QW missile

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The QW-1 (NATO reporting name: CH-SA-7){{Cite book|author=The International Institute for Strategic Studies|title=The Military Balance 2023|date=15 February 2023 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |chapter=6 Asia }} is the initial version. It is likely a copy or derivative of the Soviet 9K38 Igla-1 MANPAD.Chinese Tactics (2021): page C-3

The system was unveiled in 1994.{{cite book |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html |chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2012/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2012-Chapter-10-EN.pdf |chapter=Surveying the Battlefield: Illicit Arms In Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia |title=Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2012 |author=Small Arms Survey |author-link=Small Arms Survey |page=327 |isbn=978-0-521-19714-4 |access-date=30 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831002411/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html |archive-date=2018-08-31 |url-status=dead}}

;QW-1M

:Modernized version. Also used by Kata'ib Hezbollah.{{cite report |title=Iraq: Turning a blind eye: The arming of the Popular Mobilization Units |date=5 January 2017 |url=https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1453862017ENGLISH.PDF |id=MDE 14/5386/2017 |publisher=Amnesty International |page=26}}

;Anza-2

:Version developed or produced in Pakistan.{{cite book |title=SIPRI Yearbook 2007: Armaments, Disarmament, and International Security |url=https://www.sipri.org/yearbook/2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2007 |isbn=9780199230211 |page=684}}

;Misagh-1

:Version developed or produced in Iran. Also used by Iraqi insurgents and Kata'ib Hezbollah.

;Misagh-2

:Version developed or produced in Iran. According to some sources, the Misagh-2 may be a copy of the QW-1M.

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{{Main|QW-2 MANPADS}}

The QW-3 uses semi-active homing.{{cite book |last1=Zeigler |first1=Sean M. |last2=Hou |first2=Alexander C. |last3=Martini |first3=Jeffrey |last4=Norton |first4=Daniel M. |last5=Phillips |first5=Brian |last6=Schwille |first6=Michael |last7=Strong |first7=Aaron |last8=Vest |first8=Nathan |date=2019 |title=Acquisition and Use of MANPADS Against Commercial Aviation: Risks, Proliferation, Mitigation, and Cost of an Attack |url=https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR4300/RR4304/RAND_RR4304.pdf |location=Santa Monica, California |publisher=RAND Corporation |page=3 |isbn=978-1-9774-0418-3 |id=RR-4304-DOS}}

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The QW-18 (NATO reporting name: CH-SA-11{{cite journal|title=Chapter Five: Asia: Regional trends in 2024 |date=2025 |journal=The Military Balance 2025 |volume=125 |issue=1 |page=206–311 |doi=10.1080/04597222.2025.2445477 }}) is a new version of the Qianwei series. It is an all-weather MANPADS system. It uses a dual-band passive infrared seeker, the target plume and skinning two heat detection. The QW-18A features electric-servo control actuators to increase guidance and flight characteristics.

• Range: 500 to 5,000 m
• Altitude: 10 to 4,000 m.

QW-19 is an upgrade of QW-18, featuring a new digital seeker and a contact-proximity fuse with four control fins (instead of two on QW-18). It supports initial guidance mode, and the shooter can engage the targets by directly aiming.{{cite web|url=https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/china-defense-close |title=China Defense Close-Up |date=1 December 2014 |website=Aviation Week }}

• {{lwc|Anza (missile)}}
• The FN-6 and HN-5 are other Chinese man-portable surface-to-air missiles.
• {{lwc|FIM-92 Stinger}}
• {{lwc|Qaem#Qaem ground to air missile|Qaem}}
• {{lwc|Misagh-2}}
• {{lwc|PZR Grom}}
• {{lwc|Mistral (missile)}}

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• {{cite book |title=Chinese Tactics |url=https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN33195-ATP_7-100.3-000-WEB-1.pdf |publisher=United States Department of the Army |id=ATP 7-100.3 |location=Washington, D.C. |page= |date=9 August 2021}}

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