9K114 Shturm

9K114 Shturm

It was originally given the NATO designation AS-8, before being redesignated as AT-6.[4]

Description

The missile can be deployed on a variety of platforms, including the

The missile flies above the gunner's line of sight to the target. With the range of the target determined by the laser rangefinder, the missile descends onto the target just before impact. This is done primarily to clear obstacles, instead of achieving a top-attack, and can be switched off. It is possible to engage low and slow moving helicopters with the system; however, since the missile only has a contact fuze, a direct hit would be needed.

The first use of the missile was during the

In 2014, a modernized variant, the 9K132 Shturm-SM, was adopted by the Russian army, featuring a sight with television and thermal channels as well as a new missile with a high-explosive fragmentation warhead and a proximity fuse.[6]

General characteristics (9M114 Kokon)

• Length: 1,625 mm (5.3 ft)
• Wingspan: 360 mm (14 in)
• Diameter: 130 mm (5.1 in)
• Launch weight: 31.4 kg (69 lb)
• Speed: 345 m/s (1,240 km/h; 770 mph; Mach 1.0)
• Range: 400–5,000 m (0.25–3.11 mi)
• Guidance:
  Radio command link Semi-automatic command to line of sight
• Warhead: 5.3 kg (12 lb)
  HEAT, penetration 560–600 mm vs RHA^{[7][unreliable source?][2]}

• 9M114 Kokon / AT-6 Spiral Entered service in 1976.
  • 9M114V Shturm-V – Air to surface version for helicopters.
  • 9M114 Shturm / AT-6A Spiral
    SACLOS
    • 9M114M
      HEAT
      warhead.
    • 9M114F
      Thermobaric
      warhead.
  • 9M114M1 Shturm / AT-6B Spiral
    SACLOS, heavier 7.4 kg (16 lb) warhead penetrating 600–650 mm, longer 6 km (3.7 mi) range.^[2]
  • 9M114M2 Shturm / AT-6C Spiral
    SACLOS, further increased 7 km (4.3 mi) range.^[2]
• 9K113M Shturm-VM / AT-9 Spiral-2 – see
  9M120 Ataka-V
• 543 Barrier-S – Ukrainian upgrade replaces the 9M114 Kokon/Cocoon
  SACLOS radio guided missile with more capable, 7 km range missiles RK-2P and RK-2POF anti-tank guided missiles developed by Luch and a modern guidance system.^[8][9]

Current operators

•  Armenia – 13 9P149 as of 2023.^[10]: 171
•  Azerbaijan^[11]
•  Belarus– 85 9P149 as of 2023.^[10]: 174
•  
  Mi-24
  helicopters.
•  
  Mi-17sh helicopters.^[12]
•  
  Mi-35
  M helicopters.
•  
  Mi-35P attack helicopters^[12]
•  
  Mi-35 helicopters.^[12]
•  Kazakhstan^[13] – 6 9P149 as of 2023.^[10]: 179
•  Russia – used by Army units and Marines.^{[10]: 185, 190}
•  Turkmenistan – 36 9P149 as of 2023.^[10]: 200
•  
  War in Donbass have also been documented to have used the weapon.^[14]
  )

•  
  Mi-35M helicopters.^[12] Withdrawn from service after the Brazilian Air Force retired its Mi-35 attack helicopters.^[15]
•  
  Mi-24 attack helicopters from an unknown supplier and displayed at the Poseidon '94 military exercise.^[16][17]
  Withdrawn from service.
•  Moldova^[18]: 188 – withdrawn from service.
•  
  Mi-24 and PZL W-3 Sokół helicopters.^[12][19]
  Retired.
•  Soviet Union^[20]: 37 – passed on to successor states.

References

• Hull, A.W., Markov, D.R., Zaloga, S.J. (1999). Soviet/Russian Armor and Artillery Design Practices 1945 to Present. Darlington Productions.
  ISBN 978-1-892848-01-7
  .
• Article "Fire in the Hills", AirEnthusiast magazine, Volume 104, March 2003
• Shturm
• Army Technology^{[unreliable source?]}
• 9K113 ШТУРМ-В

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