MANPADS
QW-1 family
QianWei-1 / -1M / -11 (Vanguard)
Medium
CN
Chinese man-portable air-defence missile, second generation
Second Chinese MANPADS generation from CASIC (Liuzhou Changhong), developed from the HN-5 with a configuration derived from the Igla-1 (SA-16). Its ammonia-cooled InSb seeker works in two colours and has IR counter-countermeasures. The QW-1M is modernised; the QW-11 (QW-1G, 2006) adds a proximity fuze against smaller targets such as cruise missiles. Basis of the Iranian Misagh-1/-2 and the Pakistani Anza Mk-II; the QW-1M has been seen with Kata'ib Hezbollah in Iraq.
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- Missile (L × Ø, span)
- QW-1: 1.53 m × Ø 72 mm; 10.7 kg
- System
- QW-1: 16.5 kg · QW-1M: 18 kg
- Dimension source
- US Army TRADOC Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)
General
- Role
- Last layer, man-portable
- Manufacturer
- Liuzhou Changhong Aerospace (CASIC)
- In service
- QW-1: IOC 1992 (TRADOC), public 1994; QW-11: 2006
- Variants
- QW-1, QW-1M (modernised), QW-11 / QW-1G (proximity fuze)
- Derivatives
- Misagh-1 and Misagh-2 (IR), Anza Mk-II (PK)
- Users
- incl. China, Pakistan, Iran, Sudan; Kata'ib Hezbollah (QW-1M)
Weapon (QW-1)
- Guidance
- Infrared, ammonia-cooled InSb, two-colour, with IRCCM
- Range
- ≈ 0.3 – 2.7 NM (0.5–5 km)
- Altitude
- ≈ 100 – 13,100 ft (30–4,000 m)
- Warhead
- ≈ 1.42 kg HE-fragmentation, impact fuze (QW-11: proximity fuze)
- Weight
- System 16.5 kg; missile 10.7 kg
Warning & threat
- RWR
- No — passive; only a MAWS sees the launch
- Countermeasure
- Altitude, DIRCM; flares of limited effect
- Threat level
- Medium — comparable to the Igla-1, relevant mainly via proxies
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