Description:

Soviet Block surface to air collection including SA-6 Gainful, SA-8 Gecko, and SA-13 Gopher, all low poly models.

Textures:

All models have a generic NATO texture set that includes bump and color maps. All mappings are based on ortho projections so it would be relatively easy to produce your own texture versions.

History:

The SA-6 Gainful (NATO Designation) low to medium altitude SAM was developed in the 1950s and first seen in public during 1967. In the Russian Army it is known as a ZRK-SD Kub; export version is ZRK-SD Kvadrat. First operational use was during the 1973 Middle East conflict when used by Egypt and Syria; since then it has also seen combat in Algeria, Angola, Iraq, Libya, Lebanon, and Morocco.

The SA-8 Gecko (NATO Designation) is a single-stage, solid-fuel, short-range, low-altitude, all-weather SAM system. In the Russian Army it is known as the Antey 9K33 Osa. The first production version of this system was identified as SA-8a, which only had 4 launcher rails and exposed missiles. A target can be brought under fire both with one missile as well as a volley of two missiles. This system is also air transportable.

The SA-13 Gopher, known in Russia as the ZRK-BD 9K35 "Strela-10", is a highly mobile, visually aimed, optical/infra-red guided, low-altitude, short-range surface to air missile system. It is the successor of the 9K31 "Strela-1" (NATO reporting name SA-9 "Gaskin"). Rather than being mounted on an amphibious but lightly armoured BRDM chassis like the SA-9, the SA-13 is mounted on a slightly better protected and more mobile tracked, modified MT-LB. Four missiles are mounted on the turret in boxes, ready to launch, and eight more are carried inside the vehicle as reloads. Reloading takes around 3 minutes.