Ataka
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 1989
Total Production : ?
The Ataka, AT-9 Whirlwind NATO-codename or 9M120 Soviet industrial code, is a long range, supersonic anti-tank missile designed to be installed on a wide range of airborne, naval and ground-based platforms. It features a tandem shaped charge warhead to defeat Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA) protected tanks and heavyweight armored vehicles. A version fitted with High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) warhead was designed to defeat small vessels, fortifications, low altitude helicopters and airplanes flying at low speed, and light armored vehicles both stationary or on the move. In addition to the tandem HEAT, the Shturm-Ataka weapon can be provided alternatively with demolition and penetration rod warheads. Its guidance system consists of Semi Automatic Command to Line-Of-Sight (SACLOS) via radiofrequency immune to Infrared (IR) and electronic jamming. The former Soviet Union fielded the Ataka missile family in 1989.
Model | Status | Year | Produced |
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Ataka | Active | 1989 | ? |
9M120F | Active | 2005 | ? |
Ataka-VM | Active | 2012 | ? |
Ataka
Group : Anti-Tank Guided Missiles
Status : Active
Also Known As : 9M120, AT-9 Whirlwind, Ataka-T, Ataka-V, Shturm-Ataka, Shturm-V
Origin : Russia
Contractor : KBM
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 1989
Total Production : ?
The basic Ataka anti-tank missile was designed to be fired from attack helicopters, ground vehicles and small vessels against armored targets and small ships. It features enhanced lethality over its predecessors designed and produced in the former Soviet Union. The Shturm-Ataka designation refers to the combination of the Shturm missile system with the Ataka rocket. The Ataka weapon weapon system was introduced in 1989 by the former Soviet Union as the primary weapon for the Mi-28 Havock attack helicopter loading up to 16 missile rounds. The Ataka missiles has been deployed onboard Russian Mi-24V and Mi-35M gunship helicopters loading up to eight missiles each.
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Specifications
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Dimensions | ||
Diameter | 130 millimeter | |
Length | 1,830 millimeter | |
Mass | ||
Weight | 48.5 kilogram | |
Performance | ||
Max Range | 6,000 meter | |
Min Range | 400 meter | |
Piercing in Armor | 800 millimeter | |
Speed | ||
Top Speed | 400 mps |
9M120F
Group : Anti-Tank Guided Missiles
Status : Active
Origin : Russia
Contractors : Degtyarev, KBM
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 2005
Total Production : ?
The 9M120F is a member of the Ataka missile family and is fitted with a high explosive (HE) fuel-air explosive warhead designed to suppress fire emplacements, bunkers, soft-skinned and lightly armored vehicles, aviation materiel, and sheltered personnel. The warhead has an explosive power similar to 9.5 kilograms of TNT. The 9M120F missile is intended to fire from Shturm-V systems deployed on Mi-24V, Mi-28NE and Mi-8AMTSh (Mi-171Sh) helicopters and from Shturm-S systems mounted on the 9P149 combat vehicle. Typically a land platform will be provided with 12 missiles, Mi-24V and Mi-8 helicopters with eight missiles and the Mi-28NE attack helicopter with 16 missiles.
Operators
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Specifications
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Dimensions | ||
Diameter | 130 millimeter | |
Length | 1,830 millimeter | |
Mass | ||
Weight | 49.5 kilogram | |
Performance | ||
Max Launch Altitude | 4,000 meter | |
Max Range | 5,800 meter | |
Min Launch Altitude | 0.000 meter | |
Min Range | 1,000 meter | |
Speed | ||
Top Speed | 550 mps | |
Temperature | ||
Max Operating Temperature | 50 ° Celsius | |
Min Operating Temperature | -50.00 ° Celsius |
Ataka-VM
Group : Anti-Tank Guided Missiles
Status : Active
Also Known As : 9K132 (industrial code), Shturm-SM
Origin : Russia
Contractor : KBM
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : December 5, 2012
Total Production : ?
The Ataka-VM/Shturm-SM, 9K132 industrial code, is a modernized version of the Shturm-Ataka supersonic anti-tank missile system developed in the late 1980s and upgraded by KBM in 2012. The new anti-tank weapon features day/night capability in all weather conditions compared with the Shturm-S weapon. The laser-guided Shturm-SM can be released from airborne (helicopters), land and sea platforms. Its warhead has been optimized for the destruction of heavy armored tanks, fortified structures and low speed, low altitude flying aircraft such as helicopters and/or Unmaned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) at ranges of up to 6,000 meters. The Russian Army accepted the new Shturm-SM weapon system on December 5, 2012.
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Max Range | 6,000 meter |
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