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|name = HQ-7
|name = HQ-7 / FM-80 / FM-90
|image = Bangladesh Air Force FM-90 Crotale SAM (31545368571).jpg
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|caption= FM-90 of [[Bangladesh Air Force]]
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The '''HQ-7''' ({{zh|s=红旗-7|t=紅旗-7|p=Hóng Qí-7|l=Red Banner-7}}; [[NATO reporting name]]: '''CH-SA-4'''){{sfn|IISS|2023|p=239}} is a short-range [[surface-to-air missile]] (SAM) from the [[People's Republic of China]]. It was [[reverse-engineered]] by the [[China Chang Feng|Changfeng Electromechanical Technology Design Institute]] from the French [[Crotale (missile)|R-440 Crotale]] SAM.{{sfn|Medeiros|Cliff|Crane|Mulvenon|2005|p=87}} It entered service in the early 1980s.{{sfn|United States Department of the Army|2021|p=87}}
The '''HQ-7''' ({{zh|s=红旗-7|t=紅旗-7|p=Hóng Qí-7|l=Red Banner-7}}; [[NATO reporting name]]: '''CH-SA-4'''){{sfn|IISS|2023|p=239}} is a short-range [[surface-to-air missile]] (SAM) from the [[People's Republic of China]]. It was [[reverse-engineered]] by the [[China Chang Feng|Changfeng Electromechanical Technology Design Institute]] from the French [[Crotale (missile)|R-440 Crotale]] SAM.{{sfn|Medeiros|Cliff|Crane|Mulvenon|2005|p=87}} It entered service in the early 1980s.{{sfn|United States Department of the Army|2021|p=87}}


A ground battery consists of a short-range radar and three launchers. Each launcher has four or eight missiles.{{sfn|United States Department of the Army|2021|p=87}}
A ground battery consists of a short-range radar and three launchers. Each launcher has four or eight missiles.{{sfn|United States Department of the Army|2021|p=87}} Export variants are called FM-80 and FM-90.


==Variants==
==Variants==

Revision as of 10:18, 26 April 2024

HQ-7 / FM-80 / FM-90
FM-90 of Bangladesh Air Force
TypeSurface-to-air missile
Place of originPeople's Republic of China
Production history
DesignerChangfeng Electromechanical Technology Design Institute
Specifications
Mass84.5 kg (186 lb)
Length3 m (9.8 ft)
Diameter0.156 m (6.1 in)
Enginesolid fuel rocket
Operational
range
  • 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) (slant, fast target)[1]
  • 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) (slant, slow target)[1]
Guidance
system
Launch
platform

The HQ-7 (simplified Chinese: 红旗-7; traditional Chinese: 紅旗-7; pinyin: Hóng Qí-7; lit. 'Red Banner-7'; NATO reporting name: CH-SA-4)[3] is a short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) from the People's Republic of China. It was reverse-engineered by the Changfeng Electromechanical Technology Design Institute from the French R-440 Crotale SAM.[2] It entered service in the early 1980s.[1]

A ground battery consists of a short-range radar and three launchers. Each launcher has four or eight missiles.[1] Export variants are called FM-80 and FM-90.

Variants

Eight-missile HHQ-7 launcher on Shenzhen.
HQ-7A

Original command-guided version.[2]

HHQ-7

Naval variant.[4][5]

HQ-7B

Improved version.[6]

FM-80

Export version of the HQ-7A.[2]

FM-90

Export version of the HQ-7B.[6]

FM-90N

Naval variant of the FM-90.[7][8]

Operators

Map with HQ-7 operators in blue
 Algeria

FM-90.[9]

 Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh Army: FM-90
  • Bangladesh Air Force: FM-90
  • Bangladesh Navy: FM-90N[7] and HHQ-7.[4]
 People's Republic of China

HQ-7A, HQ-7B[10] and HHQ-7.[5]

 Iran

FM-80.[11] Produces a mobile version dubbed Herz-9

 Pakistan

FM-90 and FM-90N.[8]

 Turkmenistan

FM-90.[12]

See also

  • Ya Zahra (unlicensed Iranian copy of the system)
    • Herz-9 (mobile version of the Ya Zahra system)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g United States Department of the Army 2021, p. 87.
  2. ^ a b c d Medeiros et al. 2005, p. 87.
  3. ^ IISS 2023, p. 239.
  4. ^ a b The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 251.
  5. ^ a b The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 258.
  6. ^ a b Einhorn & Sidhu 2017, p. 54.
  7. ^ a b The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 250.
  8. ^ a b The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 298.
  9. ^ The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 333.
  10. ^ The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 257.
  11. ^ The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 341.
  12. ^ The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 210.

Sources

  • Einhorn, Robert; Sidhu, W.P.S. (March 2017). The Strategic Chain: Linking Pakistan, India, China, and the United States (PDF) (Report). Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Series. Brookings Institution.
  • Medeiros, Evan S.; Cliff, Roger; Crane, Keith; Mulvenon, James C. (2005). A New Direction for China's Defense Industry (PDF). RAND Corporation. ISBN 0-8330-3794-3.
  • The International Institute for Strategic Studies (2022). The Military Balance 2022. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-032-27900-8.
  • International Institute for Strategic Studies (2023). Hackett, James (ed.). The Military Balance 2023 (Report). Routledge. ISBN 9781032508955. ISSN 0459-7222.
  • Chinese Tactics (PDF). Army Techniques Publication. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Army. 9 August 2021. 7-100.3.
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