MANPADS
ID — GROMPoland · Mesko (PGZ)
PPZR Grom
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— Grom —
Polish MANPADS derived from the Igla family, upgraded with improved IR seeker and IFF; predecessor of the Piorun.
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- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- Grom
- Alias
- PPZR Grom
- Manufacturer
- Mesko (PGZ)
- Country
- Poland
- Year
- 1995
- Category
- MANPADS
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 5.5 km
- Top speed
- Mach 1.6
- Guidance
- IR a doppia banda
- Warhead
- HE-frammentazione 1.27 kg
Physical characteristics
- Launch platform
- Spalla / veicoli / elicotteri (Poprad)
- Length
- 1.6 m
- Launch weight
- 10.5 kg
Main operators
PolandGeorgiaLithuaniaUkraine
History
Developed in the 1990s by Mesko on an Igla base, Grom entered service with the Polish Army and equipped naval platforms and vehicles.
Supplied to Ukraine from 2022, it has downed numerous Russian UAVs and helicopters and forms the evolutionary basis of the later Piorun.
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