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Tor Missile System
Sign in to saveAlso known as Tor, 3K95 Kinzhal, Kinzhal, SA-15 Gauntlet, SA-N-9 Gauntlet, Gauntlet, SA-15 "Gauntlet", SA-15
surface-to-air missile system
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Vinony's link graph records 471 inbound references to Tor Missile System, and connects out to S-300, Buk missile system and Pantsir-S1.
Vinony files it under Almaz-Antey products, Close-in weapon systems and Military vehicles introduced in the 1980s.
Vinony links it to 38 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Type
- Tracked SAM system
- Place of origin
- Soviet Union /Russia
- In service
- 1986–present
- Used by
- See list of operators
- Designer
- Almaz-Antey : Antey design bureau (lead designer) MKB Fakel (missile designer) MNIIRE Altair (naval version designer)
- Manufacturer
- IEMZ Kupol Metrowagonmash ( GM chassis designer) MZKT (wheeled chassis designer)
- Produced
- 1983–present
- Variants
- Tor, Tor-M1, Tor-M2, Tor-M1-2U
- Mass
- 34 tonnes (33 long tons; 37 short tons)
- Length
- 7,500 millimetres (300 in)
- Width
- 3,300 millimetres (130 in)
- Height
- 5,100 millimetres (200 in) (radar mast unstowed)
- Main armament
- 9M330, 9M331
- Engine
- V-12 diesel, 618 kilowatts (829 hp)
- Transmission
- hydromechanical
- Suspension
- torsion bar
- Ground clearance
- 450 millimetres (18 in)
- Operational range
- 25 kilometres (16 mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Diameter
- 235
- Mass
- 167
- Image
- Tor-M1 SAM (2).jpg
- Height
- 5.1
- Width
- 3.3
- Length
- 3.5
- Speed
- 850
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- Commons category
- Tor surface-to-air missile system
- NATO reporting name
- Gauntlet
- service entry
- 1986-01-01
- vehicle range
- 12
- inception
- 1975-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
The Tor (Russian: Тор; English: torus) is an all-weather, low-to medium-altitude, short-range surface-to-air missile system designed for destroying airplanes, helicopters, cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and short-range ballistic threats (anti-munitions). Originally developed by the Soviet Union under the GRAU designation 9K330 Tor, the system is commonly known by its NATO reporting name, SA-15 "Gauntlet". A navalized variant was developed under the name 3K95 "Kinzhal", also known as the SA-N-9 "Gauntlet". Tor was designed to shoot down guided weapons like the AGM-86 ALCM and BGM-34 day and night, in bad weather and jamming situations. Tor can detect targets while on the move. The vehicle must stop intermittently when firing, although trials have been conducted with the goal of eliminating this restriction.
Development
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tor Missile System” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.