Launch of a 9M37M / SA-13 Gopher SAM (Russian MoD).

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Production and Exports

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This system was primarily exported to Warsaw Pact nations, India and Cuba. Yugoslavia rehosted the system on an indigenous tracked chassis.

A number of upgrades exist for the basic system, and the late model 9K35M3 Kolchan variant is also available on a wheeled 8 x 8 BTR-60 chassis.

Upgrades for earlier variants are discussed further under 9K35A Gyurza / Strela 10M / SA-13 Gopher SAM System Upgrades.

Most production 9K35 / SA-13 Gopher systems were delivered on the Soviet MT-LB amphibious tracked chassis which forms the basis of the 9A35 and 9A34 TELARs. Yugoslavia integrated the 9K35 Strela 10SV system on an indigenous tracked chassis before the Balkans civil war and some of these systems were deployed during OAF.

More recently the late model 9K35M3 Strela 10M3 / SA-13 Gopher system has been integrated on a wheeled amphibious chassis under the designation 9K35M3-K Kolchan by KBT. The demonstrator for this design was fitted to a legacy BTR-60PBM 8 x 8 personnel carrier and displayed at the MAKS 2007 arms show in Moscow. The BTR-60PBM is a refurbished, relifed and re-engined baseline BTR-60, recognised by the enlarged aft engine bay.

Modifications to the BTR-60PBM series vehicle include replacement of the powered BPU-1 series automatic gun turret with the 9M35M3 TELAR turret previously designed for the MT-LB chassis, and the addition of side mounted magazines for four reload rounds.

The choice of the GAZ BTR-60PB series vehicle is almost certainly a result of the vast existing user base of this family of vehicles, which was more widely exported than any other Soviet armoured personnel carrier. The successor 1970s BTR-70 and 1980s BTR-80 were exported  as widely as the BTR-60, the 1990s BTR-90 is operated only by Russia. The similarity in hull designs across this family of vehicles would permit adaptation of the demonstrator design to any of the BTR-60/70/80/90 series hulls. Conversion of existing in service BTR-60/70/80/90 series vehicles into the 9K35M3-K Kolchan is significantly cheaper than the manufacture of new MT-LB vehicles, which are also more expensive to operate than wheeled vehicles of similar size. Numerous life extension and engine upgrades are available for the BTR-60/70/80/90 family of vehicles. The BTR-60/70/80/90 are Russian equivalents to the US LAV-25 and Stryker family of 8 x 8 personnel carriers.

The 9K35M3-K Kolchan 9A35M3-K and 9A34M3-K TELARs are more capable than the fielded 1980s 9A35M3 and 9A34M3 TELARs, and this qualifies the system as a new variant rather than block upgrade. Battery composition emulates the earlier variants, with one of four TELARs equipped with an RF passive detection system. KBT have not identified a specific battery transporter/transloader vehicle to date, other than the existing Ural 6 x 6 9T244/245 transloader series an amphibous option are relifed BTR-60P/70/80 personnel carrier variants, or the current production GAZ-59037 8 x 8 flatbed transporter, based on the BTR-80/90 vehicles.

The new digital fire control system includes a new Focal Plane Array technology uncooled optical acquisition and tracking sensor with a 12º x 16º FOV, an Okhotnik digital image processing system claimed to improve detection range by 30% to 70%, and a Trona-1 moving map and navigation display system.

BTR-60PB and BTR-60PBM-A1 Comparison
Variant	BTR-60PB	BTR-60PBM-A1
Combat weight, kg	10300	10250/11250*
Overall dimensions: – length – width – height (over turret)	7220 2825 2310	7220 2825 1210/2960*
Top speed over highway, at least, km/h	80	90
Top water speed, at least, km/h	9	9
Fuel range, km	500	550
Water endurance, hrs	11	12
Obstacle capabilities: – gradient, deg – trench, m	30 up to 2	30 up to 2
Engine type	2 × carburetor	2 × turbocharged diesel
Engine power, hp	2 × 90	2 × 110
Source: http://www.minotor-service.com/en/btr-60pbm-a1-and-btr-70m-a1-apc.html

BTR-70 and BTR-70M-A1 Comparison
Variant	BTR-70	BTR-70M-A1
Combat weight, kg	10500	11450/12450*
Overall dimensions, mm: – length – width – height (over turret)	7535 2800 2235	7535 2800 2235/2885*
Top speed over highway, at least, km/h	80	95
Top water speed, at least, km/h	9	9
Fuel range, km	500	550
Water endurance, hrs	10	11
Obstacle capabilities: – gradient, deg. – trench, m	30 up to 2	30 up to 2
Engine type	2 × carburetor	2 × turbocharged diesel
Engine power, hp	2 × 120	2 × 136
Source: http://www.minotor-service.com/en/btr-60pbm-a1-and-btr-70m-a1-apc.html

9K35M3-K Kolchan / SA-13 Gopher 9A34M3-K TELAR hosted on the relifed and re-engined legacy BTR-60PBM series amphibious personnel carrier. Note the new electro-optical fire control sensor package mounted above the RHS launchers, and the magazines for four reload rounds (images © Miroslav Gyűrösi).

GAZ-59037 amphibious transporter (via V Kuzmin).

The most recent variant of the PPRU series is the PPRU-1M-2 which is digital, and includes the new design solid state VNIIRT 9S80M1-2 replacing the legacy Dog Ear variants (Said Aminov, Vestnik PVO).

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9S16 Flat Box RF Passive Detection System

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The Flat Box series of sensors are designed to cue the 9A35M series TELARs to emitting enemy aircraft by exploiting radar emissions. The design uses a package of multiple antennas on the hull of the MT-LB and an additional antenna on the TELAR turret. To date sensitivity performance and band coverage have not been disclosed (all images © Miroslav Gyűrösi).

Aft antenna package, used for target detection and cueing.

Turret antenna package used for missile aiming in azimuth.