SA-9 GASKIN ANTI-AIRCRAFT SYSTEM

The Gaskin is a low altitude, clear weather, surface to air mobile missile system.  The launch platform is a modified BRDM-2 4 x 4 scout vehicle.  In place of the scout vehicle's turret and 14.5 mm KPVT heavy machine gun the Gaskin has a traversable launch array armed with 49M 31M Strela 1 missile launch boxes.  These are ready to fire and the system can be re-armed with two further missiles which are carried on either side of the vehicle's hull.

Targets are acquired by use of the vehicle's optical-mechanical sighting system and a salvo of two rockets per target is fired.  The high explosive warheads are detonated by a proximity fuse at a distance of 1.5m from a target.

The Gaskin has a crew of  three and is powered by a 140 bhp GAZ 41 V8 petrol engine.  Suspension is semi-elliptical leaf spring.  As with all BRDM-2 variants it is fully amphibious and is propelled through water by a single jet at the back of the vehicle.  The system has seen combat in the Middle East, the Iran/Iraq and Gulf wars and Mozambique.

SPECIFICATIONS

CREW3ELECTRICAL SYSTEM24 V
CONFIGURATION4 x 4ARMAMENT
COMBAT WEIGHT7000 kgmain1 x 14.5 mm MG
LENGTH5.8 mcoaxial1 x 7.62 mm MG
WIDTH2.4 mAMMUNITION
HEIGHT (travelling)2.3 mmain500
GROUND CLEARANCE0.43 mcoaxial2000
TRACK1.84 mGUN CONTROL EQUIPMENT
WHEELBASE3.1mTurret power controlmanual
MAX SPEEDGun elevation/depression+30 / -5
road100 km/hARMOUR (max)
water10 km/hHull front upper5 mm at 80
ROAD RANGE750 kmHull front lower7 mm at 45
FUEL CAPACITY290 litresHull nose plate14 mm at 14
FORDINGamphibiousHull sides upper7 mm at 18
GRADIENT60%Hull sides lower7 mm at 0
VERTICAL OBSTACLE0.4 mHull rear upper7 mm at 0
TRENCH1.25 mHull rear lower7 mm at 0
ENGINEGAZ 41 V-8Hull top7 mm at 0
water-cooled petrolBelly front2 mm
developing 140 hpBelly rear3 mm
3400 rpmTurret front7 mm at 43
ARMAMENT4 x SA-9 missileTurret sides7 mm at 36
AMMUNITION4 + 2 SA-9sTurret rear7 mm at 36
ARMOUR5-14 mmTurret top7 mm
SUSPENSIONsemi-elliptical springs
with hydraulic shock
absorbers
TYRES13.00 x 18
