2K12 Kub

2K12 “Kub”
NATO reporting name: SA-6 "Gainful"
2P25 TEL with missiles elevated (2K12 Kub SAM of Serbian 250th Air Defence Missile Brigade)
TypeTracked medium-range surface-to-air missile system
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
In service1967–present
Used bySee list of operators
Wars
List
Production history
Designer
Designed1958–1967
Manufacturer
Produced1968–1985[1]
No. built500 launchers, 10,000 missiles[2][dubiousdiscuss]
Variants2K12 Kub, 2K12E Kvadrat (export version), 2K12M3, 2K12M4
Specifications (2K12 Kub)

Main
armament
3 3M9M4(or variants) guided missiles
Engineintegral rocket motor/ramjet booster and sustainer motor
Guidance
system
command guidance with terminal semi-active radar homing (SARH)

The 2K12 "Kub" (Russian: 2К12 Куб; English: 'cube') (NATO reporting name: SA-6 "Gainful") mobile surface-to-air missile system is a Soviet low to medium-level air defence system designed to protect ground forces from air attack. 2К12 is the GRAU designation of the system.

Each 2K12 battery consists of a number of similar tracked vehicles, one of which carries the 1S91 (SURN vehicle, NATO designation "Straight Flush") 25 kW G/H band radar (with a range of 75 km (47 mi)) equipped with a continuous wave illuminator, in addition to an optical sight. The battery usually also includes four triple-missile transporter erector launchers (TELs), and four trucks, each carrying three spare missiles and a crane. The TEL is based on a GM-578 chassis, while the 1S91 radar vehicle is based on a GM-568 chassis, all developed and produced by Russian manufacturer MMZ.

  1. ^ "SA-6 (Gainful) / 2K12 Kub – Tracked Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile Defense System – History, Specs and Pictures – Military Tanks, Vehicles and Artillery". Militaryfactory.com. 23 August 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  2. ^ "ЗРК "Куб"". Pvo.guns.ru. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.