Feels like something between gun or gun-and-missile systems like Shilka and Tunguska, and fixed short-range systems like Neva in terms of capability and envelope.
Gonna be impressive!
Originally it was planned to be the cheap alternative of the KUB (SA-6). According to the plans, one KUB (SA-6) regiment armed the tank divisions, while one OSA (SA-8) regiment armed the mechanized divisions.
Due to the protracted development, the KUB become avaiable earlier, and was fielded for almost all mechanized and tank divisions in the Warsaw Pact.
OSA-AK/AKM is the last single digit SAM system, and the most modern and easy to used one.
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