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9K113 Konkurs

General Facts

  • TYPE
    Anti-tank guided weapon

  • ORIGIN
    USSR

  • NICKNAMES
    AT-5 Spandrel - NATO reporting name
    PstOhj 82M - Finnish designation
    Towsan - Iranian production

  • DESIGNED
    Late 1960's

  • DESIGNER
    KBP Instrument Design Bureau

  • PRODUCTION
    1974 - present

  • PRODUCERS
    Bulgaria - Vazov
    India - Bharat Dynamics
    Iran - DIO
    Russia - Tsniitochmash
    Slovenia - Konstrukta
    Slovenia - ZVS
    USSR - Tsniitochmash

  • QUANTITY
    Unknown

  • UNIT COST
    USD 115.000 for 9P135 launcher in 1992
    USD 13.000 for 9M113 missile in 1992

  • CHARACTERISTICS
    Good range
    Good penetration
    Expensive

Introduction

The 9K113 Konkurs is an anti-tank missile of Soviet origin. It was developed at the same time as the smaller 9K111 Fagot and features a similar design. The 9K113 uses a larger and longer missile that is much more powerful and has twice the range of the smaller 9M111. The French HOT and US TOW missiles have a roughly similar performance as the 9K113.

Design

The 9K113 can be considered the larger brother of the 9K111 system. The missile design and guidance are similar and only the size, range and performance differ. The 9M113 missile is transported in and launched from a container. The missile has a booster charge and sustainer rocket motor. Four small vanes at the front and four large wings in the middle provide stability during launch. The 9M113 is wire guided and features SACLOS guidance. The 9P135 lightweight tripod launcher includes an optical sight system and computing mechanism. The same launcher can be used with the smaller and shorter range 9M111 Konkurs missile.

Firepower

The 9K113 can be used to take out any armored vehicle, but the frontal armor of modern tanks may still pose a problem. The penetration is 750 to 800mm RHA and the improved missile can also negate the effect of ERA. The maximum range is 4 km and 2.5 km with a night sight. If not obscured by smoke the SACLOS guidedance system ensures a good chance to hit the target, even when the target is moving.

Mobility

The 9K113 is a mobile system. The tripod launcher with a missile ready to fire weighs less than 40 kg. When the load is divided over multiple persons the 9K113 may even be transported over long distances by infantry. While the 9M113 missiles are heavier and often a large night vision sight is used the 9K113 is less mobile than the 9K111 Fagot. Therefore th 9K113 manpack launcher is normally transported by vehicle. The 9K113 launcher has also been pintle mounted on various armored vehicles. The most notable vehicle applications are the 9P148 tank destroyer based on the BRDM-2 and BMP-2 mechanized infantry combat vehicle.

Users

The 9K113 was widely used by the USSR and most Eastern European nations during the Cold War. The 9K113 was also widely exported, but not the extent of the earlier 9K11 Malyutka system. The 9K113 remains in use and production and is expected to remain in use even though more modern systems such as the 9P133 Kornet are available.

Variants

9P135 launcher

The 9P135 is the tripod launcher associated with the 9K113 system. The original 9P135 can only fire the 9M111 Fagot missile. The later 9P135M, M1, M2 and M3 are used with both 9M113 Konkurs and 9M111 Fagot missiles. When used with the 9M113 missile additional click-on night vision optics are more common than with the 9M111. The launcher can also be pintle mounted on armored vehicles.

TypeAnti-tank missile launcher
Crew?
Caliber120 mm (9M111), 135 mm (9M113)
Length1.1 m tube (9M111), 1.26 m (9M113)
Width?
Height?
Weight22.5 kg for 9P135, 23.5 kg for 9P135M3
SightsOptical
Ammunition9M111 or 9M113 missiles
GuidanceSACLOS, wire guided
VelocityAbout 200 m/s
Range
PenetrationDepends on missile used
Remarks-

9M113 missile

The 9K113 system fires the 9M113 Konkurs missile that is fitted with the 9N131 HEAT warhead for a penetration of 750 to 800mm RHA. The improved 9M113M Konkurs-M. The improvement is a standoff probe with secondary charge for penetrating ERA, otherwise the level penetration remains similar. The 9M113 has the NATO designation AT-5A Spandrel A and the 9M113M is known as the AT-5B Spandrel B.

TypeAnti-tank missile
Diameter135 mm body, 468 mm wingspan
Length?
Weight?
GuidanceSACLOS, wire guided
WarheadHEAT, penetration 750 - 800 mm RHA
PropulsionSingle-stage solid propellant rocket motor plus booster
Speed?
Range75 m to 4.0 km
Altitude-
Engagement envelope-
RemarksLaunch container is 1.26 m long
TypeAnti-tank missile
Diameter135 mm body, 468 mm wingspan
Length1.15 m
Weight14.58 kg
GuidanceSACLOS, wire guided
WarheadTandem HEAT, 2.7 kg, penetration 750 - 800 mm RHA behind ERA
PropulsionSingle-stage solid propellant rocket motor plus booster
Speed270 m/s maximum, 206 m/s average
Range75 m to 4.0 km
Altitude-
Engagement envelope-
RemarksLaunch container is 1.26 m long and weighs 26.5 kg

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