Draft:SAHV-3

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[[File:SAHV-3 Radar Variant and IR Variant.jpg|thumb|SAHV-3 Missile Radar Variant and IR Variant]]

The SAHV-3 was designed to counter helicopters, fast-attack aircraft, and missiles, particularly those attacking at very low altitudes.

Specifications

Proximity Fuse: 10m RF with high kill probability.

Guidance: RF command link (often used with the Thomson-CSF Castor 2J radar for tracking).

Maneuverability: Peak 40g (single-plane).

Operational Altitude: Up to 8 km (effective) or well over 30,000 ft.

Range 15 km (effective range ~12 km).

Mach 3.5 (approx. 3,950 km/h).

Projectile mass 123 kg.

Warhead mass 22 kg High Explosive (HE) fragmentation.

Development Status

While testing was successful and prototypes were built in the early 1990s, the full production of the land-based SAHV-3 system was halted, with development efforts shifting toward the vertical-launch Umkhonto naval system.

Variants

SAHV-RS: A variant with an Active Radar Homing (ARH) seeker, Fox-3 Identification.

File:The SAHV-3 ARH Variant.jpg
The SAHV-3 Missile ARH Variant

SAHV-IR: An infrared-homing variant with a 2-colour IR seeker, Fox-2 identification.

File:The SAHV-3 IR Variant.jpg
The SAHV-3 Missile IR Variant

References

There aren't alot of refrences for the SAHV-3 but these have information on the missile either on text or photo graphic evidence such as on the Warthunder technical forums

  1. Warthunder technical forums

2. Secret Projects forum

3. Global Security Forums

4. Pmulcahy.com

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