Strela-3 ( GRAU index - 9K34 , according to the classification of the US Ministry of Defense and NATO - SA-14 Gremlin ( Rus. Gremlin )) - Soviet man-portable air defense system , modernization of Strela-2 . Used 9M36 missiles with a new infrared homing and conical scanning with a phase-modulated signal (FM instead of AM amplitude modulation with spiral scanning) , which provides increased immunity to radio interference and improved work on the selection of false targets , work on fast maneuvering fast-flying targets. The main difference from Strela-2 is the presence of a cooled seeker, which made it possible to use a rocket in the presence of precipitation and against natural interference. [one]
| Arrow 3 | |
|---|---|
 MANPADS Strela-3 | |
| Type of | MANPADS |
| Status | withdrawn from service |
| Developer |  |
| Adoption | 1974 |
| Manufacturer | |
Content
Development
- Involved Structures
- The homing head is the design bureau of the Kiev Arsenal plant of the MOP (the chief designer of the infrared homing head is I. N. Polosin ). [2]
Arming
In the arsenal of the USSR Armed Forces since January 1974 , but actually began to enter the army on a massive scale at the end of 1985, in the West for a long time they did not know that the 9M36 missile had an infrared seeker like in previous models and for a long time believed that “Strela-3 "Is an analogue of the British" Javelin "with semi-active laser guidance [3] . Subsequently, it was replaced by MANPADS " Igla " (9K38).
Operators
Strela-3 was exported to more than 30 countries of the world.
- Georgia - some, as of 2017 [4]
Notes
- ↑ "Arrow-3" (9K34, SA-14, Gremlin), short-range portable anti-aircraft missile system - WEAPONS OF RUSSIA, Catalog of weapons, military and special equipment (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment February 9, 2011. Archived July 2, 2008.
- ↑ Vlasenko O.S. Book of memory. Arsenal 1945-1990. - K .:KVITs , 2003 .-- p. 35 - 336 p. - ISBN 966-7122-45-X .
- ↑ New Soviet SAM In Service . // Air Defense Artillery . - Winter 1986. - No. 1 - P. 60 - ISSN 0740-803X.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2017 .-- P. 205.
Links
- A wide overview of MANPADS 9K34 "Strela-3" IS "Rocket technology"