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HQ-7

Chinese short-range surface-to-air missile

Summary

Chinese short-range surface-to-air missile

Field	Value
is_missile	yes
name	HQ-7 / FM-80 / FM-90
image	Bangladesh Air Force FM-90 Crotale SAM (31545368571).jpg
caption	FM-90 of the Bangladesh Air Force
type	Surface-to-air missile
origin	People's Republic of China
designer	Changfeng Electromechanical Technology Design Institute
vehicle_range	*8 km (slant, fast target)
* (slant, slow target){{sfn	United States Department of the Army	2021	p	87}}
engine	Solid fuel rocket
guidance	*Command-guided version.
*Infrared homing{{sfn	United States Department of the Army	2021	p	87}}
length	3 m
diameter	0.156 m
weight	84.5 kg
launch_platform	*Transporter erector launcher
*Ship{{sfn	United States Department of the Army	2021	p	87}}

15 km (slant, slow target)
Infrared homing
Ship

The HQ-7 (; NATO reporting name: CH-SA-4) is a short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) from the People's Republic of China. It was reverse-engineered by the Changfeng Electromechanical Technology Design Institute from the French R-440 Crotale SAM. It entered service in the early 1980s.

A ground battery consists of a short-range radar and three launchers. Each launcher has four or eight missiles.

Variants

;HQ-7A Original command-guided version. ;HHQ-7 Naval variant. ;HQ-7B Improved version. ;FM-80 Export version of the HQ-7A. ;FM-90 Export version of the HQ-7B. ;FM-90N Naval variant of the FM-90.

Operators

; FM-90. ;

Bangladesh Army: FM-90
Bangladesh Air Force: FM-90
Bangladesh Navy: FM-90N and HHQ-7. ; HQ-7A, HQ-7B and HHQ-7. ; FM-80. Produces a mobile version dubbed Herz-9 ; FM-90 and FM-90N. ; FM-90.

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