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Also known as Kub, SA-6 Gainful, Gainful

1960s self-propelled surface-to-air missile system

Key facts

Type
Tracked medium-range surface-to-air missile system
Place of origin
Soviet Union
In service
1967–present
Used by
See list of operators
Wars
List Yom Kippur War Angolan Civil War Chadian Civil War Western Sahara War Iran–Iraq War 1982 Lebanon War Gulf War Yugoslav wars Kosovo War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
Designer
NIIP / Vympel MMZ ( GM chassis )
Designed
1958–1967
Manufacturer
Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant (SURNs) ZiK (TELs)
Produced
1968–1985
Number span no built
500 launchers, 10,000 missiles
Variants
2K12 Kub, 2K12E Kvadrat (export version), 2K12M3, 2K12M4
Main armament
3 3M9M4(or variants) guided missiles
Engine
integral rocket motor/ ramjet booster and sustainer motor
Guidance system
command guidance with terminal semi-active radar homing (SARH)

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

The 2K12 "Kub" (Russian: 2К12 Куб; English: 'cube') (NATO reporting name: SA-6 "Gainful") mobile surface-to-air missile system is a Soviet low to medium-level air defence system designed to protect ground forces from air attack. 2К12 is the GRAU designation of the system.

Each 2K12 battery consists of a number of similar tracked vehicles, one of which carries the 1S91 (SURN vehicle, NATO designation "Straight Flush") 25 kW G/H band radar (with a range of 75 km (47 mi)) equipped with a continuous wave illuminator, in addition to an optical sight. The battery usually also includes four triple-missile transporter erector launchers (TELs), and four trucks, each carrying three spare missiles and a crane. The TEL is based on a GM-578 chassis, while the 1S91 radar vehicle is based on a GM-568 chassis, all developed and produced by Russian manufacturer MMZ.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “2K12 Kub” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.