PLA Anti-Air Missile (SAM) systems
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The appearance does somewhat track with the past pic/video from a year or more back said to be depicting HQ-19
The HQ-19 missile tube racks getting erected. Posted by @沉默的山羊 on Weibo.
Using people for measurements, and assuming 1.75 height, HQ-19 missile canisters seem to be around 0.65 m wide and 5.85 m long (that's without the gas cylinder part of the container at the bottom)
That's of course likely subject to 10% error margin, due to imprecise measurements.
The missile inside should be somewhat smaller, but probably not that much. Another 5-10% margin?
Anyway, upward of 500mm missile diameter and 5 m missile length seems plausible.
That'd make it a bit shorter than THAAD missile (little over 6 m) but also quite a bit wider (370mm at its widest)
If anyone has the exact truck tire model and dimensions, or truck model and dimensions, that would help make the measurement a bit more precise.
That's of course likely subject to 10% error margin, due to imprecise measurements.
The missile inside should be somewhat smaller, but probably not that much. Another 5-10% margin?
Anyway, upward of 500mm missile diameter and 5 m missile length seems plausible.
That'd make it a bit shorter than THAAD missile (little over 6 m) but also quite a bit wider (370mm at its widest)
If anyone has the exact truck tire model and dimensions, or truck model and dimensions, that would help make the measurement a bit more precise.
There is no interface structure between missile containers? Certainly not between the lower and upper row of containers. It would appear that the upper containers are attached to the lower containers, which are attached to the structure that gets erected vertically. That's a bit strange for me, putting so much weight and strain on the containers themselves.
Or are there 3 vehicles out there, but these 2 shown are just transporters and not one is a TEL?
Or are there 3 vehicles out there, but these 2 shown are just transporters and not one is a TEL?
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Probably need higher res pictures to check, but the canisters appear to be paired with one on top of the other, and loaded as such. I'd assume there are stronger connections between the top and bottom canisters than are currently visible.
Maybe this?
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