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Toshiba's
Type 91 is
the only
MANPADS
known to
use a fullyimaging
seeker, but
it can only
be a matter
of time
before this
technology
finds its
way into
Russian
and
Chinese
systems.
(USAF)

WARHEADS
As the data in Table 1 show, all shoulderfired MANPADS carry warheads in the 1- to
3-kg class. If an operational requirement calls
for a heavier warhead, this implies the need
for a heavier missile, a move that rules out a
shoulder-fired weapon. This path was adopted
by the UK, France, and Sweden, who fielded
systems, such as the Thales Starstreak, MBDA
Mistral, and Saab RBS70, in monopod, pedestal,
or vehicle-mounted forms.
Several of the design teams responsible for
Strela-2M copies or derivatives fitted their
weapon with a heavier warhead than the 1.17
kg of the Soviet-era original. In some cases,

Missile

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Nation

Guidance

Warhead

Fuzing

HN-5A

China

passive IR seeker

0.5 kg HE fragmentation

impact(?)

HN-5B

China

improved passive IR seeker

0.5 kg HE fragmentation

impact(?)

FN-6

China

passive IR seeker

unknown

impact(?)

FN-16

China

IR/UV quasi-imaging seeker

unknown

laser-proximity & impact

QW-1

China

cooled InSb IR seeker

1.5 kg HE fragmentation

impact

QW-2

China

cooled two-colour IR seeker

1.42 kg HE fragmentation

impact & proximity

QW-3

China

cooled two-colour IR seeker(?)

HE fragmentation

laser-proximity & impact

QW-4

China

imaging IR seeker

HE fragmentation

laser-proximity

QW-11

China

cooled InSb dual-band IR seeker

0.57 kg HE fragmentation

laser-proximity & impact

QW-18

China

two-colour IR seeker

1.42 kg HE fragmentation

impact(?)

QW-18A

China

imaging IR seeker

1.42 kg HE fragmentation(?)

laser-proximity & impact

QW-19

China

digital dual-band imaging IR seeker

unknown

laser-proximity & impact

Sakr Eye

Egypt

single-channel IR seeker(?)

1 kg HE fragmentation

impact

Misagh-1

Iran

cooled InSb IR seeker

1.42 kg HE fragmentation

impact

Type 91

Japan

two-channel imaging seeker

unknown

unknown

Misagh-2

Iran

cooled two-colour IR seeker(?)

1.42 kg HE fragmentation

impact & proximity(?)

Chiron (Singung)

South Korea

cooled two-colour IR seeker

2.5 kg HE blast fragmentation

impact & proximity

Anza Mk II

Pakistan

cooled InSb IR seeker

0.55 kg HE fragmentation

impact

Grom

Poland

cooled single-channel IR seeker(?)

unknown

unknown

Grom 2

Poland

cooled dual-band IR seeker

1.82 kg HE fragmentation

unknown

CA-94

Romania

single-channel IR seeker

3 kg HE blast fragmentation

impact

CA-94M

Romania

single-channel IR seeker(?)

HE fragmentation

laser-proximity

9K32 Strela 2 (SA-7a)

Russia

uncooled PbS IR seeker

1.17 kg HE fragmentation

impact

9K32M Strela 2M (SA-7b)

Russia

uncooled PbS IR seeker

1.17 kg HE fragmentation

impact

9K34 Strela-3 (SA-14)

Russia

cooled single-channel IR seeker

1.15 kg HE blast fragmentation

impact

9K310 Igla 1 (SA-16)

Russia

cooled single-channel IR seeker

1.27 kg HE fragmentation

impact

9K38 Igla (SA-18)

Russia

cooled dual-channel IR seeker

1.27 kg HE fragmentation

impact, with time delay

9K338 Igla-S (SA-24)

Russia

cooled dual-channel IR seeker

2.5 kg HE fragmentation

impact & proximity

Verba

Russia

three-band IR seeker

1.5 kg HE fragmentation

impact & proximity(?)

S-2M/A

Serbia

single-channel IR seeker

1.32 kg HE fragmentation

impact

FIM-92A Stinger

USA

cooled IR seeker

3 kg HE incendiary

impact, with time delay

FIM-92B Stinger-POST

USA

cooled IR / UV seeker

3 kg HE incendiary

impact, with time delay

FIM-92C Stinger RMP

USA

cooled IR / UV seeker

3 kg HE incendiary

impact, with time delay

FIM-92E Stinger

USA

cooled IR / UV seeker

3 kg HE incendiary

impact, with time delay
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