9K35 Strela-10

Infobox Weapon
name= 9K35 Strela-10
(NATO reporting name: SA-13 Gopher)


caption= 9K35 TELAR
origin= flagcountry|Soviet Union
type= Vehicle-mounted SAM system
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is_vehicle=yes
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is_UK=yes
service= 1975-present
used_by=See list of operators
wars=
designer= KB Tochmash Design Bureau of Precision Engineering
design_date=
manufacturer= Saratovskiy Zenit Machine Plant (Muromteplovoz Joint Stock Company for the 9K35M3-K)
unit_cost=
production_date= 1975
number=
variants= Strela-10, Strela-10SV (Prototype)cite web |url=http://www8.janes.com/Search/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/yb/jlad/jlad0111.htm |title=KB Tochmash 9K35 Strela-10 (SA-13 'Gopher') low-altitude surface-to-air missile system |accessdate=2008-08-03 |date=2008-01-16 |publisher=Jane's ] , Strela-10M, Strela-10M2, Strela-10M3, Strela-10M3-K, Strela-10M4
spec_label= 9K35 Strela-10M3
weight= 12,300 kg
length= 6.6 m
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width= 2.85 m
height= 2.3 m (travelling), 3.8 m (firing)
diameter=
crew= 3 (commander, gunner and driver)
armour= 7 mm
primary_armament= 4 x 9M333 (or 9M37MD)
secondary_armament=
engine= YaMZ-238 V diesel
engine_power= 240 hp
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payload_capacity=
suspension=
clearance= 0.7 m
wingspan=
propellant=
fuel_capacity= 450 litres
vehicle_range= 500 km
ceiling=
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speed= 61.5 km/h (road) 6 km/h (water)
guidance=
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The 9K35 "Strela-10" ( _ru. 9К35 «Стрела-10»; _en. arrow) is a highly mobile, visually-aimed, optical/infra-red guided, low-altitude, short-range surface to air missile system. "9K35" is its GRAU designation; its NATO reporting name is SA-13 "Gopher".

Development

The 9K35 is the successor of the 9K31 Strela-1 (SA-9 "Gaskin") and can also use the Strela-1's missiles in place of the 9M37. Other missiles in the series include the 9K32M "Strela-2" (SA-7 "Grail") and 9K36 "Strela-3" (SA-14 "Gremlin"), which are both Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS).

Development of the system has started in 1975 at the KB Tochmash Design Bureau of Precision Engineering for the Soviet Army. 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.

Description

Associated systems and vehicles

The 9K35 is a SAM system with electro-optical guidance. It has the capability to use radars for target acquisition and range. Some vehicles have a pintle-mounted PKT 7.62 mm machine gun in front of the forward hatch for local protection. Other vehicles have been seen with additional support railings for the system on the rear deck. The following is a list of associated equipment:
* 9A34M2, 9A34M3-K - launcher vehicle with 9S86 "SNAP SHOT" range only radar located between the two pairs of missile canisters on the TELAR (maximum radar range is 450 to 10,000 m).
* 9A35M2, 9A35M3-K - launcher vehicle with 9S16 (NATO 'Flat Box-B') passive radar detection system that gives a 360° azimuth and minimum 40° elevation coverage
* 9F624 and 9F624M training simulator
* 9S482M7 Control Post.
* 9U111 - a 1,950 kg trailer-mounted 12 kW generator unit, designed to feed power to up to four 9A35M2, 9A35M3-K or 9A34M2, 9A34M3-K launcher vehicles at a distance of up to 30 m by cable while conducting maintenance or training operations.
* 9V839M - system checkout vehicle
* 9V915M, 9V915M-1 - technical maintenance vehicle
* MT-LBU "DOG EAR" F/G-band target acquisition radar (maximum range 80 km/50 miles)

Missiles

Infobox Weapon
name=9M37


caption=
origin=flag|Soviet Union
type= Surface-to-air missile
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variants= 9M37, 9M37M, 9M37MD, 9M333
spec_label= 9M333
weight= 41 kg
length= 2190 mm
part_length=
width=
height=
diameter= 120 mm
crew=
filling= Frag-HE
filling_weight= 5 kg
detonation= contact and laser proximity fuzes
yield=
armour=
primary_armament=
secondary_armament=
engine=
engine_power=
pw_ratio=
transmission=
payload_capacity=
suspension=
clearance=
wingspan= 360 mm
propellant= single-stage solid propellant rocket motor
fuel_capacity=
vehicle_range= convert|5|km|mi
ceiling=
altitude= convert|3000|m|ft
boost=
speed= 550 m/s
guidance= dual-mode passive 'photocontrast'/IR seeker
steering=
accuracy=
launch_platform=
transport=

Each 9M35 missile is 2.2 m (7.2 ft) long, weighs 39 kg (86 pounds) and carries a 3-6 kg (7-15 pound) warhead. Top missile speed is around Mach 2, engagement range is 500-5000 m (0.3-3 miles) and engagement altitude is between 10 and 3500 m (33-11,500 ft). 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.

* The original 9K35 "Strela-10" uses the 11M35 missile.
* The 9K35M "Strela-10M" uses the 9M37 missile.
* The 9K35M2 "Strela-10M2" uses the 9M37M missile.
* The 9K35M3 "Strela-10M3" uses the 9M333 missile. This version used a dual mode guidance system (optical "photo-contrast" and passive IR) designed to defeat countermeasures. [ [http://www.armscontrol.ru/atmtc/Arms_Systems/Land/Missiles/SAM/airdef.htm#sa-13 Air defense Weapons of the Former USSR & Russia ] ]
* The latest version is the 9K35M4.

Operators

Current operators

* -
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* - 350 SA-8, SA-11, SA-12 and SA-13. [ [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/belarus/army-equipment.htm Belarus Army Equipment ] ]
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* - [ [http://www.army.cz/scripts/detail.php?pgid=148 List of air defense equipment of Czech army] ]
* - 10 (Croatian built versions)
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* - 1
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* - 350
* - 18 (Upgraded)
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* - 150 [ [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/ukraine/groundforces-equipment.htm Ground Forces Equipment - Ukraine ] ]

Former operators

*CZS - Passed on successor states
*USSR - Passed on successor states
*YUG - Passed on successor states

References

* [http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/sa-13.htm Federation of American Scientists page]
* [http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/strela10.htm Asronautix.com]
* [http://www.army.cz/acr/video/strelby/02.avi Training launch video]