SA-22 Greyhound
Short-range SAM + gun — point defence
Combined gun/missile system for point defence — the innermost layer of the IADS. Protects high-value assets such as S-400/S-500 sites, C2 nodes and airfields against PGMs, cruise missiles and drones. In Ukraine it has become indispensable as an anti-drone weapon, but is itself regularly destroyed. Fire-on-the-move capable; very short reaction time.
Dimensionsfor imagery analysis
- Vehicle
- KamAZ-6560 8x8 truck
- L × W × H
- 10.3 × 2.5 × 3.27 m
- Weight
- Truck: 14.85 t curb, 20 t payload
- Antenna / mast
- Surveillance radar antenna 1.78 × 0.94 m
- Missile (L × Ø, span)
- 57E6: 3.2 m × Ø 170 mm (booster) / 90 mm (sustainer); 75 kg
- Dimension source
- US Army TRADOC Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)
General
- Role
- Point defence / SHORAD (anti-PGM, anti-UAS)
- Vehicles
- Wheeled (KamAZ-6560; since Tsentr-2026 officially also on the Belarusian MZKT-7930-312) or tracked; also static — source: Defence Blog (3 Oct 2026), RU Mil Tracker e-20261004-05
- Crew
- 3
- Reaction time
- 4–6 sec
- Notable
- Fire on the move — protects longer-range SAMs
Weapon — missile
- Missile
- 57E6 / 57E6-E; newer variants also 95Ya6 (see Recent developments)
- Ready to fire
- 12
- Guidance
- Radio-command (SACLOS)
- Max range
- ≈ 11 NM
- Altitude
- 49 ft – 49,200 ft
Weapon — gun
- Gun
- 2× 2A38M 30 mm
- Range
- 0.1 – 2.2 NM
- Altitude
- 0 – 9,840 ft
- Rate of fire
- ≈ 5,000 rpm (combined)
Radar & threat
- Radar
- 1RS1-1E (detection) + 1RS2 (track, X/Ku)
- Optical
- EO/IR channel (passive)
- Threat level
- High within 11 NM — detected late
Recent developments (2026, single source — Ukrainian, unverified)
- New subvariants
- Pantsir-S1M (mobile) and Pantsir-SMD (static, gunless) reported — both still fire the standard 57E6-E; source: Defense Express
- Pantsir-SMD-E with Gvozd mini-missiles
- According to HUR (Sep. 2026), a Pantsir-SMD-E was spotted this year that uses small TKB-1055 Gvozd anti-drone missiles instead of guns — an addition to the gunless SMD above — source: HUR via Ukrainska Pravda, RU Mil Tracker e-20261001-09
- 95Ya6 missile and production chain
- HUR calls the 95Ya6 the primary medium-range missile of the various Pantsir variants and (Sep. 2026) published 23 Russian companies in its production chain, with KBP (Shipunov) as lead developer and manufacturer; about a third are not sanctioned by any coalition member — source: Ukrainska Pravda/HUR, RU Mil Tracker e-20261001-09
- New deployment around Moscow
- OSINT satellite analysis (~Jul. 2026) shows ~24 newly built Pantsir towers around Moscow, forming a defensive ring with a ≈40 km radius — source: Militarnyi, RU Mil Tracker e-20260728-05
- Tower emplacement hit (Oct. 2026)
- The SBU's Alpha unit showed (10 Oct. 2026) a drone destroying a Pantsir on top of one of these elevated anti-drone towers ('Flakturm'). The tower gives the radar a view over trees and terrain, but leaves the system immobile and therefore a target that can be planned in advance; location, date and variant were not disclosed. SBU head Malyuk claimed in late 2025 that 48% of Russia's Pantsirs had been destroyed that year, against production of ≈30 per year — source: Defence Blog, RU Mil Tracker e-20261011-03; Ukrainian claim, not independently verified
News archive 26
Analysed reports from the RU Mil Tracker about this system, newest first. Archive since 2026-07-17.
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Russia builds outer air-defence ring of new towers near Putin's Valdai residence, bringing the total to about 50 positions, roughly half the number around Moscow
Russia has built more than a dozen new towers for air-defence systems around Vladimir Putin's residence at Valdai (Novgorod region) in October, bringing the number of air-defence positions in the area to about 50, or by some counts more than 50. The finding comes from Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) Russian Service, based on satellite imagery analysed jointly with…
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Ukraine confirms missile strike on Energiya plant in Yelets, sole Russian maker of glide-bomb guidance batteries and supplier for Iskander and Kinzhal
On the afternoon of 25 October, missiles struck the Energiya plant in Yelets, Lipetsk Oblast, about 250 km from the Ukrainian border. The Ukrainian OSINT community Exilenova+ said the strike most likely involved UK-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles. Lipetsk Governor Igor Artamonov confirmed a strike on Yelets's industrial zone and said one person was in…
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Ukraine strikes Tolyattikauchuk synthetic-rubber plant and an aircraft at Yeysk; Russian MoD claims 616 drones downed
According to the Ukrainian General Staff, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda, Ukraine's defence forces struck the Tolyattikauchuk plant in Tolyatti (Samara Oblast) and an aircraft at the Yeysk airfield in Krasnodar Krai on 23 October and the night of 23–24 October. At Tolyatti an explosion and fire were recorded near the facility; photos and videos shared by m…
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Proton plant in Oryol, supplier of Iskander-M, Pantsir-S1 and S-71 Kover components, reportedly struck by missiles
On 23 October 2026 a missile strike likely hit the Proton joint-stock company in the Sovetsky District of Oryol (Orel), about 160 km from the Ukrainian border, according to the monitoring channel Exilenova+ and the OSINT projects Supernova and Astra, citing local reports. Proton makes optoelectronic equipment, semiconductor devices and electronic components…
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Russia has built at least 33 air-defence positions around the Alabuga Shahed/Geran drone production zone in Tatarstan since spring 2026, satellite imagery shows
At least 33 air-defence positions have been built around the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in Tatarstan since spring 2026. Alabuga is Russia's main production site for Geran (Shahed-type) attack drones. The count comes from Radio Liberty's Russian service, which analysed satellite imagery taken on 21 October 2026; Militarnyi and Ukrainska Pravda reported it…
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«Кто ещё стоит на страже неба» (Rybar: 'Who else guards the sky' – the Tsitadel 30 mm gun complex against drones)
The Russian milblogger channel Rybar highlights the Tsitadel (ZAK-30) anti-aircraft artillery complex as a less publicised part of Russia's defence against Ukrainian drones. While the role of Pantsir systems and mobile fire groups is widely known, Rybar writes, Tsitadel usually stays 'behind the scenes'. The post is based on a report by the Russian state br…
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«Российская ПВО и опыт Спецоперации: первые успехи» (Topwar: 'Russian air defence and the experience of the Special Operation: first successes')
In the first part of a three-part series, Topwar author Kirill Ryabov reviews the initial phase of Russian air defence in the war against Ukraine from February 2022. Ground Forces air defence carried the main load, with VKS air and missile defence units and naval systems also involved; the article lists the layered Ground Forces structure (S-300V4, Buk-M3,…
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Ukrainian drones set a Russian air defence position in Sochi on fire, a month after an S-300 was hit at the same site
Ukrainian strike drones attacked a Russian air defence position in Sochi overnight on 10–11 October, Ukrainian outlet Militarnyi reports. NASA's FIRMS satellite fire-monitoring system registered a fire at the site at 02:29 local time. The type of system at the position and the extent of any damage are not stated; the report rests on the FIRMS detection and…
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Ukraine's SBU Alpha unit releases footage of a drone destroying a Russian Pantsir air-defence system mounted on an elevated 'Flakturm' tower.
A Ukrainian drone has destroyed a Russian Pantsir air-defence system on top of a so-called Flakturm, one of the purpose-built towers Russia has been erecting to counter Ukrainian drones, according to footage released by the Alpha special operations unit of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and reported by Defence Blog. The SBU did not say where or when…
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Ukraine Strikes russian Pantsir-S1 System, Drone Launch Site, Fuel Depot, and Ammunition Warehouses (Defense Express)
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian forces struck several Russian military targets in occupied Ukrainian territory and in Russia itself on Friday 9 October 2026. In the occupied Donetsk area they reportedly hit a site used to store, prepare and launch strike drones, as well as a Russian command and observation post; the…
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Су-24, два катери, 40 пунктів управління та десятки засобів ППО, РЛС і РЕБ — результати middle strike за вересень (ArmyInform: Su-24, two boats, 40 command posts and dozens of air-defence, radar and EW assets: results of middle strike for September)
Ukraine's Ministry of Defence has published a September tally of its 'middle strike' campaign. According to the ministry, Ukraine's Defence Forces hit more than 30 Russian air-defence, radar and electronic-warfare assets, 40 command posts and more than 50 logistics targets during the month. The report does not define the term or name the Ukrainian units or…
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Russia shows Pantsir-S1M on Belarusian MZKT-7930-312 chassis at Tsentr-2026, first official confirmation of the configuration
During the strategic exercise Tsentr-2026, Russia showed an upgraded Pantsir-S1M gun-and-missile air defence system mounted on a Belarusian MZKT-7930-312 chassis, Defence Blog reports. It is the first official confirmation of this configuration, which until now was known only from a leaked supply contract and from one vehicle that Ukrainian drone operators…
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Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) names 23 Russian companies making 95Ya6 missiles for the Pantsir air defence system, a third of them unsanctioned
Ukraine's Defence Intelligence (HUR/DIU), via its Telegram channel and the War&Sanctions portal, has published information on 23 Russian companies involved in a manufacturing partnership for the 95Ya6 surface-to-air guided missile, the primary medium-range munition for the various Pantsir (gun-and-missile air defence) variants. According to HUR, the central…
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Ukraine Strikes russian Pantsir-S2 System, UAV Command Post and Drone Launch Facility
According to Ukraine's General Staff, as reported by Defense Express, Ukrainian forces struck a Russian Pantsir-S2 surface-to-air missile and gun system near Seltso in Russia's Bryansk region on 27-28 September 2026. The outlet describes the Pantsir-S2 as designed to provide short-range air defence against aircraft, helicopters, precision-guided weapons and…
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Авіація, катери, радари та міст: ГУР знищило низку критичних елементів військової системи окупантів
Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) reported on 28 September 2026 that operators of its special unit 'Prymary' (Ghosts) struck a range of Russian targets, from logistics and communications to radar, aviation and naval assets. ArmyInform lists: a railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal; 9 communication towers, EW, ELINT and radar (BRLS) assets…
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Ukraine's General Staff claims strikes on a Pantsir-S2 in Bryansk Oblast, a drone control station, drone launch sites and ammunition depots
Ukraine's General Staff reported on 28 September 2026 (via X) that Ukrainian defence units struck a series of Russian targets on 27 September and overnight into 28 September. The most notable claim is a hit on a Pantsir-S2 anti-aircraft gun-missile system near Seltso in Bryansk Oblast, inside Russia.
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Ukraine hits two Russian missile-component plants in two nights: Almaz-Antey's Iskra in Ulyanovsk (Kh-59, Pantsir parts) and the Azov Optical-Mechanical Plant, which leaked files tie to at least seven missile programs including Kh-101 and Oreshnik
Ukrainian long-range drones struck JSC NPP 'Iskra Plant' in Ulyanovsk overnight on 24–25 September 2026, as part of a wider drone barrage on Russia. The plant belongs to the Almaz-Antey defence conglomerate and makes semiconductor devices, microwave components and electronics. According to Militarnyi and an identification by the independent Russian outlet A…
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Partisans Claim Sabotage at Russian Missile-Component Plant in Voronezh
Ukrainian partisan group Atesh claims it sabotaged an electrical substation feeding VZPP-Sborka, a semiconductor, integrated-circuit and power-module plant in Voronezh, roughly 250 km from the Ukrainian border, announcing the operation on Sept. 16, 2026. According to Atesh, an agent infiltrated the substation and destroyed the main distribution cabinet, tri…
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Ukraine strikes two Pantsir-S1 systems, radar station, drone facilities and engine plant
On 11 September 2026, Ukraine's General Staff reported a series of simultaneous precision strikes on multiple Russian targets. Two Pantsir-S1 gun-missile air defense systems were knocked out near Taganrog in Russia's Rostov region, and an enemy radar station was hit near Berezki in Bryansk region; the specific radar type was not identified in reporting.
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Российский ОПК в Египте: барражирующие боеприпасы, истребители 5 поколения и ПВО нового поколения
At the El Alamein International Airshow 2026 in Egypt, Russia's defense industry showcased a broad range of export-oriented weapon systems to potential buyers across North Africa and the Middle East, according to Topwar. Among the aircraft on display were the Su-57Ė — the export version of Russia's fifth-generation fighter — shown both statically and in fli…
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Ukraine's Defence Intelligence discloses 155 Ruselectronics enterprises supplying components for Russian weapons
Ukraine's Defence Intelligence (HUR) has published data on 155 enterprises that are part of, or managed by, the Ruselectronics (Roselektronika) holding, a subsidiary of Russia's state corporation Rostec. The information was added to the "aggressor's military-industrial complex" section of HUR's War&Sanctions portal. The holding groups plants and research in…
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Defense Express analyses photos of two Russian Pantsir-S1 systems destroyed by Ukrainian drone strikes
SINGLE SOURCE — Ukrainian publication. Defense Express published close-up photographs of two Russian Pantsir-S1 air-defence systems knocked out by Ukrainian drone strikes in late August 2026, arguing that both should count as destroyed rather than merely damaged. The first was hit on 29 August near occupied Kerch in Crimea (probably covering the Crimean Bri…
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Russian Forces Receive More Pantsir Air Defense Systems, Hypersonic Missiles to Try Shoot Down Ukrainian UAVs, But...
SINGLE SOURCE — Ukrainian publication (Defense Express), not independently corroborated. According to Defense Express, Russian forces have received a new batch of Pantsir air-defense systems: the mobile Pantsir-S1M and the stationary, gunless Pantsir-SMD variant. Both can reportedly fire the standard 57E6-E interceptor (about 1,300 m/s, ~20 km range) as wel…
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Russia Considers Mounting Pantsir Air Defenses on Autonomous Trucks
According to the Ukrainian OSINT outlet Defense Express, Russia is exploring a concept to mount Pantsir-S air-defense systems on fully autonomous vehicles that would patrol pre-programmed routes without an onboard crew, coordinated through a centralized command-and-control system. The proposed chassis is the KamAZ-65119, an autonomous dump truck Russia anno…
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Fighters from Black Forest unit struck MiG-29 and Pantsir-S1 at Khalino airfield in the Kursk region
Censor.NET (EN) reports that fighters from Ukraine's 'Black Forest' unit — identified elsewhere as the 15th Separate Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade 'Black Forest' of the Ukrainian Ground Forces — struck a Russian MiG-29 fighter jet and a Pantsir-S1 gun/missile air-defense system at the Khalino airfield in Kursk Oblast, roughly 7 km east of Kursk city. The…
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Ukrainian Drones Destroy Warehouses Near Moscow Despite Dozens of Pantsir Systems and Three S-400s
Ukrainian long-range attack drones reportedly struck a cluster of logistics and fuel facilities in Moscow Oblast around 20 July 2026, hitting Wildberries' largest sorting center in Koledino, the 'South Gate' (Yuzhni Vorota) industrial park near Metkino, and an oil depot in Lvovskoye, all located 20-30 km south of central Moscow near Podolsk. Defense Express…