Dog Ear

Country of Origin: Russia

description

The Dog Ear (with the Russian designation of 9S80) is a Russian ground-based, target-acquisition radar mounted on an MT-LB multi-purpose tracked vehicle or MT-LBu armored command and reconnaissance vehicle (ACRV). It uses an open-mesh, rounded-rectangle parabolic antenna. 

The radar supplies target alerting information to the SA-13 Gopher (Russian 9K35 Strela-10) surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. Deployment usually involves one system for each air defense battery/battalion.

status

In service.

The Dog Ear is in service with SA-13 Gopher SAM batteries. In some cases, upgraded SA-13 systems may have replaced the Dog Ear.

Production reportedly began in 1983.

builders

Yoshkar-Ola Optical and Radar Plant 297, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia

users platforms

 Angola
   Air Force               [10] (9K35 Strela-10)
 Azerbaijan
   Army                    [N/A] (9K35 Strela-10)
 Belarus
   Air Force               [N/A] (9K35 Strela-10)
 Bosnia-Herzegovina
   Air Force               [1] (9K35M3 Strela-10M3)
 Croatia
   Army                    [9] (9K35 Strela-10)
 Cuba
   Army                    [200] (9K35 Strela-10)
 Czech Republic
   Air Force               [N/A] (9K35 Strela-10)
 Georgia
   Army                    [N/A] (9K35 Strela-10)
 India
   Army                    [250] (9K35 Strela-10)
 Jordan
   Army                    [92] (9K35 Strela-10)
 Kazakhstan
   Air Force               [N/A] (9K35 Strela-10)
 Macedonia
   Air Force               [8] (9K35 Strela-10)
 North Korea
   Army                    [N/A] (9K35 Strela-10)
 Russia
   Airborne Forces         [30] (Strela-10MN)
   Army                    [400] (9K35M3 Strela-10M3)
   Marines                 [N/A] (9K35 Strela-10)
 Serbia
   Army                    [5] (9K35M Strela-10M)
 Slovak Republic
   Army                    [48] (9K35 Strela-10)
 Syria
   Army                    [N/A] (9K35 Strela-10)
 Turkmenistan
   Army                    [13] (9K35 Strela-10 mod)
 Ukraine
   Army                    [N/A] (9K35 Strela-10)

characteristics

PERFORMANCE
    band                    F-G (3-6 GHz)
    range
       acquisition          43 nm (50 mi, 80 km)
       tracking             19 nm (22 mi, 35 km)

variants

The...

PPRU-M1-2

The PPRU-1M-2 substitutes the analog Dog Ear Radar with the VNIIRT 9S80M1-2 X-band radar.

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