Group : Local Air Defenses
Status : Active
Also Known As : Pantsir-S (Russian Army version), Pantsyr S1, Panzir, SA-22 Greyhound (NATO codename)
Origin : Russia
Contractor : KBP
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 2004
Total Production : 384
Unitary Cost : USD $15.0 million

The Pantsyr-S1 battery includes up to six combat vehicles equipped with 8 to 12 56E6-E missiles and 1,400 30mm rounds. In addition, the battery includes a command post vehicle, transporter/loader, and spare transport and repair vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with satellite-based navigation system, air conditioning, electric power supply, voice and data communications, meteorological and combat recording equipment. Each weapon system vehicle has a crew of three-man and a reaction time over 4 - 6 seconds. Up to six vehicles can be connected using a network operating as a single air defense system against a saturation strike while covering 360-degree in azimuth. The system also features an additional protection against electronic warfare (EW) while switching its operational frequency using random numbers. Introduced in 2004 the Pantsyr-S1 achieved a major success in Syria on April 2018 countering a FUKUS (France, UK and US) strike utilizing 100+ cruise missiles such as Tactical Tomahawk, Scalp EG/Storm Shadow and AGM-158B JASSM-ER.

The sensor package includes a target detection and designation radar, target and missile tracking radar and electro-optical (infrared-based) sensor systems. The first radar can detect targets of 2 square meters Radar Cross Section (RCS) at ranges between 32 to 45 kilometers while tracking up to 20 targets simultaneously in a 45-degree cone-shaped field. The tracking radar is able to follow the same kind of target at ranges 24-28 km but tracking only one target and guiding up to two 57E6-E missiles. Each Pantsir system can guide up to four missiles simultaneously with each missile being fired after 1.5 seconds. The electro-optical system has a maximum range of operation 17-26 km tracking a single target and a single missile. Pantsir-S1 can shot down airborne threats flying up to Mach 3 (1,000 m/s) at ranges between 1.2 to 20 kilometers and altitudes varying from 5 to 10,000 meters. The two automatic anti-aircraft guns deliver a maximum rate of fire between 4,500 and 5,000 rounds per minute. The gun system is able to take out targets at ranges between 200 to 4,000 meters at altitudes between zero (on-the-ground) and 3,000 meters.

Group : Local Air Defenses
Status : Active
Also Known As : Pantsyr-S2
Origin : Russia
Contractor : KBP
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : December 2015
Total Production : ?

The KBP corporation announced in September 2013 that it had started development of a next-generation Pantsyr system (Pantsyr-S2?) and was expected to be completed in 2017. The new ground-based air defense gun and missile system performance is expected to be completely different and superior to existing equivalent systems.

Group : Local Air Defenses
Status : Active
Also Known As : Pantsyr-SA
Origin : Russia
Contractor : KBP
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : December 2016
Total Production : ?

The Pantsyr-SA, also known as Pantsir-SA, is an upgraded variant of the Russian Air Force Pantsyr-S ground-based air defense system optimized for operations in the extreme cold Arctic climate. The upgraded air defense system will receive an extensive modernization to intercept UAVs and is expected to be ready for serial production by late 2016. The new air defense system is integrated onto the DT-30PM tracked all-terrain vehicle specially well suited for the Arctic environment. The Russian Armed Forces may take delivery of newly produced Pantsyr-SA air defense system beginning in late 2016 or early 2017.

Group : Sea-Based Air Defense Systems
Status : Active
Also Known As : Pantsyr-M, Pantsyr-ME (export version)
Origin : Russia
Contractor : KBP
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 2019
Total Production : ?

The Pantsyr-M, also known as the Pantsyr-ME for the export market, is a ship-based air defense system derived from the Pantsyr-S1 ground based air defense system. The Pantsyr-M gun and missile weapon station is the replacement for the Russian Navy's Kortik air defense system. New classes of corvettes, frigates, destroyers and cruisers built in Russia will be provided with the new weapon system. The Pantsyr-M has a response time of 3-5 seconds and can engage and destroy simultaneously up to four targets at ranges of up to 20 kilometers. KBP announced that the Russian Navy would be taking delivery of Pantsyr-M air defense systems in July 2011. In September 2013, the Russian Navy announced its intention to deploy the naval version of Pantsyr air defense system on existing destroyers and other large warships by 2015.

The new missiles provided to the Pantsyr-M can engage targets flying as low as 2 meters of altitude or up to 15,000 meters while having a parabolic range of up to 20 kilometers. These missiles look like an enhanced version of the Pantsyr-S1's 57E6-E missiles with the same range but with the ability to engage targets at higher altitudes and very low altitudes. The Pantsyr-M guns can take out airborne targets at ranges of 4,000 meters and flying at up to 3,000 meters of altitude. The guns specifications are very close to the 30mm 2A38M cannon also utilized on the Pantsyr ground-based air defense system.

Group : Local Air Defenses
Status : Active
Also Known As : Pantsyr-SM
Origin : Russia
Contractor : KBP
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : June 2020
Total Production : ?

The Pantsyr-SM, also known as Pantsir-SM, is an upgraded variant of the Russian Air Force Pantsyr-S ground-based air defense system optimized for engaging unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and operations in the extreme cold Arctic climate. The upgraded air defense system will receive an extensive modernization to intercept UAVs and is expected to be ready for serial production by 2015. The Russian Armed Forces may take delivery of newly produced and older Pantsyr-S retrofitted to the Pantsyr-SM air defense system beginning in late 2015. In November 2017 it was revealed that the new weapon system will use new missiles which will increase the kill range to 40 kilometers. The detection range of Pantsir-SM will be increased to 75 kilometers. It is expected to be tested for the first time by the end of 2019 achieving initial operational capability in 2020 or 2021. The new complex is expected to get hypersonic surface-to-air missiles beginning in 2021-2022.

The Pantsir-SM was deployed successfully in Ukraine in December 2023.

Group : Local Air Defenses
Status : Active
Origin : Russia
Contractor : KBP
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 2023
Total Production : ?

The Pantsir-S1M is a variant equipped with long-range electromagnetic (EM) cannon in order to destroy the avionics and control systems of unmanned air vehicles and aircraft. The Pantsir-S1M is expected to operate in passive mode firing its EM weapon at targets at ranges of up to 18 kilometers. The new weapon system is expected to be field tested in Syria and Nagorno-Karabakh with Ukraine being another potential proving ground. The weapon system was under development in 2021 with an estimated entry into service in the 2023-2025 timeframe.

Group : Local Air Defenses
Status : Active
Also Known As : Pantsir-SMD-E
Origin : Russia
Contractor : KBP
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : February 2025
Total Production : ?

The Pantsir-SMD is a new modification of the Pantsir ground-based mobile air defense system intended to counter attacks from swarm of drones. The Pantsir-SMD lacks the two automatic 30mm cannons from previous versions but can be outfitted with cells of four small anti-drone missiles replacing the larger tube-launched surface-to-air missiles. The Pantsir-SMD air defense system was unveiled in August 2024.

Group : Local Air Defenses
Status : Active
Also Known As : Pantsyr-SM-SV
Origin : Russia
Contractor : KBP
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : March 2025
Total Production : ?

The Pantsir-SM-SV is a new variant of the Pantsir-SM deployed onto a tracked chassis and featuring two new missiles and sensors. The Pantsir-SM-SV has a maximum engagement range of 60-70 kilometers utilizing hypersonic surface-to-air missiles. The new weapon system is expected to be hard to detect by hostile suppression of air defense systems. The Pantsir-SM-SV armored chassis suggests that the system may be deployed along frontline troops replacing the Tunguska ground-based air defense system. The Pantsir-SM-SV weapon system was ready for testing in December 2021.

The new air defense system uses a high mobility GM-352ME1 tracked chassis and the 1RS2-3 radar system along 12 tube-launched missiles. The Russian Armed Forces began taking delivery of the new Pantsir-SM-SV air defense systems in March 2025.