AFU receives AN/TWQ-1 Avenger SAM with Stinger missiles, capable of destroying air targets at up to 5.5km away

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have started using American AN/TWQ-1 Avenger surface-to-air missile systems.

Here's What We Know

Video of one system was published by military analyst @UAWeapons. Apparently the SAM system is now being tested at the range and will soon become operational. Incidentally, the USA promised to transfer the AN/TWQ-1 Avenger to the AFU as far back as November last year. A total of 12 such systems were to be delivered to Ukraine.

Flashback

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

Source: @UAWeapons