SA7

The Strela-2 (Russian: "Arrow-2") was the first generation of Soviet shoulder-launcher air defense missiles. It is a clone of the US FIM-43 Red Eye. The shoulder-launcher Strela-2 has nothing in common with the previous vehicle-mounted Strela-1. The Strela-2 was officially adopted in 1968. Its Western reporting name is SA-7 or Grail. Full-rate production commenced in 1970. The Strela-2 was widely used by the Soviet armed forces. It has been exported to Warsaw Pact countries, Soviet allies and countries, where Soviet influence has spread. This shoulder-launcher missile was produced in Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia. China, Egypt and Yugoslavia even developed their own improved versions of this missile.
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