Giraffe 75 is a Swedish mobile Giraffe-family air-surveillance radar, known in Swedish service as PS-90, built to give short- and medium-range air-defense units a raised-mast radar picture and target-acquisition support. Ukrainian sources have reported Giraffe 75/PS-90 radars in Ukrainian service during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War, while Serbian M85 Žirafa systems show the same model lineage in later air-defense modernization context.
Militarnyi reported in April 2023 that Giraffe 75 radars, known in Swedish service as PS-90, had been observed with Ukrainian troops. Ukraine's Ministry of Defence later described Swedish Giraffe radars, including PS-90 in the family, as strengthening Ukrainian air defense.
Role detailsGiraffe 75 should not be treated as a catch-all for every Saab Giraffe radar. The available sources tie this page to the PS-90/Giraffe 75 class and its Serbian M85 Žirafa derivative; they do not make this page a substitute for Giraffe 40, Giraffe AMB, Giraffe 1X, Giraffe 4A, Giraffe 8A, or naval Sea Giraffe records.
Truck-mobile Giraffe 75 / PS-90 air-defense surveillance radar with a raised mast and command-support role.
Direct Ukraine-war sourcing names Giraffe 75/PS-90 in Ukrainian service and later places PS-90 within the Giraffe family used by Ukrainian air defense.
The primary image shows a Serbian M85 Žirafa, a documented Giraffe-75-lineage radar, because no clearly reusable Ukrainian PS-90 image was identified in this pass.
Giraffe 75 appears in open sources under Swedish, export, and Serbian designations. This record keeps the PS-90/Giraffe 75 model separate from older Giraffe 40 and newer Giraffe AMB, 1X, 4A, and 8A radars unless a source explicitly ties those systems to the same model line.
| Variant | Configuration | Designation notes |
|---|---|---|
| PS-90 | Swedish-service designation | Open reference and Ukrainian reporting identify PS-90 as the Swedish-service designation for Giraffe 75. Sources: Swedish Armed Forces PS-90 archive, Svanström PS-90 radar tracker paper, ODIN Giraffe 75 profile, Militarnyi Giraffe 75 Ukraine report |
| M85 Žirafa | Serbian licensed/local-production derivative | Serbian sources describe modernized Giraffe radar as a key surveillance sensor for PASARS batteries, while open reference material connects the M85 Žirafa designation to the Giraffe 75/PS-90 lineage. Sources: Serbian MoD PASARS and Giraffe modernization, CMANO M85 Zirafa profile |
| ARTE 740 | Coastal-defense derivative | Open reference summaries describe ARTE 740 as a coastal-defense radar combining the Giraffe 75 antenna with Giraffe AMB processing for Swedish amphibious-force use. Sources: Giraffe family overview |
Giraffe 75 is a sensor and command-support radar rather than an interceptor. Its operational value comes from feeding target data to short- and medium-range air-defense weapons.
| Compatible item | Item type | Compatibility evidence |
|---|---|---|
 | Short-range surface-to-air missile family | Giraffe-family radars were built around ground-based air-defense command support; Ukrainian reporting on RBS 70 service described the Giraffe 75 radar as the likely radar companion visible with the system. Sources: Militarnyi RBS 70 Ukraine report |
 | 40 mm anti-aircraft gun | Serbian MoD reporting describes PASARS-16 as a self-propelled air-defense system based on the Bofors 40 mm gun, with modernized Žirafa/Giraffe serving as the battery's basic surveillance sensor. |
Open sensor-reference data list Giraffe 75/PS-90 in the mid-1990s and give the export-class radar a roughly 75 km maximum range class, while Swedish PS-90 sources give the national-service radar a 50 km detection range.
Sources: Swedish Armed Forces PS-90 archive, Svanström PS-90 radar tracker paper, CMANO Giraffe 75 PS-90 profile, ODIN Giraffe 75 profile
Saab completed its acquisition of Ericsson Microwave Systems in 2006, bringing the legacy Giraffe radar business into Saab Microwave Systems.
Sources: Saab Ericsson Microwave acquisition
Serbia's Ministry of Defence said the modernized Giraffe radar was the basic surveillance sensor for PASARS air-defense batteries and described software and subsystem upgrades for better small-target detection and weapon assignment.
Sources: Serbian MoD PASARS and Giraffe modernization
Militarnyi reported that Giraffe 75 radars had been observed with Ukrainian troops and identified the type as PS-90 in Swedish Army service.
Sources: Militarnyi Giraffe 75 Ukraine report
Ukraine's Ministry of Defence said Swedish Giraffe radars had strengthened Ukrainian air defense and named PS-90 among the Giraffe-family radars relevant to Ukrainian service.
Sources: Ukraine MoD Giraffe radar overview
