QW missile

QW-1
QW-1
Type	Man-portable air-defense system
Place of origin	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> China
Specifications
Mass	36 pounds (16 kg)
Operational; range	5 kilometres (3.1 mi) (maximum)
Flight ceiling	2.5 miles (4.0 km)
Guidance; system	Infrared homing
Launch; platform	MANPADS

The QW-series (simplified Chinese: 前卫; traditional Chinese: 前衛; pinyin: Qian Wei)^[1] are man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) developed by the People's Republic of China.^[2]

QW-1

The QW-1 (NATO reporting name: CH-SA-7)^[5] is the initial version. It is likely a copy or derivative of the Soviet 9K38 Igla-1 MANPAD.^[2]

The system was unveiled in 1994.^[6]

Variants

QW-1M: Modernized version. Also used by Kata'ib Hezbollah.^[7]

Anza-2: Version developed or produced in Pakistan.^[4]
Misagh-1: Version developed or produced in Iran.^[4] Also used by Iraqi insurgents^[6] and Kata'ib Hezbollah.^[7]
Misagh-2: Version developed or produced in Iran.^[4] According to some sources, the Misagh-2 may be a copy of the QW-1M.

QW-2

QW-3

The QW-3 uses semi-active homing.^[8]

QW-18

QW-18A of the Bangladesh Army

The QW-18 is a new version of the MANPADS series. It is a all-weather MANPADS system. It uses a dual-band passive infrared seeker, the target plume and skinning two heat detection. The QW-18A features electric-servo control actuators to increase guidance and flight characteristics.

Range: 500 to 5,000 m
Altitude: 10 to 4,000 m.

QW-19

QW-19 is an upgrade of QW-19, featuring a new digital seeker and a contact-proximity fuse with four control fins (instead of two on QW-18). It supports initial guidance mode, and the shooter can engage the targets by directly aiming.^[9]

References

^ Dominguez, Gabriel (15 January 2018). "Footage suggests QW-2 MANPADS has entered service with Turkmenistan Army". Janes. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b Chinese Tactics (2021): page C-3
^ ^a ^b Whitmire, James C. (December 2006). Shoulder Launched Missiles (a.k.a. MANPADS): The Ominous Threat to Commercial Aviation (PDF) (Report). The Counterproliferation Papers. Vol. 37. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: United States Air Force Air University. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e SIPRI Yearbook 2007: Armaments, Disarmament, and International Security. Oxford University Press. 2007. p. 684. ISBN 9780199230211.
^ The International Institute for Strategic Studies (15 February 2023). "6 Asia". The Military Balance 2023. London: Routledge.
^ ^a ^b Small Arms Survey (2012). "Surveying the Battlefield: Illicit Arms In Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia". Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets. Cambridge University Press. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-521-19714-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b Iraq: Turning a blind eye: The arming of the Popular Mobilization Units (PDF) (Report). Amnesty International. 5 January 2017. p. 26. MDE 14/5386/2017.
^ Zeigler, Sean M.; Hou, Alexander C.; Martini, Jeffrey; Norton, Daniel M.; Phillips, Brian; Schwille, Michael; Strong, Aaron; Vest, Nathan (2019). Acquisition and Use of MANPADS Against Commercial Aviation: Risks, Proliferation, Mitigation, and Cost of an Attack (PDF). Santa Monica, California: RAND Corporation. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-9774-0418-3. RR-4304-DOS.
^ "China Defense Close-Up". Aviation Week. 1 December 2014.

Bibliography

Chinese Tactics (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Army. 9 August 2021. ATP 7-100.3.

[janes_qw-2_turk-1] Dominguez, Gabriel (15 January 2018). "Footage suggests QW-2 MANPADS has entered service with Turkmenistan Army". Janes. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

[atp71003_c3-2] Chinese Tactics (2021): page C-3

[whitmire-3] Whitmire, James C. (December 2006). Shoulder Launched Missiles (a.k.a. MANPADS): The Ominous Threat to Commercial Aviation (PDF) (Report). The Counterproliferation Papers. Vol. 37. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: United States Air Force Air University. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

[sipri_2007_684-4] SIPRI Yearbook 2007: Armaments, Disarmament, and International Security. Oxford University Press. 2007. p. 684. ISBN 9780199230211.

[IISS_2023-5] The International Institute for Strategic Studies (15 February 2023). "6 Asia". The Military Balance 2023. London: Routledge.

[SAS_2012_10-6] Small Arms Survey (2012). "Surveying the Battlefield: Illicit Arms In Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia". Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets. Cambridge University Press. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-521-19714-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 30 August 2018.

[PMU-7] Iraq: Turning a blind eye: The arming of the Popular Mobilization Units (PDF) (Report). Amnesty International. 5 January 2017. p. 26. MDE 14/5386/2017.

[8] Zeigler, Sean M.; Hou, Alexander C.; Martini, Jeffrey; Norton, Daniel M.; Phillips, Brian; Schwille, Michael; Strong, Aaron; Vest, Nathan (2019). Acquisition and Use of MANPADS Against Commercial Aviation: Risks, Proliferation, Mitigation, and Cost of an Attack (PDF). Santa Monica, California: RAND Corporation. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-9774-0418-3. RR-4304-DOS.

[9] "China Defense Close-Up". Aviation Week. 1 December 2014.

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