Anza are a series of Pakistani IR-guided shoulder-fired surface to air missiles. M136 AT-4 rocket launcher A shoulder-launched missile weapon is a weapon that fires a rocket-propelled missile at a target, yet is small enough to be carried by one man, and fired whilst held on their shoulder. ... A surface-to-air missile (SAM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft. ...
Anza MKI
Developed with the help of the Chinese [1] based on the SA-7 Grail or at least the Chinese HN-5B. Entered service with the Pakistani army in January 1990. A soldier posing with a Strela launcher. ...
It has been used in combat. The missile hit and damaged an Indian An-32 that wandered across the line of control.
Anza MKII
It appears to have incorperated US FIM-92 Stinger technology into the missile indirectly via the Chinese QW-1. Entered service with the Pakistani army in September 1994. Has been produced in Pakistan since October 1994. The missile can be ready from the march in less than 10 seconds, and from a stand by state in less than 3.5 seconds. The battery has a life of about 50 seconds. Two soldiers preparing to fire a shoulder-mounted Stinger missile launcher A Stinger System: Launcher, Missile and Battery Light to carry and easy to operate, the FIM-92 Stinger is a passive infrared homing/seeking missile, shoulder-fired by a single operator and designed to attack aircraft at a range...
It has been used in combat during the 1999 Kargil conflict with India; it downed a Mi-17 helicopter and a MiG-27 jet and it also damaged a Canberra bomber. The Mil Mi-17 (Also known as the Mi-8MT, NATO reporting name Hip-H) was a Soviet cargo helicopter. ... The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 (NATO reporting name Flogger) is a ground attack aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union and later licence-produced in India by Hindustan Aeronautics as the Bahadur (Valiant). It is based on the MiG-23 fighter aircraft, but optimized... English Electric Canberra B.2. ...
Anza MKIII
Began production in 2005, with a claimed range is 15km. It's possibly related to the Chinese QW-2 missile.
General characteristics
Anza MKI
Anza MKII
Length (missile and booster)
1.44 m
1.447 m
Launcher and missile weight
15 kg
16.5 kg
Missile weight
9.8 kg
10.68 kg
Propulsion
Solid fuel booster and solid fuel sustainer rocket motor
Guidance
Uncooled Pbs passive infrared homing seeker
Cooled InSb passive infra-red homing seeker
Warhead
HE fragmentation (containing 0.37 kg HE) with contact and graze fuzing
HE fragmentation (containing 0.55 kg HE) with contact and graze fuzing
A shoulder-launched missile weapon is a weapon that fires a rocket-propelled missile at a target, yet is small enough to be carried by one person, and fired while held on one's shoulder.
A number of specialised "smart" missiles are available in shoulder-launched forms, including anti-tank and anti-aircraft guided missiles (MANPADS).
The power of the shaped charge meant that the effectiveness of the weapon was not limited by a gun barrel bore nor size of weapon as for example a conventional armour piercing shell from an artillery piece.
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