Buk-M1 | GADFLY | SA-11 | 9K37M1

9K37M1 | 9К37М1

Mobile Air Defense Missile System

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Basic Information

Name

Buk-M1 | GADFLY | SA-11 | 9K37M1

Designation

9K37M1 | 9К37М1

Alternate Designation

Бук-М1, SA-11, Gadfly, SA-11 Gadfly, Ganges (export)

Equipment Type

Mobile Air Defense Missile System

Manufacturer

Almaz-Antey / Tikhomirov NIIP

Date of Introduction

1983

Description

The Buk-M1 (Бук-М1, NATO: SA-11 Gadfly) is a Russian self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile system. Developed by Tikhomirov NIIP (now Almaz-Antey), it entered service in 1983 as an upgrade to the original 9K37 Buk. SYSTEM COMPOSITION 9A310M1 TELAR: Self-Propelled Fire Installation (4 missiles, Fire Dome radar, GM-569 chassis) 9A39M1 TEL/Transloader: 4 ready + 4 reload missiles, GM-567 chassis 9S470M1 Command Post 9S18M1 Kupol-M1 (Snow Drift) Surveillance Radar MISSILE: 9M38M1 Guidance: Semi-active radar homing (SARH) Weight: 685 kg Warhead: 70 kg HE-frag (~8,000 fragments) Range: 3–35 km Altitude: 15 m – 22 km Speed: 850 m/s (Mach 2.5) PERFORMANCE Kill Probability: 0.8–0.95 (aircraft), 0.3–0.6 (helicopters), 0.4–0.6 (cruise missiles) Detection Range: 25–30% greater than original Buk Illumination Frequencies: 72 (vs 36 in original Buk) Target Discrimination: Aircraft/helicopter/ballistic missile (P ≥ 0.6) Reaction Time: 15–18 seconds COMBAT USE Extensively used in the Russo-Ukrainian War. A Buk missile (53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade) was responsible for the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 on 17 July 2014, killing all 298 people on board. OPERATORS Russia, Ukraine (72 systems), Syria, Georgia, Finland (retired)

Ground Specifications

Crew 4

Engine Diesel (710 hp)

Max Speed 65.0 km/h

Range 500.0 km

Variants

9K37 Buk The 9K37 Buk (NATO: SA-11 Gadfly) was the baseline variant of the Buk family of medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems. It was developed by NIIP Tikhomirov (now a subsidiary of the Almaz-Antey Concern) as a replacement for the 2K12 Kub (SA-6 Gainful) SAM system.

9K37M1 Buk-M1 The Buk-M1 is the first variant of Buk that was known to be adopted in meaningful quantities, as the earlier 9K37 Buk was already earmarked for modernization by the Soviet leadership before it had entered service.

9K37M1-2 Buk-M1-2 The Buk-M1-2 is a modernised variant of the Buk-M1 system, which emerged shortly after the break-up of the Soviet Union.

Buk-MB The Buk-MB is an upgraded variant of the Buk-M1 that was developed in Belarus by the State Scientific Production Association ‘Agat’ as an upgrade package to modernize Belarus’ existing fleet of Buk-M1.

9K317 Buk-M2 The Buk-M2 is a deep modernization of the Buk-M1 system which entered service with the Russian Armed Forces in 2008.

9K317E Buk-M2E The Buk-M2E is the export variant of the Buk-M2 system and has been offered for export since at least 2007. As with the domestic Buk-M2 variant, the Buk-M2E TELARs are provided with improved fire control radars that allow the engagement of more simultaneous targets than earlier Buk variants, and it is also solely equipped with the 9M317 missiles rather than the 9M38M1 missiles used by earlier Buk systems.

9K317EK Buk-M2EK The Buk-M2EK is the wheeled variant of the Buk-M2E system and is aimed at export customers that have a requirement for a wheeled system.

Ra’ad 2 The Ra’ad 2 is an Iranian domestically-developed copy of the Buk-M1 using a wheeled vehicle chassis that strongly resembles the MZKT-6922 6 × 6 developed by the Minsk Wheeled Tractor Plant (Volat).

9K317M Buk-M3 The Buk-M3 complex is a deeply modernized variant of the Buk-M2 and was developed to replace it within the Russian Air Defense forces (PVO).

9K317ME Viking Viking is the export variant of the Buk M3 complex and is composed of a large number of vehicles.

Buk-MB3K The Buk-MB3K is a modernized and wheeled variant of the Buk family, developed in Belarus by NPOOO OKB TSP primarily as an export offering, but also possibly as a solution for Belarus’ requirement for a Buk-MB replacement.

Yermak Yermak is a developmental future mobile medium-range air-defense complex that is being developed by NIIP Tikhomirov (part of the Almaz-Antey Concern) as a further continuation of the Buk family beyond the M3 variant.

Details

Country of Origin Russia

Category Radar Guided Missile Systems

Land > Air Defense > Radar Guided Missile Systems

Classification

Domain

Ground

Equipment Status

Active

Dimensions

Length

9.3 m

Width

3.25 m

Height

3.8 m

Weight

34000 kg

Operators (15)

Russia

China

Ukraine

India

Iran

Pakistan

Belarus

Algeria

Azerbaijan

Egypt

Finland

Georgia

Kazakhstan

Syria

Venezuela

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