The Soviet SAM systems were following a "general" design...

Silver hammer finish...
Dvina (SA-2B/F)
KUB (SA-6)
ZSU-23-4 Shilka

Blue panel...
Volkhov (SA-2E)
Neva (SA-3B)
KRUG (SA-4B)
Vega (SA-5B)

... and the next design was the "WHITE".
OSA (SA-8B)
S-300PS/PMU (SA-10B)



Here you can see, where the Soviet SAM design advanced since the "Blue" design...

- automatic target acquisition
- automatic missile preparation depending on target flight parameters
- automatic missile guidance method selection depending on target flight parameters
- automatic missile radio-proxy fuse setting depending on target flight parameters

Last edited by Hpasp; 07/06/13 08:37 PM.
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