PZR Grom

Grom
Grom missile with launcher
TypeMan-portable air-defense system
Place of originPoland
Service history
In service1995–present
Used bySee Operators
WarsSecond Chechen War
Russo-Georgian War
War in Donbass
Production history
DesignerMilitary Institute of Armament Technology, WAT Military University of Technology, Skarżysko Rocket Design Bureau
ManufacturerMesko, Skarżysko-Kamienna
Produced1995–present
Specifications
Mass16.5 kilograms (36 lb), and for missile only 10.5 kilograms (23 lb)
Diameter72 millimetres (2.8 in)
Warhead weight1.27 kilograms (2.8 lb)
Detonation
mechanism
contact

Enginesolid fuel rocket
Operational
range
5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi)
Flight altitude3.5 kilometres (11,000 ft)
Maximum speed 650 metres per second (2,100 ft/s)
Guidance
system
infrared
Launch
platform
MANPADS

PZR Grom (Grom, meaning "thunder" in Polish) is a man-portable air-defense system produced in Poland and based on the Soviet man-portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM) 9K38 Igla. It consists of a 72 mm anti-aircraft missile set with a flight speed of 650 m/s, as well as a single-use launcher, re-usable gripstock and thermal battery coolant assembly electric unit. The full name of the system is Przeciwlotniczy Zestaw Rakietowy Grom (literally, anti-air rocket-propelled set).

It is designed to target low-flying helicopters and aeroplanes. As such, the Grom missile is used by other surface-to-air defence systems of Polish design, including ZSU-23-4MP Biała, ZUR-23-2 kg and Poprad self-propelled artillery system. It should not be confused with versions of the Zvezda Kh-23 air-to-surface missile built under licence in Yugoslavia/Serbia as the Grom-A and Grom-B.