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Roland

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surface-to-air missile

  • FGM-148 Javelin antitank guided missile
    In rocket and missile system: Surface-to-air

    …SAM systems include the German-designed Roland, an SA-8 equivalent fired from a variety of tracked and wheeled vehicles, and the French Crotale, an SA-6 equivalent that used a combination of radar command guidance and infrared terminal homing. Both systems were widely exported. Less directly comparable to Soviet systems was the…

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