Home›Missiles And Guided Munitions›Man-Portable Air Defense SystemsGroupMan-Portable Air Defense SystemsThis group collects the Missiles And Guided Munitions subcategory's man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS): shoulder-launched, individually carried surface-to-air missiles designed to be fired by a single soldier against low-flying aircraft and helicopters, most using infrared homing guidance. Its 15 members are kept separate from the sibling Surface-to-Air and Air Defense Missiles group because a MANPADS is a fundamentally different scale of system, carried and fired by one person rather than mounted on a vehicle or fixed installation, with correspondingly different range, warhead size and doctrine.FactsBrowse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1965 1Browse ByAll Man-Portable Air Defense SystemsMan-Portable Air Defense Systems22 entriesMan-Portable Air Defense SystemsFilter Results23 entriesWeapon ClassAllGuided Missile (22)Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (1)Weapon FamilyAllMan-Portable Air Defense Systems (22)Introduced EraAll1962 (1)1968 (1)1974 (1)1975 (1)1977 (1)1981 (3)1983 (2)1989 (2)1990 (1)1992 (1)1993 (1)1995 (1)1997 (1)2000 (1)2005 (1)2011 (1)2014 (1)2015 (1)2017 (1)2020 (1)ManufacturerAllAeroVironment (1)AVIC I (1)Bharat Dynamics Limited (1)Bofors (1)China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited (1)China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (1)General Dynamics Corporation (3)KBM (1)Khan Research Laboratories (1)Raytheon (2)Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (2)Thales Air Defence (3)OperatorAllArmed Forces of Ukraine (1)Australian Army (1)Brazilian Army (1)British Army (4)Bundeswehr (1)Canadian Army (1)Egyptian Armed Forces (2)Finnish Defence Forces (1)Hezbollah (1)Islamic Republic of Iran Army (1)Israeli Defense Forces (1)Mexican Armed Forces (2)People's Liberation Army (3)Russian Armed Forces (1)Russian Ground Forces (1)Soviet Armed Forces (2)Spanish Armed Forces (1)United States Army (2)United States Marine Corps (1)United States Navy (1)CaliberAll72mm (2)Service StatusAllIn Service (21)Retired (1)Under Development (1)Country of OriginAllChina (5)India (1)Iran (3)Pakistan (1)Poland (2)Russia (1)Soviet Union (2)Sweden (1)United Kingdom (3)United States (4)Wars Used InAllAngolan Civil War (2)Bosnian War (1)Falklands War (3)Gulf War (5)Iran-Iraq War (4)Iraq War (4)Kargil War (3)Russo-Georgian War (1)Russo-Ukrainian War (7)Second Chechen War (3)Second Congo War (1)Soviet-Afghan War (5)Sri Lankan Civil War (3)Syrian Civil War (6)Vietnam War (1)War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) (3)Yugoslav Wars (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 239K333 VerbaMissiles And Guided Munitions2 links9K34 Strela-3Missiles And Guided Munitions4 links9K38 IglaMissiles And Guided Munitions14 linksAeroVironment SwitchbladeMissiles And Guided Munitions4 linksAnza (missile)Missiles And Guided Munitions2 linksBlowpipe MissileMissiles And Guided Munitions4 linksFIM-43 RedeyeMissiles And Guided Munitions4 linksFIM-92 StingerMissiles And Guided Munitions19 linksFN-6Missiles And Guided Munitions3 linksHJ-12Missiles And Guided MunitionsHN-5Missiles And Guided Munitions2 linksMisagh-1Missiles And Guided Munitions1 linkMisagh-2Missiles And Guided MunitionsMisagh-3Missiles And Guided Munitions1 linkMPATGMMissiles And Guided MunitionsPiorun (missile)Missiles And Guided Munitions1 linkPZR GromMissiles And Guided Munitions1 linkQW missileMissiles And Guided Munitions1 linkRBS 70Missiles And Guided Munitions4 linksStarburst (missile)Missiles And Guided Munitions3 linksStarstreak MissileMissiles And Guided Munitions2 linksStinger MissileMissiles And Guided Munitions16 linksTY-90Missiles And Guided MunitionsSources1. Wikipedia: Man-portable air-defense systemtier 2WikipediaMan-portable air-defense system, First generation, Infrared sectionQuote, Man-portable air-defense system, First generation, Infrared sectionThe first missiles deployed in the 1960s were infrared missiles.View the Source9K333 Verba (source article)Has Member: 9K333 Verba, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: 9K333 Verba, Infobox: typeMan-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS)View the SourceMisagh-3 (Wikipedia)Has Member: Misagh-3, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: Misagh-3, Infobox: typeMANPADSView the SourceMisagh-1 (Wikipedia)Has Member: Misagh-1, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: Misagh-1, Infobox: typeMANPADSView the SourcePZR Grom (Wikipedia)Has Member: PZR Grom, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: PZR Grom, Infobox: typeMan-portable air-defense systemView the SourceHN-5 (Wikipedia)Has Member: HN-5, Infobox: typeQuote, Has Member: HN-5, Infobox: typeMANPADSView the Source9K34 Strela-3 (Wikipedia)Has Member: 9K34 Strela-3, LeadQuote, Has Member: 9K34 Strela-3, LeadThe 9K34 Strela-3 (Russian: 9К34 «Стрела-3», 'arrow', NATO reporting name: SA-14 Gremlin) is a man-portable air defense missile system (MANPADS) developed in the Soviet Union as a response to the poor performance of the earlier 9K32 Strela-2 (SA-7 Grail) system.View the SourcePiorun (missile) (Wikipedia)Has Member: Piorun (missile), LeadQuote, Has Member: Piorun (missile), LeadThe Piorun (Polish: "thunderbolt") is a Polish man-portable air-defense system, designed to destroy low-flying aircraft, airplanes, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles.View the SourceRBS 70 (Wikipedia)Has Member: RBS 70, LeadQuote, Has Member: RBS 70, LeadRBS 70 (Robotsystem 70) is a man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) designed for anti-aircraft warfare in all climate zones and with little to no support from other forces.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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