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