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[[File:Type 91 MANPAD Launcher.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Type 91 MANPADS - 80mm]] | [[File:Type 91 MANPAD Launcher.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Type 91 MANPADS - 80mm]] | ||
[[File:Type 91 MANPAD Launcher display.JPG|thumb|right|400px|Type 91 MANPADS launcher on static display - 80mm]] | [[File:Type 91 MANPAD Launcher display.JPG|thumb|right|400px|Type 91 MANPADS launcher on static display - 80mm]] | ||
+ | [[File:JGSDF OH-1 Type 91 AAM launcher.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Type 91 Anti-Aircraft Missile Launcher mounted on Kawasaki OH-1 - 80mm]] | ||
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+ | The '''Type 91 MANPADS''' is a Japanese man-portable surface-to-air missile system developed in the 80s due to Japanese dissatisfaction with early [[FIM-92 Stinger]] variants. The project began in 1982 using a seeker design which had been in development since 1979: for perspective, this was when the Stinger was still the initial, easily spoofed IR-only FIM-92A model. | ||
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+ | While it is sometimes dismissed as a straight copy of Stinger and it is certainly heavily based on it, the Type 91 is in several ways a more advanced system, in particular in that it uses imaging infrared instead of contrast infrared: like all Stingers starting with the FIM-92B, it combines this with a UV seeker to defeat countermeasures. | ||
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+ | It is also slightly lighter, despite using a higher-caliber missile, though the tradeoff is that the Type 91's missile is slightly slower. | ||
==Specifications== | ==Specifications== | ||
− | (1991- | + | (Original - Developed 1982-1990, adopted 1991, first use 1994: Kai Upgrade - 2007-Present) |
* '''Type:''' MANPADS | * '''Type:''' MANPADS | ||
− | * '''Caliber:''' 80mm | + | * '''Caliber:''' 80mm |
* '''Capacity:''' 1 Missile | * '''Capacity:''' 1 Missile | ||
− | * '''Fire Modes:''' Infrared/Ultraviolet Homing | + | * '''Fire Modes:''' Single shot, Imaging Infrared/Ultraviolet Homing |
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+ | ==How to tell the FIM-92 Stinger from the Type 91 MANPADS== | ||
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+ | The Type 91 MANPADS is visually very similar to the [[FIM-92 Stinger]]. | ||
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+ | [[File:FIM-92 Stinger.jpg|thumb|none|500px|FIM-92 Stinger with IFF interrogator - 70mm. Note that the IFF antenna has one row of full-height holes instead of two rows of half-height holes, there is no rectangular device mounted diagonally on the side of the launcher directly below the sight, and it has a longer and flatter muzzle, rather than the short broad muzzle that looks almost the same as the tailcone of the Type 91.]] | ||
[[Category:Gun]] | [[Category:Gun]] | ||
[[Category:MANPADS]] | [[Category:MANPADS]] | ||
[[Category:Missile Launcher]] | [[Category:Missile Launcher]] |
Latest revision as of 11:57, 10 September 2020
The Type 91 MANPADS is a Japanese man-portable surface-to-air missile system developed in the 80s due to Japanese dissatisfaction with early FIM-92 Stinger variants. The project began in 1982 using a seeker design which had been in development since 1979: for perspective, this was when the Stinger was still the initial, easily spoofed IR-only FIM-92A model.
While it is sometimes dismissed as a straight copy of Stinger and it is certainly heavily based on it, the Type 91 is in several ways a more advanced system, in particular in that it uses imaging infrared instead of contrast infrared: like all Stingers starting with the FIM-92B, it combines this with a UV seeker to defeat countermeasures.
It is also slightly lighter, despite using a higher-caliber missile, though the tradeoff is that the Type 91's missile is slightly slower.
Specifications
(Original - Developed 1982-1990, adopted 1991, first use 1994: Kai Upgrade - 2007-Present)
- Type: MANPADS
- Caliber: 80mm
- Capacity: 1 Missile
- Fire Modes: Single shot, Imaging Infrared/Ultraviolet Homing
The Type 91 MANPADS and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Anime
Film Title | Character | Note | Date |
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Fate/Zero | Kiritsugu | Episode "Where Justice is Found" | 2011-2012 |
Coppelion | Ibara Naruse | Kai Variant, first used in "Hope", referred to as the "Hand Arrow" | 2013 |
Grisaia no Kajitsu | Travis | Episode 13 | 2014 |
How to tell the FIM-92 Stinger from the Type 91 MANPADS
The Type 91 MANPADS is visually very similar to the FIM-92 Stinger.