ANZA (MISSILE)

'Anza' are a series of Chinese IR-guided, shoulder-fired, man-portable, surface to air missiles, under licensed production in Pakistan.

Contents

Anza MKI (HN-5B)

Anza MKII (QW-1)

Anza MKIII (QW-2)

General characteristics

Users

References

External links

Anza MKI (HN-5B)

Anza MKI is the Chinese HN-5B missile, ^[1] produced under lincence in Pakistan. The HN-5B is reportedly based on the Soviet SA-14 Gremlin. ^[2] According to many domestic Chinese media sources and some sources outside China, Chinese obtained the Soviet samples via Zaire from UNITA captured SA-14 Gremlin from Angola governmental forces, the exact the same way China obtained 9K310 (SA-16) Igla-1 missile a short time later. The missile entered in service with the Pakistani army in January 1990.
Anza MKI has been used in combat. The missile hit and damaged a Ukrainian-built Indian An-32 that had crossed the hot line of control while landing at Kargil air base, during the Kargil war between India and Pakistan.

Anza MKII (QW-1)

Main articles: QW-1 Vanguard

Anza MKII is the Chinese QW-1 missile produced under lincence in Pakistan. This missile is the Chinese equivalent of Soviet 9K310 (SA-16 Gimlet) Igla-1 missile system. It also appears to have incorporated US FIM-92 Stinger technology into the missile. Anza MKII entered service with the Pakistani army in September 1994. The missile can be ready to fire from a standby state in less than 3.5 seconds. The battery has a life of about 50 seconds.
It has been used in combat during the 1999 Kargil conflict with India; it downed a Mi-17 helicopter and a MiG-27 jet and it also damaged a Canberra bomber.

Anza MKIII (QW-2)

Main articles: QW-2 Vanguard 2

Anza MKIII is the Chinese QW-2 missile, produced under lincence in Pakistan. It began production in 2005, with a claimed range of 6+ km. It is a major upgrade from Anza MKII. It has been given an all-aspect attack capability, also an improved ECCM capability. The minimum altitude is decreased to 10 m, thus giving it the capability against extremely low flying helicopters as well as cruise missiles. Anza MKIII (QW-2) is considered to be the Chinese equivalent of US FIM-92E Stinger missile.

General characteristics

	'Anza MKI/HN-5B'	'Anza MKII/QW-1'	'Anza MKIII/QW-2'
'Length (missile and booster)'	1.44 m	1.447 m	1.59 m
'Launcher and missile weight'	15 kg	16.5 kg	18 Kg
'Missile weight'	9.8 kg	10.68 kg	11.32 Kg
'Propulsion'	Solid fuel booster and solid fuel sustainer rocket motor
'Guidance'	Uncooled Pbs passive infrared homing seeker	Cooled InSb passive infra-red homing seeker	enhanced dual band infrared seeker
'Warhead'	HE fragmentation (containing 0.37 kg HE) with contact and graze fuzing	HE fragmentation (containing 0.55 kg HE) with contact and graze fuzing	HE fragmentation (containing 1.42 kg HE) with contact and graze fuzing
'Average cruise speed'	500 m/s	600 m/s	>600 m/s
'Max manoeuvring'	6 g	16 g	?
'Self destruction time'	14 to 17 s	14 to 18 s	?
'Slant range'	1,200 m to 4,200 m	500 m to 5,000 m	6,000 m
'Altitude'	50 m to 2300 m	30 m to 4,000 m	10 m to 3,500 m
'Weapon reaction time'	5 s	3.5 s	3.5 s
'Ready from the march'	10 s	10 s	10 s
'Battery life'	40 s	50 s	50 s

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References

1. miis.edu
2. sinodefense.com

External links

★ PakistaniDefence.Com article on Anza MK2

★ Sinodefence article on HN-5

★ Sinodefence article on QW-1

★ Sinodefence article on QW-2

★ from FAS webpage

★ Fas.org news release

★ Biiss.org news release