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The FIM-92 Stinger is a passive surface-to-air missile that can be shoulder-fired by a single operator (although standard military procedure calls for two operators – team chief and gunner). [4] The Stinger was intended to supplant the FIM-43 Redeye system, the principal difference being that, unlike the Redeye, the Stinger can acquire the ...
Turkish T129 ATAK helicopter with two air-to-air Stinger missiles mounted under-wing. The Air-to-Air Stinger (ATAS) [1] (also unofficially called AIM-92 Stinger) is an air-to-air missile system developed from the shoulder-launched FIM-92 Stinger, for use on helicopters such as the AH-64 Apache, T129 ATAK, [2] Eurocopter Tiger, and also UAVs such as the MQ-1 Predator.
4/8 ready-to-fire FIM-92 Stinger missiles; One FN M3P machine gun built by FN Herstal, [2] a variant of the Browning AN/M3 developed for aviation use during World War II. It is a 12.7 mm (.50) caliber machine gun with an electronic trigger that can be fired from both the remote control unit (RCU) located in the drivers cab, and from the ...
The FIM-92 Stinger is a personal portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile developed in the United States and entered into service in 1981. Used by the militaries of the U.S. and by 29 other countries, the basic Stinger missile has to-date been responsible for 270 confirmed aircraft kills. [8]
Fourth generation missiles, such as the canceled American FIM-92 Stinger Block 2, Russian Verba, Chinese QW-4, Indian VSHORAD and Japanese Type 91 surface-to-air missile use imaging infrared focal plane array guidance systems and other advanced sensor systems, which permit engagement at greater ranges. [9]
FIM-92 Stinger ©"Italian Army - 17th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment 'Sforzesca' FIM-92 Stinger team during an exercise 2015" by Italian Army is licensed under BY 2.5.
FIM-92 Stinger: Infrared homing: Mach 2.54: MIM-104 Patriot: Command midcourse and Terminal Semi-active radar homing: Mach 5: RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile: Infrared homing: Mach 2.5: RIM-156A Standard: Command midcourse and Terminal Semi-active radar homing: Unverified (classified) RIM-161 Standard Missile 3
MIM-104 Patriot, AN/TWQ-1 Avenger, FIM-92 Stinger: 5–4th ADAR 52nd ADAB Ansbach, Germany: M-SHORAD: 4–5th ADAR 69th ADAB Fort Cavazos, Texas: MIM-104 Patriot 5–5th ADAR 31st ADAB Fort Sill, Oklahoma: AN/TWQ-1 Avenger, C-RAM Counter Rocket Artillery and Mortar 2–6th ADAR 30th ADAB Fort Sill, Oklahoma