Profile
- Type
- Self-propelled short-range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft gun system
- Origin
- Russia
- Service note
- 2000s-present
Air Defense
Pantsir-S1
The Pantsir-S1 is a Russian mobile point-defense system that combines command-guided surface-to-air missiles, twin 30 mm automatic cannon, radar tracking, and electro-optical fire control on a wheeled combat vehicle. It is intended to defend military units, air-defense sites, and infrastructure from aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles, precision weapons, and UAVs, and has been documented in Russian service during the Russia-Ukraine War with some systems captured and reused by Ukraine.
- Built by
- KBP Instrument Design Bureau
- Built in
- Russia
Service History
- In service
- Operational from the 2000s
- Used by
- Russian Armed Forces, Ukrainian Armed Forces (captured examples)
- Wars
- Russia-Ukraine War
Production History
- Designer
- KBP Instrument Design Bureau
- Designed
- Development began in 1989
- Built by
- KBP Instrument Design Bureau
- Built in
- Russia
- Unit cost
- Not stated in official sources
- Produced
- 2000s-present
- Number built
- Not publicly confirmed
- Variants
- Pantsir-S1, Pantsir-S1M, Pantsir-SM
Specifications
- Role
- Point defense against aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles, precision weapons, and UAVs
- Missile armament
- 12 surface-to-air missiles
- Gun armament
- Two twin-barrel 30 mm automatic guns
- Missile engagement range
- 1,200-20,000 m against aircraft-class targets
- Gun engagement range
- 200-4,000 m
- Maximum target speed
- Up to 1,000 m/s for engaged targets
- Simultaneous engagements
- Up to four targets
Conflict Usage
- Russia-Ukraine War
- Side: RussiaUkraine
Fielded by Russian forces as a short-range air-defense missile-gun system during the full-scale invasion; open-source loss records document destroyed, damaged, and captured Pantsir-S1 vehicles, and Ukrainian officials reported at least one captured system entering Ukrainian air-defense service.
Pantsir-S1 Images
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"Pantsir-S1" ADMGSPublisher: Rosoboronexport | Note: Official export product page supporting system role, armament, engagement envelope, target handling, and background description. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Pantsir S-1Publisher: Center for Strategic and International Studies Missile Threat | Note: Supports manufacturer/design background, class, service context, and general Pantsir-S1 specifications. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Attack On Europe: Documenting Russian Equipment Losses During The Russian Invasion Of UkrainePublisher: Oryx | Note: Directly documents Russia-Ukraine War operational use through visually confirmed Russian Pantsir-S1 losses, including destroyed, damaged, and captured systems. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Captured Russian "Pantsir" fights for Ukraine, takes out first targetPublisher: Ukrainska Pravda | Note: Directly supports Russia-Ukraine War operational use of a captured Pantsir-S1 in Ukrainian air-defense service, citing Ukraine's Ministry of Defence and Air Force Command spokesman Yurii Ihnat. | Accessed: 2026-06-20File:96K6 Pantsir S1.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Primary image provenance; Commons lists the photo as own work by Boevaya mashina under CC BY-SA 4.0. | Accessed: 2026-06-20File:Pantsir-S1 SAM.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Gallery image provenance; Commons records the Pantsir-S1 photo under CC BY-SA 3.0 with Picasa review history. | Accessed: 2026-06-20