FIM-92 StingerMan-portable air-defense systemSide: UkraineBuilt: Raytheon (RTX) / United StatesA shoulder-fired missile used by infantry to threaten low-flying aircraft and helicopters. Stingers are part of the portable air defense layer that complicates Russian air operations.Tag archive
MANPADS Weapon Systems
Weapon systems and military equipment tagged MANPADS.
5 weapon systemsCategory
Air Defense
Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.
FIM-92 StingerMan-portable air-defense systemSide: UkraineBuilt: Raytheon (RTX) / United StatesA shoulder-fired missile used by infantry to threaten low-flying aircraft and helicopters. Stingers are part of the portable air defense layer that complicates Russian air operations.
PPZR GromMan-portable air-defense systemSide: Russia-backed separatistsBuilt: MESKO S.A. / PolandPPZR Grom is a Polish shoulder-fired infrared surface-to-air missile system built by MESKO for short-range defense against visually acquired aircraft, helicopters, and other infrared-emitting targets. In the Russia-Ukraine War context, open-source arms researchers documented a Grom launcher tube reportedly seized from pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014, making the entry a recovered-conflict-system record rather than a confirmed Ukrainian-operated aid item.
9K333 VerbaMan-portable air-defense system (MANPADS)Side: RussiaBuilt: KB Mashinostroyeniya (KBM) / RussiaThe 9K333 Verba is a Russian shoulder-fired short-range surface-to-air missile system built around the 9M336 missile and a passive three-spectral thermal seeker. It is intended to engage low-flying aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aircraft, and cruise missiles, giving Russian small units a portable air-defense option in the Russia-Ukraine War.
IglaMan-portable infrared-homing surface-to-air missile systemSide: UkraineBuilt: KB Mashinostroyeniya / Soviet Union / RussiaThe Igla family is a Soviet/Russian shoulder-fired MANPADS built to give small air-defense teams a mobile, infrared-guided weapon against low-flying aircraft, helicopters, drones, and cruise missiles. In the Russia-Ukraine War, Ukrainian units have used legacy Igla launchers alongside newer Western MANPADS as part of dispersed short-range air defense and mobile fire-group coverage.
AN/TWQ-1 AvengerSelf-propelled short-range air defense systemSide: UkraineBuilt: Boeing / United StatesThe AN/TWQ-1 Avenger is a Boeing-developed short-range air defense system that mounts a stabilized turret with Stinger missile pods and an M3P .50 caliber machine gun on a HMMWV chassis. In Ukrainian service it adds a mobile, point-defense layer against drones, helicopters, low-flying aircraft, and cruise-missile threats during the Russia-Ukraine War.