9K32 Strela-2

	9K32 Strela-2
Faction	CDF; ChDKZ; NAPA; Takistani Army; Takistani Militia
Type	Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher
Calibre	72 mm
Magazine; capacity	1
Variants	None
Games	;

	9K32 Strela
Faction	SLA
Type	Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher
Calibre	72 mm
Magazine; capacity	1
Variants	None
Games

	9K32 Strela
Faction	Soviet Union; Nogovan Partisans
Type	Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher
Calibre	72 mm
Magazine; capacity	1
Variants	None
Games

NOTE: This article is about 9K32 SAMs in the main ArmA games. For 9K32Ms in ArmA 3's Global Mobilization - Cold War Germany Creator DLC, see 9K32M Strela-2 (Global Mobilization).

The 9K32 Strela-2 is a 72 mm missile launcher featured in ArmA: Cold War Assault, ArmA: Armed Assault and ArmA 2.

ArmA: Cold War Assault

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The 9K32 Strela-2 is a Soviet-era man-portable SAM system. In the West it is known by the NATO reporting name SA-7 Grail. The 9K32 was developed as a more capable alternative to anti-aircraft guns for engaging fighter jets, and uses an infrared seeker to track its targets. It remains as one of the most widely used MANPADS system in the world.

Weapon Description

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The 9K32 Strela is primarily used by the Soviet military, as well as in limited numbers with the Nogovan Partisans in ArmA: Cold War Assault.

Overview

The 9K32 is a portable, surface-to-air launcher that is designed to launch infrared-guided missiles at low-flying and medium altitude aircraft.

It can only load missiles fitted with a high-explosive (HE) warhead, and has an effective range of between 400 and up to a maximum of 1,200 metres. The 9K32 lacks magnified optics and uses a simple ironsight with a cross-shaped reticle instead.

The 9K32 is the Soviet counterpart to the American-made FIM-92 Stinger missile launcher. Both are short-ranged, infrared-guided, man-portable SAMs that are designed to take down helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft alike.

Aside from the obvious visual differences between the two weapons, the 9K32 is completely identical performance-wise to the Stinger. It also shares the same drawback of being excessively heavy to carry; each missile requires six inventory slots at the minimum which restricts the 9K32 to being a single-shot weapon only (assuming the user is on the move and cannot resupply).

Munitions

9K32s are limited to loading and firing one type of missile. They take require six free inventory slots to carry:

Damage type	Base damage value
High-Explosive	400

Missiles are always hard launched with an initial velocity of 30 m/s. They take a further three seconds after launch to reach a top speed of 350 m/s in mid-flight. The warhead itself has a blast radius of 2 metres.

Trivia

Cold War Assault's 9K32 has much smaller lock-on range compared to its real-world counterpart. Even the earliest models of the 9K32 had a maximum tracking distance of 3,700 metres; more than double that of the in-game 9K32.
- The drastic reduction in range was most likely done for gameplay "balancing" purposes, as the lack of deployable countermeasures for aircraft in Cold War Assault (as opposed to titles later in the series) would have made helicopters almost impossible to fly against AA-equipped infantry units.

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ArmA: Armed Assault

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The 9K32 Strela-2 (NATO name SA-7 Grail) is a man-portable, shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile (SAM) similar to the US Army Stinger, with passive infrared homing guidance.
The 9K32 is a tail-chase missile dependent on the operator’s ability to lock it onto the heat source of low-flying jets and helicopters.

Library Description

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The 9K32 Strela-2 72 mm missile launcher.

The 9K32 Strela is used exclusively by the SLA in ArmA: Armed Assault.