9M133 Kornet

The 9M133 Kornet is a Russian man-portable anti-tank guided missile intended for use against main battle tanks. It was first introduced into service with the Russian army in 1998.... Wikipedia

  • Type:  Anti-tank missile
  • Place of origin:  Russia
  • In service:  1998–present
  • Wars:  Iraq War, 2006 Lebanon War, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, Gaza war, Libyan Crisis (2011–present), Syrian Civil War, War in Iraq (2013–2017), Russo-Ukrainian War, Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present), Yemeni Civil War, Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, Sinai insurgency, 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  • Designer:  KBP Instrument Design Bureau
  • Designed:  1988–1998
  • Manufacturer:  Degtyarev plant
  • Unit cost:  $26,000 per missile (2019, export cost)
  • Produced:  1994–present
  • Number built:  35,000 (2009)
  • Weight:  27 kg (29 kg with launch tube) / 63.7 kg (weight with tripod/firing unit)
  • Length:  1200 mm
  • Diameter:  152 mm
  • Warhead:  1,000+ (9K135), 1,200+ (E), 1,300+ (D) mm RHA penetration after ERA with Tandem HEAT, Thermobaric
  • Warhead weight:  4.6 kg (10.14 lb) HEAT
  • Detonation, mechanism:  Impact fuze
  • Wingspan:  460 mm
  • Propellant:  Solid-fuel rocket
  • Operational, range:  Kornet, 100–5,500 m, Kornet-EM, 8,000 m (anti-tank), 10,000 m (high explosive)
  • Guidance, system:  SACLOS laser beam riding
  • Steering, system:  Two control surfaces
  • Launch, platform:  Individual, vehicles, Kornet-T, Kornet-D, Bumerang-BM, Kornet-D1, Pokpung-Ho IV
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo