Whoa - Chechan rebels shoot down MIL-24 with SAM 7/14 - Video, page 1
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reply posted on 21-10-2004 @ 12:42 PM by mad scientist
Judging from the shape of the launcher it looks like an SA-16, one o Russia's most advanced shoulder fired SAMs.



SA-16 GIMLET (Igla-1 9K310) man-portable surface-to-air missile system, a further development from the SA-7 & SA-14 series, is an improved version of the SA-18 GROUSE, which was introduced in 1983, three years before the SA-16. The SA-16 feattures a new seeker and modified launcher nose cover. Whereas the the SA-18 9M39 missile is fitted with an aerodynamic spike on the nose, the 9M310 missile of the SA-16 has the spike replaced with an aerodynamic cone held in place with a wire tripod. On the SA-18 the protective cover of the seeker is conical, on the SA-16 it is tubular with a prominent lip at the forward edge. The 9M313 missile of the SA-16 employs an IR guidance system using proportional convergence logic, and an improved two-color seeker, presumably IR and UV). The seeker is sensitive enough to home in on airframe radiation, and the two-color sensitivity is designed to minimize vulnerability to flares. The SA-16 has a maximum range of 5000 meters and a maximum altitude of 3500 meters.
www.fas.org...



BELOW - SA-16 GIMLET (Igla-1 9K310)



reply posted on 21-10-2004 @ 01:16 PM by dbates
I couldn't help but notice how everyone responded when presented with actual footage. (See U.S. fire fight as well) It was cheers for the U.S. forces, and "boo hiss" for the Chechens. Maybe it's just me but there was a completely different attitude in the U.S. footage than what you see in the helicopter downing. One of the main things being that the U.S. forces weren't covering their faces when doing their job.

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