Shahed-131
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IranManufacturer: HESA / Shahed Aviation Industries
Smaller predecessor of the Shahed-136: same delta-wing layout but with reduced size and range, widely used by Russia as Geran-1.
Smaller predecessor of the Shahed-136: same delta-wing layout but with reduced size and range, widely used by Russia as Geran-1.
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Identity
- Designation
- Shahed-131
- Alias
- Geran-1
- Manufacturer
- HESA / Shahed Aviation Industries
- Country
- Iran
- Year
- 2014
- Category
- Loitering munition
- Class
- Tactical (< 600 kg)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 900 km
- Endurance
- Fino a 4 h
- Top speed
- 180 km/h
- Service ceiling
- 4,000 m
- Propulsion
- Pistone 2T ≈ 50 hp, elica spintore
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 135 kg
- Payload
- 15 kg
- Weapons
- Testata HE 10-15 kg
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- GPS/INS
- Datalink / control
- Pre-programmata GNSS
- Launch
- Rampa da terra/camion con booster
- Recovery
- Impatto sul bersaglio
Combat use
- ▸Abqaiq-Khurais (2019)
- ▸War in Ukraine (2022-present)
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History
Publicly displayed in 2019 after being used by the Houthis in the Abqaiq-Khurais attack (September 2019) against Saudi oil facilities.
Initial version of the Shahed flying-wing family, it laid the technological foundation for the Shahed-136.
The Shahed-131 is the scaled-down version of the Shahed-136, with the same delta-wing configuration and piston propulsion but smaller and cheaper, designed to saturate air defences with bigger swarms at lower unit cost.
The drone was one of the first systems of the Shahed family exported to Yemen and used by the Houthis against Saudi and Emirati refineries and infrastructure from 2018, in particular the Abqaiq-Khurais attack (September 2019), considered the watershed moment of the modern drone-strike era.
A 'Geran-1' version has also been transferred to Russia and used in Ukraine, though in lower volumes than its bigger brother Shahed-136.