Air Defense

2P25 launch vehicle

The 2P25 launch vehicle is the Soviet tracked transporter-erector-launcher for the 2K12 Kub / SA-6 system. It carries three ready 3M9 missiles on a GM-578 tracked chassis and was designed for 360-degree launcher coverage.

2P25 launch vehicle, Transport and launch vehicle for three 3M9 missiles, Air Defense
Image source: 2P25 TEL with 3 3M9 missiles Artillery museum image
Profile / Specs

Specifications

Launcher load
Three ready 3M9 missiles
Traverse
360-degree coverage
Chassis
GM-578 tracked chassis
Battery allocation
Three or four launch vehicles per battery
Role
Tracked self-propelled SAM launcher
Carried Missiles
Carried itemItem typeCarriage evidence
3M9 surface-to-air missile, Ramjet-powered surface-to-air missile carried and launched by the 2K12 Kub / SA-6 system, Munitions3M9 surface-to-air missileSurface-to-air missile

Weaponsystems.net describes the 2P25 launch vehicle as carrying three 3M9 missiles.

Sources: 2K12 Kub

Service And Conflict Use

Service History

In service
Entered service with the 2K12 Kub in 1967.
Media

2P25 launch vehicle Images

2P25 launch vehicle, Transport and launch vehicle for three 3M9 missiles, Air Defense - view 1
Source: 2P25 VS 2.jpg
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Sources

2K12 KubPublisher: Weaponsystems.net | Note: Supports the 2P25 launch vehicle role, three-missile load, 360-degree traverse, service entry, production period, and related Kub-system background. | Accessed: 2026-06-27GM 587 / 2K12 kubPublisher: Mortar Investments | Note: Supports the 2P25 self-propelled launchers, the Machine-Building Plant named after M. I. Kalinina production line, and the GM tracked chassis used by the Kub system. | Accessed: 2026-06-272P25 TEL with 3 3M9 missiles Artillery museum imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance for a public-domain photograph showing a 2P25 launcher with three 3M9 missiles. | Accessed: 2026-06-272P25 VS 2.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance for a CC BY-SA 3.0 photograph of a Serbian 2P25 launcher on display at Partner 2013. | Accessed: 2026-06-27