{{Short description|Chinese man portable surface-to-air missile}}{{Infobox weapon |is_missile=yes |name=QW-1 |image=File:QW-3 Paskhas (02).jpg |caption=Members of the Indonesian Quick Reaction Forces Command (Kopasgat) inspecting a QW series MANPADS launcher |origin={{CHN}} |type=Man-portable air-defense system |manufacturer= |used_by= |unit_cost= |propellant= |production_date= |service= |engine= |engine_power= |weight={{convert|36|lbs|kg}}<ref name="whitmire">{{cite report |last1=Whitmire |first1=James C. |date=December 2006 |title=Shoulder Launched Missiles (a.k.a. MANPADS): The Ominous Threat to Commercial Aviation |url=https://media.defense.gov/2019/Apr/11/2002115503/-1/-1/0/37MANPADS.PDF |series=The Counterproliferation Papers |volume=37 |publisher=United States Air Force Air University |location=Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama |issue= |pages= |doi= |access-date=6 March 2022}}</ref> |length= |height= |diameter= |wingspan= |speed= |vehicle_range={{convert|5|km|mi}} (maximum)<ref name="sipri_2007_684"/> |ceiling={{convert|2.5|mi|km}}<ref name="whitmire"/> |altitude= |filling= |guidance=Infrared homing<ref name="sipri_2007_684"/> |detonation= |launch_platform=MANPADS }}
The '''QW-series''' ({{Lang-zh|p=Qian Wei|s=前卫|t=前衛}})<ref name="janes_qw-2_turk">{{Cite web |last1=Dominguez |first1=Gabriel |title=Footage suggests QW-2 MANPADS has entered service with Turkmenistan Army |url=http://www.janes.com/article/77051/footage-suggests-qw-2-manpads-has-entered-service-with-turkmenistan-army |website=Janes |date=15 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117152348/http://www.janes.com/article/77051/footage-suggests-qw-2-manpads-has-entered-service-with-turkmenistan-army |archive-date=17 January 2018 |access-date=6 March 2022}}</ref> are man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) developed by the People's Republic of China.<ref name="atp71003_c3" />
==QW-1== The '''QW-1''' (NATO reporting name: '''CH-SA-7''')<ref name="IISS_2023">{{Cite book|author=The International Institute for Strategic Studies|title=The Military Balance 2023|date=15 February 2023 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |chapter=6 Asia }}</ref> is the initial version. It is likely a copy or derivative of the Soviet 9K38 Igla-1 MANPAD.<ref name="atp71003_c3">''Chinese Tactics'' (2021): page C-3</ref>
The system was unveiled in 1994.<ref name="SAS_2012_10">{{cite book |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html |chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2012/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2012-Chapter-10-EN.pdf |chapter=Surveying the Battlefield: Illicit Arms In Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia |title=Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2012 |author=Small Arms Survey |author-link=Small Arms Survey |page=327 |isbn=978-0-521-19714-4 |access-date=30 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831002411/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html |archive-date=2018-08-31 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Variants=== ;QW-1M :Modernized version. Also used by Kata'ib Hezbollah.<ref name="PMU">{{cite report |title=Iraq: Turning a blind eye: The arming of the Popular Mobilization Units |date=5 January 2017 |url=https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1453862017ENGLISH.PDF |id=MDE 14/5386/2017 |publisher=Amnesty International |page=26}}</ref>
;Anza-2 :Version developed or produced in Pakistan.<ref name="sipri_2007_684">{{cite book |title=SIPRI Yearbook 2007: Armaments, Disarmament, and International Security |url=https://www.sipri.org/yearbook/2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2007 |isbn=9780199230211 |page=684}}</ref> ;Misagh-1 :Version developed or produced in Iran.<ref name="sipri_2007_684"/> ;Misagh-2 :Version developed or produced in Iran.<ref name="sipri_2007_684"/> According to some sources, the Misagh-2 may be a copy of the QW-1M. {{clear|right}}
==QW-2== {{Main|QW-2 MANPADS}}
==QW-3== thumb|Vehicle mounted QW-3 The '''QW-3''' uses semi-active homing.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Zeigler |first1=Sean M. |last2=Hou |first2=Alexander C. |last3=Martini |first3=Jeffrey |last4=Norton |first4=Daniel M. |last5=Phillips |first5=Brian |last6=Schwille |first6=Michael |last7=Strong |first7=Aaron |last8=Vest |first8=Nathan |date=2019 |title=Acquisition and Use of MANPADS Against Commercial Aviation: Risks, Proliferation, Mitigation, and Cost of an Attack |url=https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR4300/RR4304/RAND_RR4304.pdf |location=Santa Monica, California |publisher=RAND Corporation |page=3 |isbn=978-1-9774-0418-3 |id=RR-4304-DOS}}</ref>
==QW-18== [[File:QW-18A of Bangladesh Army.jpg|thumb|QW-18A of the Bangladesh Army]] The '''QW-18''' (NATO reporting name: CH-SA-11<ref>{{cite journal|title=Chapter Five: Asia: Regional trends in 2024 |date=2025 |journal=The Military Balance 2025 |volume=125 |issue=1 |page=206–311 |doi=10.1080/04597222.2025.2445477 }}</ref>) is a new version of the Qianwei series. It is an all-weather MANPADS system. It uses a dual-band passive infrared seeker, the target plume and skinning two heat detection. The QW-18A features electric-servo control actuators to increase guidance and flight characteristics.
*Range: 500 to 5,000 m *Altitude: 10 to 4,000 m.
==QW-19== QW-19 is an upgrade of QW-18, featuring a new digital seeker and a contact-proximity fuse with four control fins (instead of two on QW-18). It supports initial guidance mode, and the shooter can engage the targets by directly aiming.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/china-defense-close |title=China Defense Close-Up |date=1 December 2014 |website=Aviation Week }}</ref>
==See also== * {{lwc|Anza (missile)}} * The FN-6 and HN-5 are other Chinese man-portable surface-to-air missiles. * {{lwc|FIM-92 Stinger}} * {{lwc|Qaem#Qaem ground to air missile|Qaem}} * {{lwc|Misagh-2}} * {{lwc|Sungur}} * {{lwc|PZR Grom}} * {{lwc|Mistral (missile)}}
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==Bibliography== {{Refbegin}} *{{cite book |title=Chinese Tactics |url=https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN33195-ATP_7-100.3-000-WEB-1.pdf |publisher=United States Department of the Army |id=ATP 7-100.3 |location=Washington, D.C. |page= |date=9 August 2021}} {{Refend}}
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