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Chinese man portable surface-to-air missile
Members of the Indonesian Quick Reaction Forces Command (Kopasgat) inspecting a QW-3 MANPADS launcher
The QW-series (
simplified Chinese : 前卫 ;
traditional Chinese : 前衛 ;
pinyin : Qian Wei )
[1] are
man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) developed by the
People's Republic of China .
[2]
QW-1
QW-1 Type Man-portable air-defense system Place of origin
China Mass 36 pounds (16 kg)
[3] Operational range
5 kilometres (3.1 mi) (maximum)
[4] Flight ceiling 2.5 miles (4.0 km)
[3] Guidance system
Infrared homing
[4] Launch platform
MANPADS
The QW-1 (
NATO reporting name : CH-SA-7 )
[5] is the initial version. It is likely a copy or derivative of the
Soviet
9K38 Igla-1 MANPAD.
[2]
The system was unveiled in 1994.
[6]
Variants
QW-1M
Modernized version. Also used by
Kata'ib Hezbollah .
[7] sdv
Lq
Anza-2
Version developed or produced in
Pakistan .
[4]
Misagh-1
Version developed or produced in
Iran .
[4] Also used by
Iraqi insurgents
[6] and Kata'ib Hezbollah.
[7]
Misagh-2
Version developed or produced in
Iran .
[4] According to some sources, the Misagh-2 may be a copy of the QW-1M.
QW-2
QW-3
The QW-3 uses semi-active homing.
[8]
QW-18
QW-18A of the
Bangladesh Army
QW-18 is a new version of the MANPADS serise. It is a all-weather MANPADS system. It uses a dual-band passive infrared seeker, the target plume and skinning two heat detection. The QW-18A features electric-servo control actuators to increase guidance and flight characteristics.
Range: 500 to 5,000 m
Altitude: 10 to 4,000 m.
See also
References
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^
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b Chinese Tactics (2021): page C-3
^
a
b Whitmire, James C. (December 2006).
Shoulder Launched Missiles (a.k.a. MANPADS): The Ominous Threat to Commercial Aviation (PDF) (Report). The Counterproliferation Papers. Vol. 37. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: United States Air Force Air University. Retrieved 6 March 2022 .
^
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SIPRI Yearbook 2007: Armaments, Disarmament, and International Security . Oxford University Press. 2007. p. 684.
ISBN
9780199230211 .
^ "6 Asia". The Military Balance 2023 . London: Routledge. 15 February 2023.
^
a
b
Small Arms Survey (2012).
"Surveying the Battlefield: Illicit Arms In Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia" .
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Cambridge University Press . p. 327.
ISBN
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^
a
b
Iraq: Turning a blind eye: The arming of the Popular Mobilization Units (PDF) (Report).
Amnesty International . 5 January 2017. p. 26. MDE 14/5386/2017.
^ Zeigler, Sean M.; Hou, Alexander C.; Martini, Jeffrey; Norton, Daniel M.; Phillips, Brian; Schwille, Michael; Strong, Aaron; Vest, Nathan (2019).
Acquisition and Use of MANPADS Against Commercial Aviation: Risks, Proliferation, Mitigation, and Cost of an Attack (PDF) . Santa Monica, California: RAND Corporation. p. 3.
ISBN
978-1-9774-0418-3 . RR-4304-DOS.
Bibliography
Chinese Tactics (PDF) . Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Army. 9 August 2021. ATP 7-100.3.