HN-5
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| HN-5 | |
|---|---|
MANPADS | |
| Place of origin | China |
| Service history | |
| In service | late 1970s – present (reserve only) |
| Used by | See Operators |
| Production history | |
| Produced | since mid-1970s |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 10.2 kg |
| Length | 1.46 meter |
| Diameter | 72 mm |
| Warhead | 0.5 kg warhead |
Detonation mechanism | impact |
| Engine | rocket motor |
| Propellant | solid fuel |
Operational range | 0.8 – 4.4 km |
| Flight ceiling | 2.5 km |
| Flight altitude | 50 meter |
| Maximum speed | 500 m/s |
Guidance system | IR |
Launch platform | Air (retired) & surface |
The HN-5 (
Development
The HN-5 is a
Variants
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HN-5A
As the result of unsatisfactory performance of the original HN-5, China immediately begun to improve the missile and North Vietnam once again provided China with the original Soviet sample during the Vietnam War, this time the Strela 2M. However, when the Chinese finally completed its improvement, it was already too late to see action, because the Vietnam War was over and the relationship between the two countries had soured.
- Length: 1.46 m
- Weight: 10.2 kg
- System weight: 16.5 kg
- Missile diameter: 72 mm
- Warhead: 0.5 kg
- Fuse: impact
- Speed: 500 m/s
- Range: 800 m – 4.4 km
- Altitude: 50 m – 2.5 km
HN-5B
Developed by China based on the Soviet 9K34 Strela-3. Although the missile had entered service with the Chinese army in the mid 1980s, it was not until 1990 when it was first publicly revealed in China.[3] According to many domestic Chinese media sources and some sources outside China, Chinese obtained the Soviet samples via Zaire from UNITA captured 9K34 Strela-3 from Angola governmental forces, the exact the same way China obtained the 9K310 Igla-1 a short time later. The missile entered in service with the Pakistani army in January 1990.
Foreign Variant
Pakistan has produced a missile as the Anza Mk I, based on tech from the HN-5B.[4]
HN-5C
A vehicle-mounted version of HN-5B that first entered production in 1986, but was not revealed to the public in China until the early 1990s. A total of eight missiles are configured into two groups of four missiles mounted on a 4x4 vehicle with an
HQ-5C
HQ stands for Hong Qi, or Red Flag, the common Chinese designation for their surface-to-air missiles. The missile was specifically developed in the 1980s for export, and it is an Westernized HN-5B by adopting western standards. The reason was because despite its low price, when the Soviet style HN-5 had been exported to third world countries mainly armed with western weaponry, the compatibility issues and associated logistical problems increased the overall life cycle cost of the missile.[4] To avert this, the missile is modified to be compatible with western standards.[4]
Operators
Albania: 100 acquired in 1978.[5]
Bangladesh: 50 HN-5As acquired in 1991–1992, 21 HN-5JA1 acquired in 2001.[5]
Bolivia: 30 HN-5As acquired in 1994.[5]
Cambodia: 1,000 acquired in 1992.[5]
China[6]
Ecuador: 72 HN-5As acquired in 1995.[5]
Iran: 500 acquired from 1986-1988.[5]
Iraq[6]
Myanmar: 200 HN-5As acquired in 1992.[5]
North Korea: 600 acquired unknown number from 1983 to 1994.[5]
Pakistan: 100 acquired by 1987. An additional 1,000 produced as Anza Mk-I from 1989-1998.[7][5]
Thailand: 1,150 acquired from 1987-1988.[5]
Non-state actors
- United Wa State Army[8]
- Afghan Mujahideen
See also
References
- ^ "6 Asia". The Military Balance 2023. London: Routledge. 15 February 2023.
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- ^ "Archived copy". www.sinodefence.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c "HY-5 / HN-5 / HQ-5". www.globalsecurity.org.
- ^ ISSN 0947-7322. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-9774-0418-3.
- ^ SIPRI Arms Transfers Database. "Transfers and licensed production of major conventional weapons". Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "United Wa State Army military parade showcases ongoing modernisation". Janes. 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.