The 9A317 TELAR is the tracked self-propelled firing vehicle for the 9K317 Buk-M2 medium-range surface-to-air missile system. Open technical references describe it as a GM-569-based launcher-radar vehicle with four ready 9M317-family missiles, onboard target detection and illumination, and autonomous firing capability; Ukraine-war loss reporting ties Russian 9A317 TELARs to visually documented battlefield losses.
Oryx's visually documented Russian equipment-loss list records multiple 9A317 TELARs for Buk-M2 as destroyed, damaged, or captured during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War; older secondary reporting sometimes used the 9A310M2 label for the same Buk-M2 firing-vehicle loss lane.
Role detailsThe TELAR is best read against the existing Buk-M2 system page because the launcher-radar vehicle is one combat element inside a larger battery.
| Compatible item | Item type | Compatibility evidence |
|---|---|---|
 | Parent air-defense system | Missilery.info places the 9A317 self-propelled firing vehicle inside the 9K317 Buk-M2 system, while Ukraine-war loss reporting identifies Buk-M2 TELARs as Russian battlefield air-defense assets. Sources: 9K317 Buk-M2 - Missilery.info, Russian Equipment Losses - Oryx |
| Launched item | Item type | Launch evidence |
|---|---|---|
 | Buk-M2 surface-to-air missile | Buk-M2 system references list the 9M317 missile as the TELAR's primary missile family, with four missiles carried ready to launch. Sources: 9K317 Buk-M2 - Missilery.info, Buk-M2E - Army Recognition |
| Export Buk-M2E surface-to-air missile | The linked export missile record covers the 9M317E context used with Buk-M2E/9A317E systems rather than the domestic Russian tracked Buk-M2 TELAR label. Sources: Buk-M2E - Army Recognition |
The useful identification boundary is the Buk-M2 firing vehicle. Current technical references and Oryx loss listings use 9A317 for the Buk-M2 self-propelled firing vehicle, while some older Ukraine-war secondary summaries used 9A310M2 for Buk-M2 TELAR losses.
Missilery.info describes the 9K317 Buk-M2 self-propelled firing vehicle as 9A317, with radar, four ready missiles, a four-person crew, and autonomous firing capability in a sector of responsibility.
Oryx's current Russia equipment-loss page lists Buk-M2 firing-vehicle losses under 9A317 TELAR.
SOFREP's Oryx-derived Bayraktar TB2 loss summary used 9A310M2 for two Buk-M2 TELAR losses, so that designation remains as an alias rather than the page title.
Sources: 9K317 Buk-M2 - Missilery.info; Russian Equipment Losses - Oryx; Bayraktar TB2 Drones Wreak Havoc - SOFREP.
Missilery.info reports that Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant began serial production of the modern 9K317 Buk-M2 complex in 2008.
Sources: 9K317 Buk-M2 - Missilery.info
SOFREP quoted Ukraine Weapons Tracker footage of a destroyed 9K317 Buk-M2 TELAR and repeated older Oryx-derived reporting that listed two Buk-M2 TELARs under the 9A310M2 label.
Sources: Bayraktar TB2 Drones Wreak Havoc - SOFREP
The current Oryx Russia equipment-loss page lists Russian Buk-M2 firing-vehicle losses under 9A317 TELAR, matching the designation used by Buk-M2 technical references.
Sources: Russian Equipment Losses - Oryx, 9K317 Buk-M2 - Missilery.info
