Pantsir missile system
| Pantsir Панцирь | |
|---|---|
A Pantsir-S2 missile launcher on a KamAZ-6560 8×8 truck TLAR | |
| Type | Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union / Russia |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2012–present |
| Used by | See list of operators |
| Wars | |
| Production history | |
| Designer | KBP Instrument Design Bureau |
| Designed | 1990 |
| Manufacturer | Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant |
| Unit cost | US$ 13.15 million–14.67 million (export) |
| Produced | 2008–present |
| No. built | 200+ |
| Variants | Pantsir-S (prototype), Pantsir-S1, Pantsir-S1-O (or Pantsir-S1E), Pantsir-S2 |
| Specifications (Pantsir-S1) | |
| Crew | 3 |
Main armament | 95Ya6 series (basic domestic missile), 95YA6-2/M domestic series missile-targets, 23Ya6 missile (Domestic) 57E6 (Export), 57E6-E (Export Enhanced) |
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The Pantsir (Russian: Панцирь, lit. '[body] armour') missile system is a family of self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery systems. Three types of vehicles make up one system: a missile launcher, a radar truck and a command post. Starting with the Pantsir-S1 (Russian: Панцирь-С1, NATO reporting name SA-22 Greyhound) as the first version, it is produced by KBP Instrument Design Bureau of Tula, Russia, and is the successor to the Tunguska M1.
The Pantsir-S1 was designed to provide point air defence of military, industrial and administrative installations against aircraft, helicopters, precision munitions, cruise missiles and UAVs; and to provide additional protection to air defence units against enemy air attacks employing precision munitions, especially at low to extremely low altitudes.