MANPADS
ID — 9K38-IGLARussia · KBM Kolomna
SA-18 Grouse
Second-generation Soviet MANPADS with cooled IR seeker and basic flare discrimination.
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- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- 9K38 Igla
- Alias
- SA-18 Grouse
- Manufacturer
- KBM Kolomna
- Country
- Russia
- Year
- 1983
- Category
- MANPADS
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 5.2 km
- Top speed
- ~600 m/s
- Guidance
- IR raffreddato a due colori
- Warhead
- HE 1.17 kg
Physical characteristics
- Launch platform
- Spalleggiabile / Strelets / navale
- Length
- 1.574 m
- Launch weight
- 17.9 kg
Main operators
RussiaIndiaVietnammany former Soviet states
History
Successor to Igla-1 (SA-16), Igla introduced a cooled IR seeker with flare discrimination logic and reduced reaction time.
Fielded by 30+ countries and widely used from the 1990s onward, from Afghanistan to the Caucasus and Syria.
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