Buk-M3

Air defence system, Russia. In service since 2016

How to recognise it

Tracked chassis with seven road wheels and a launcher with six missiles in closed tubes, where the older Buk shows four bare missiles on rails.

Also known as

Buk-M3, 9K317M, Viking

Used by

Russia

Same family

Naming one of these instead still scores family points.

• Buk-M1

Compare

• Buk-M1 vs Buk-M3

Other air defence

• 2K12 Kub
• 2K22 Tunguska
• 9K33 Osa
• 9K35 Strela-10
• AN/TWQ-1 Avenger
• Crotale
• Flakpanzer Gepard
• HQ-9
• IRIS-T SLM
• Iron Dome
• KM-SAM
• MIM-23 Hawk

All 28 air defence

Sources

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• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buk missile system