HN-6

Description

HN-6 (红缨-6, HongYing, lit. a red tassel, but the abbreviation HY was already used by PLAN's HY series ASM) is the secondary weapon that comes with PGZ04A, it is a MANPADS made by CNPMIEC and was exported under the name FN-6 to many countries.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• PGZ04A

General info

HN-6 has a major difference that tell this missile apart from others is the pointy conical shroud that also serves as the cooler for the seeker.

Mass: 10.7kg

Mass at end of burn: 7.8/6.5kg

Width: 72mm

Length: 1.43m

Effective damage

The missile comes with 0.77kg TNT equivalent of explosives, it causes shrapnel and explosive damages to aircrafts.

Comparison with analogues

Mistral and Type 91 MANPADS are currently the only other 2 land-based and vehicle launched missiles; performance-wise, HN-6 is very similar to Type 91 in many aspects and it shines over the explosive mass and acceleration; while Mistral shines over HN-6 in basically all aspects; on the other hand, HN-6 is also the only land-based and vehicle launched MANPADS that doesn't come with proximity fuse so it might not be enough to deal with fast moving and careful jets

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