9K33 Osa
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1970s self-propelled surface-to-air missile system
Key facts
- Type
- 6×6 amphibious SAM system
- Place of origin
- Soviet Union
- In service
- 1971–present
- Used by
- See list of present and former operator
- Wars
- Iran–Iraq War 1982 Lebanon War Angolan Civil War Western Sahara War Gulf War Russo-Georgian War First Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani skirmishes Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian War 2025 India-Pakistan conflict
- Designer
- NII-20 Research Institute
- Designed
- 1960–1972
- Manufacturer
- Znamya Truda Plant
- Produced
- 1970–1988
- Number span no built
- 1,200
- Variants
- OSA-A, OSA-AK, OSA-AKM, OSA-M
- Mass
- 17.5 tonnes
- Length
- 9.14 m (30 ft 0 in)
- Width
- 2.75 m (9 ft 0 in)
- Height
- 4.20 m (13 ft 9 in) (radar mast stowed)
- Crew
- 5 soldiers
- Main armament
- 6 9M33, 9M33M1, 9M33M2 or 9M33M3 missiles
- Engine
- D20K300 diesel
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Encyclopedic overview
The 9K33 Osa (Russian: 9К33 «Оса»; English: "wasp"; NATO reporting name SA-8 Gecko) is a highly mobile, low-altitude, short-range tactical surface-to-air missile system developed in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and fielded in 1972. Its export version name is Romb.
Description
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