Global Information9M14 Malyutka information
| 9M14 Malyutka AT-3 Sagger | |
|---|---|
 Serbian-produced 9M142T copy | |
| Type | Anti-tank missile |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1963–present |
| Used by | Soviet Union and others |
| Wars | Vietnam War Yom Kippur War Western Sahara War Ethiopian Civil War Lebanese Civil War[1] Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Croatian War of Independence 2006 Lebanon War First Chechen War Second Chechen War Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)[2] Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Saudi–Yemeni border conflict (2015–present) Tigray War 2023 Israel–Hamas war |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Design Bureau of Machine-Building (KBM, Kolomna) |
| Designed | 1961–1962 |
| Manufacturer | Soviet Union, Russia as successor state and other countries under license and domestic versions |
| Unit cost | $10,500 per missile (AT-3D, export cost 2019)[3] |
| Produced | 1963 |
| Variants | 9M14M, 9M14P1, Malyutka-2, Malyutka-2F |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 10.9 kg (9M14M) 11.4 kg (9M14P1) 12.5 kg (Malyutka-2) ~12 kg (Malyutka-2F) 30.5 kg (Launcher and guidance)[4][5] |
| Length | 860 mm 1,005 mm combat ready (Malyutka-2) |
| Width | 393 mm (wingspan) |
| Diameter | 125 mm |
| Effective firing range | 500–3,000 m |
| Warhead weight | 2.6 kg (9M14M, 9M14P1) 3.5 kg (Malyutka-2, Malyutka-2F) |
| Maximum speed | 115 m/s (410 km/h) (9M14M, 9M14P1) 130 m/s (470 km/h) (Malyutka-2, Malyutka-2F)[6] |
Guidance system | MCLOS, SACLOS (Later variants) |
The 9M14 Malyutka (Russian: Малютка; "Little one", NATO reporting name: AT-3 Sagger) is a manual command to line of sight (MCLOS) wire-guided anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system developed in the Soviet Union. It was the first man-portable anti-tank guided missile of the Soviet Union and is probably the most widely produced ATGM of all time—with Soviet production peaking at 25,000 missiles a year during the 1960s and 1970s. In addition, copies of the missile have been manufactured under various names by at least six countries.
Although they have been supplanted by more advanced anti-tank guided missiles, the Malyutka and its variants have seen widespread use in nearly every regional conflict since the 1960s and are still kept in large stockpiles and sometimes used to this day by non state actors such as Hezbollah.[7]
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