MANPADS
ID — FN-6China · CASIC
Feinu-6
Third-generation Chinese MANPADS with four-element IR seeker for flare resistance.
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Data trust
- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- FN-6
- Alias
- Feinu-6
- Manufacturer
- CASIC
- Country
- China
- Year
- 2000
- Category
- MANPADS
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 6 km
- Top speed
- ~600 m/s
- Guidance
- IR passivo a quattro elementi
- Warhead
- HE 1.42 kg con spoletta di prossimità
Physical characteristics
- Launch platform
- Spalleggiabile / veicolo
- Length
- 1.495 m
- Launch weight
- 16 kg
Main operators
ChinaMalaysiaPeruSudannon-state groups in Syria
History
FN-6 is China's main MANPADS export, recognisable by the cylindrical battery/cooling pack under the tube.
It has seen wide use in Syria, where captured or transferred rounds downed government helicopters and jets.
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