Strela-10

The “Strela-10” (MMAC index 9K35, SA-13 Gopher according to the US and NATO classification) is a Soviet anti-aircraft missile system. The system is designed for visual observation and destruction of air targets at low altitudes.

Work on the development of the “Strela-10SV” self-propelled air Defence system began with a Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union dated July 24, 1969. The chief designer was O. Nudelman. It was put into service in 1976.

The 9K35, unlike the Strela-1M system, was not mounted on a wheeled BRDM-2, but on a multipurpose MT-LB tracked tractor.

Serial production of BMs of all modifications of the Strela-10SV SAM was organized at the Saratov Aggregate Plant, and missiles - at the Kovrov Mechanical Plant.

The Strela-10SV anti-aircraft missile systems were supplied to some foreign countries and used in Middle Eastern and African military conflicts. The SAMs have fully justified their purpose both in exercises and in combat operations.