Pantsir-S1 vs Tor-M2: how to tell them apart
Two air defence systems that are easy to mix up at a glance. Here is what tells them apart.
Pantsir-S1
What gives it away
8x8 truck with one turret combining two twin-barrel 30 mm cannons and twelve missile tubes, radar on top.
Used by
Russia, United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Iraq, Serbia
Tor-M2
What gives it away
Tracked vehicle with a tall box turret: tracking radar on the front, vertical missile cells behind it and a rotating search radar on top at the rear.
Used by
Russia, Belarus, Egypt, Algeria