FN-6
Sign in to saveFN-6 (; NATO reporting name: CH-SA-10) is a third-generation passive infrared homing (IR) man portable air defence system (MANPADS) built by Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). Developed from the HN-5 missile, the FN-6 missile is an export-oriented product and one of China's most advanced shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile offered on the international market. Specially designed to engage low-flying targets, it has a range of and a maximum altitude of .
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- FeiNu-6 (Hongying-6)
- Weapon.image
- FN-16 MANPADS Army-2022 2022-08-20 2257.jpg
- Weapon.caption
- FN-16, an improved variant of FN-6
- Weapon.origin
- China
- Weapon.type
- Man-portable surface-to-air missile
- Weapon.is_explosive
- yes
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.used_by
- See Operators
- Weapon.wars
- Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013-17) Internal conflict in Myanmar Russo-Ukrainian War
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST)
- Weapon.variants
- See Variants
- Weapon.spec_label
- FN-6
- Weapon.weight
- 16 kg
- Weapon.length
- 1495mm
- Weapon.diameter
- 72mm
- Weapon.max_range
- 6,000 meters
- Weapon.sights
- Optical sight
- Weapon.engine
- Single Stage Solid Rocket Motor
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- surface-to-air missile
- Country of origin
- China
- Image
- FN-16 MANPADS Army-2022 2022-08-20 2257.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Development
- Design
- Further developments
- FN-6A
- FB-6A
- FN-16
- HN-6
- Operational history
- Syrian Civil War
- ISIL in Iraq
- Myanmar Civil War
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Variants
- Operators
- Non-state actors
- See also
- Reference list
- External links
FN-6 (; NATO reporting name: CH-SA-10) is a third-generation passive infrared homing (IR) man portable air defence system (MANPADS) built by Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). Developed from the HN-5 missile, the FN-6 missile is an export-oriented product and one of China's most advanced shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile offered on the international market. Specially designed to engage low-flying targets, it has a range of and a maximum altitude of .
The missile has been exported to Malaysia, Cambodia, Sudan, Pakistan, and Peru, and a variant was incorporated into People's Liberation Army (PLA) service as the HN-6 (). Based on FN-6, China has several other MANPADS and other vehicle-based short-range air defence systems.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “FN-6” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.