The 9A317 TELAR is the tracked self-propelled firing vehicle for the 9K317 Buk-M2 medium-range surface-to-air missile system. Open technical and export-system references describe it as a GM-569-based launcher-radar vehicle with four ready 9M317-family missiles, onboard target detection and illumination, electro-optical backup channels in the 9A317E export version, and autonomous firing capability inside a wider Buk-M2 battery; Ukraine-war loss reporting ties Russian 9A317 TELARs to visually documented battlefield losses.
Oryx and WarSpotting visually document Russian 9A317 TELAR losses for Buk-M2 during the full-scale invasion phase of the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War. Missilery.info identifies 9A317 as the Buk-M2 self-propelled firing vehicle; older Oryx-derived secondary reporting used the 9A310M2 label for Buk-M2 TELAR losses, so that label remains an alias and designation caveat rather than the page title.
Role detailsThe TELAR is one firing vehicle inside a Buk-M2 battery rather than the whole air-defense system. Export-system sources describe command, search-radar, firing-unit, launcher-loader, and mast-radar elements working together, while the 9A317 or 9A317E firing vehicle can also conduct autonomous engagements in its assigned sector.
VPK.name describes Buk-M2E fire groups built around 9A317E self-propelled firing units paired with 9A316E launcher-loaders, or around a 9S36E radar with paired launcher-loaders.
Buk-M2E composition sources list a 9S510E command post and 9S18M1-3E target-detection radar above the individual firing groups.
The 9A317E export firing unit is described with television and thermal-imaging electro-optical channels, allowing operation in an optical mode with little microwave emission.
Sources: Buk-M2E - Rosoboronexport; Buk-M2E Perfection - VPK.name; Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant Buk-M2E Systems - VPK.name.
Open sources distinguish the domestic tracked 9A317 firing vehicle from the 9A317E Buk-M2E export self-propelled firing unit and the towed 9A318 firing vehicle.
| Variant | Configuration | Designation notes |
|---|---|---|
| 9A317E | Buk-M2E export self-propelled firing unit | Rosoboronexport and VPK.name describe the export Buk-M2E fire group around 9A317E self-propelled firing units, 9A316E launcher-loaders, and associated command and radar vehicles. Sources: Buk-M2E - Rosoboronexport, Buk-M2E Perfection - VPK.name |
| 9A318 | Towed Buk-M2 firing vehicle | Missilery.info lists 9A318 alongside 9A317 as a Buk-M2 self-propelled or firing-vehicle element, but the current catalog record stays centered on the tracked 9A317 TELAR documented in loss reporting. Sources: 9K317 Buk-M2 - Missilery.info |
The 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 used the 9A310M2 label for Buk-M2 TELAR losses.
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
