The AFU showed how they shot down a Russian missile with the help of AN/TWQ-1 Avenger SAM (video)

By: Myroslav Trinko | 25.09.2023, 12:35
The AFU showed how they shot down a Russian missile with the help of AN/TWQ-1 Avenger SAM (video)

A video of the AN/TWQ-1 Avenger short-range surface-to-air missile system in the hands of the AFU has appeared on the Internet.

Here's What We Know

The video was published by the AFU StartCom. The video shows how the wars of the 1129th anti-aircraft missile regiment shoot down a Russian missile. When exactly it was recorded is unknown. Perhaps it happened today, 25 September, during another missile attack on Ukrainian territory.

Flashback

AN/TWQ-1 Avenger is an American surface-to-air missile system developed by Boeing and General Electric. It is built on a Humvee chassis. It is designed to destroy air objects at a distance of up to 3.8 km in altitude and up to 5.5 km in range. The complex is equipped with two containers, each with four FIM-92 Stinger missiles. The complex also has a radar station and a 12.7mm Browning M2 machine gun.

Source: StartCom AFU