Anti-tank (ATGM)
ID — 9M133-KORNETRussia · KBP Instrument Design Bureau
AT-14 Spriggan
SACLOS laser ATGM with tandem HEAT warhead, widely exported and heavily used in the Middle East.
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- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- 9M133 Kornet
- Alias
- AT-14 Spriggan
- Manufacturer
- KBP Instrument Design Bureau
- Country
- Russia
- Year
- 1998
- Category
- Anti-tank (ATGM)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 5.5 km
- Top speed
- ~250 m/s
- Guidance
- SACLOS laser beam-riding
- Warhead
- Tandem HEAT 4.6 kg
Physical characteristics
- Launch platform
- Treppiede / veicolo
- Length
- 1.21 m
- Launch weight
- 27 kg
- Unit cost
- 0.035 M USD
Production & inventory
- Annual production
- ≈600-800/anno (KBP Tula, stima)
- Estimated inventory
- Decine di migliaia di esemplari (export massivo)
- Unit cost
- 0.035 M USD
Combat use
- ▸Lebanon 2006 — IDF Merkavas hit (over 50 struck, 18 destroyed).
- ▸Iraq 2003 — Challenger 2 and Abrams hit.
- ▸Syria, Yemen, Ukraine — heavy use by infantry and Hezbollah.
Main operators
RussiaSyriaIranIndiaHezbollah
History
Adopted by the Russian Army in 1998, Kornet uses SACLOS laser beam-riding guidance, immune to traditional optical jammers but vulnerable to multispectral smoke.
Used in Lebanon (2006), Syria, Yemen and Ukraine, it can defeat over 1100-1300 mm RHA after ERA.
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