Panda Hobby 35008-2 9K330 Tor with metal track link version 2.0

The first works on the self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system 9K330 Tor (in NATO code: SA-15 Gauntlet) began at the turn of the 1970s and 1980s. In 1986, the set was adopted by the Soviet Army. Serial production started in the same year and continues to this day (2017) at the IEMZ Kupol, Metrowagonmash and MZKT plants in Minsk, Belarus. The 9K330 Tor set was created as a successor to the 9K33 Osa set. In the 9K330, a new tracked chassis was used, but most of all new targeting and target detection systems, and it was also decided to shoot projectiles from a vertical position. Thanks to this, the set can hit targets flying from any direction. The main task of the 9K330 Tor set was and still is to counter targets flying at low and medium altitude, mainly helicopters, drones or attack aircraft. It is estimated that the effectiveness of the kit is very high. The probability of the shot effectiveness is assumed to be: 92-95% against airplanes, 80-96% against helicopters and 90% against drones. The 9K330 set uses 9M330 missiles with a maximum velocity of up to Mach 2.8 and considerable maneuverability. After 1986, the set was modernized mainly through the modernization of the 9M330 missiles themselves and the use of better radars. The 9K330 set is in the equipment of many countries, including: Belarus, China, Greece, Cyprus, but most of all Ukraine and Russia, which each have about 100 sets of these weapons in their line.