The Saratovsky Zenit Machine Plant |
| Unit cost |
$85,000 (est.) |
| Dimensions and Performance |
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Length |
2.2m(missile), 2.33m(launcher) |
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Body Diameter |
12cm (missile), 29cmx29cm (launcher box) |
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Wing/Fin span |
40cm |
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Launch Weight |
35.9kg(9M37/37M), 42kg(9M333) |
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Range |
800-5,000m (9M37/9M37M), 200-5,000m (9M333) |
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Speed |
Mach 2.0 |
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Altitude |
10-3,000m |
| Components |
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Propulsion |
Solid propellant |
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Warhead |
4kg HE fragmentation(2.7kg HE and 100 rods) |
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Guidance |
passive IR seeker (9M37/9M37M), dual mode passive photocontrast/IR seeker (9M333) |
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