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The 9K38 Igla (Russian: Игла́, "needle", NATO reporting name SA-18 Grouse) is a Soviet/Russian man-portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. A simplified, earlier version is known as the 9K310 Igla-1 (NATO: SA-16 Gimlet), and the latest variant is the 9K338 Igla-S (SA-24 Grinch).
The SA-24 Grinch Igla-S man-portable air defense missile (MANPADS) system is designed for use against visible targets such as tactical aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise missiles, head-on or receding, in the presence of natural (background) clutter and countermeasures.
15 mar 2022 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the SA-24 (Grinch) / 9K338 Igla-S Man-Portable, Shoulder-Launched Anti-Aircraft Missile System including pictures.
9K338 Igla-S (NATO: SA-24 Grinch) man portable SAM system on display in 2010. 9P522 gripstock in front and 9M342 missile center. Source: Vitaly V. Kuzmin - © CC BY-SA 4.0
16 lis 2023 · Nowe zestawy zastąpią starsze generacyjnie 9K38 Igła (SA-16 Gimlet). Co ciekawe, pierwsze podejście do wyboru ich następcy miało miejsce już w 1999, ale postępowanie przetargowe zostało przerwane w 2005 z niewyjaśnionych przyczyn.
The culmination of missile design work by Soviet engineers in the 1950s and 1960s became the 9K338 "Igla-S" (NATO: SA-24 "Grinch"), a man-portable shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missile in 2004.
31 maj 2013 · The image above, a screenshot from a recently uploaded video, appears to show a fully assembled 9K338 Igla-S (NATO reporting name: SA-24 Grinch) in the hands of rebel forces in Syria. The fighters, from the Alasala Watanmia Front, exhibit four different man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS) in the video uploaded on May 30, 2013.
