MIM-104 Patriot vs SAMP/T: how to tell them apart
Two air defence systems that are easy to mix up at a glance. Here is what tells them apart.
MIM-104 Patriot
What gives it away
Trailer-mounted launcher tilted up at an angle, holding four large rectangular canisters.
Used by
USA, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Ukraine, Japan, Sweden and others
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SAMP/T
What gives it away
Truck carrying a vertical launcher of eight Aster missile canisters raised upright at the rear.
Used by
France, Italy, Ukraine, Singapore, Denmark (ordered)