Misagh-1

Misagh-1
Misagh-1 on right (note vertical battery unit).
Type	MANPADS
Place of origin	Iran
Production history
Manufacturer	Shahid Shah Abhady Industrial Complex
Specifications
Mass	16.9 kg
Length	1.477 m
Diameter	0.71 m
Warhead	1.42 kg
Detonation mechanism	Impact fuze
Engine	solid rocket motor
Operational range	6 km
Flight ceiling	5 km
Maximum speed	700 m/s (Mach 2.6)
Guidance system	Passive infrared homing
Launch platform	Man portable

The Misagh-1 (also Mithaq-1 ^[1] ) is an Iranian ^{[2] [3]} man-portable surface-to-air missile. It was developed by the Shahid Kazemi Industrial Complex in Tehran. ^[4]

The MANPADS was supplemented by the newer Misagh-2 missile system.

History

Iran began production of the Misagh-1 in May 1993. ^[5]

The Misagh-1 was reported to be found in anti-government insurgent arms caches in Iraq. ^[6] The US military has suggestions that the MANPADs found were smuggled with Iranian assistance. ^[6]

Design

The Misagh-1 is a variant or reverse-engineered clone of the Chinese QW-1 Vanguard. ^{[4] [7]}

Identification

Visually, the Misagh-1 is virtually indistinguishable from the QW-1 it is cloned from and Pakistan's Anza missile. ^[8] It can be distinguished from the QW-1M/Misagh-2 and the QW-18/Misagh-3 by the Misagh-1's straight battery unit.

Operators

• Iran: Used by the Iranian military. ^{[9] [10]}
• Syria: Supplied to the Syrian Army. ^[11]

Non-State Actors

• Hamas ^[12]
• Hezbollah ^[1]
• Anti-government insurgents in Iraq ^[6]

References

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3. The Misagh launch vehicle, a powerful competitor to the Stinger and RBS دوش‌پرتاب‌ میثاق رقیب قدرتمند استینگر و RBS Hamshahri Online
4. "Misagh-1 man portable air defence missile system technical data sheet specifications pictures | Iran Iranian army missile systems vehicles UK | Iran Iranian army military equipment armoured UK". 5 January 2012. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
5. "Iran Missile Chronology" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-01.
6. "Iran Missile Chronology" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-14.
7. "Missiles and Rockets of Hezbollah".
8. "A New MANPADS Variant Appears in Syria". 18 March 2016.
9. "Iran's Rocket and Missile Forces and Strategic Options" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-25.
10. "Global efforts to control MANPADS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-24.
11. "What Iran might sell now that the UN arms embargo expired". 21 October 2020.
12. "Inside the arsenal: Iranian-sourced weapons used in Hamas and Islamic Jihad's Israel assault". 13 October 2023.