//Public Intel-Report
Last updated: 20221215
RWR: 6
THREAT: MEDIUM
In-DCS Unit View:
Originators Designation: 2K12 Kub
NATO Reporting Name: SA-6 Gainful
Description: The 2K12 "Kub" (Russian: 2К12 "Куб"; English: cube) (NATO reporting name: SA-6 "Gainful") mobile surface-to-air missile system is a Soviet low to medium-level air defence system designed to protect ground forces from air attack. "2К12" is the GRAU designation of the system.
The SA-6 GAINFUL system is a mobile, radar guided SAM system. The missile is a two stage, low-altitude SAM that uses radio command guidance with semi-active radar terminal homing. It was designed to destroy aircraft, missiles, cruise missiles and assault helicopters at low to medium altitudes. Each battery has a Straight Flush FCR and six launchers, all on armored carrier chassis. It is supported by two ACRV antiaircraft vehicles and two support vehicles. The system can guide three missiles to one target at any given time but is limited to firing at a single target. The SA-6 has a range of 2 to 11 nm and can engage targets from 550 up to 36000 feet. The system is extremely vulnerable to a HARM attack due to it’s short range and single Straight Flush FCR, which if destroyed will shut down the entire battery but being a mobile system, it can still surprise aircraft by switching on at short range. The best defense against a missile launch is to beam and use an 8- 9g break-turn with chaff but even this is not guaranteed to cause a miss as the high speed of the SA-6 (up to Mach 2.8) makes them difficult to defeat kinetically. A high threat missile system, the SA-6 is resistant to chaff and is difficult to beat with a break-turn. The system should be destroyed from range using the HARM but any missiles in the
Each 2K12 battery consists of a number of similar tracked vehicles, one of which carries the 1S91 (SURN vehicle, NATO designation "Straight Flush") 25 kW G/H band radar (with a range of 75 km (47 mi)) equipped with a continuous wave illuminator, in addition to an optical sight. The battery usually also includes four triple-missile transporter erector launchers (TELs), and four trucks, each carrying three spare missiles and a crane. The TEL is based on a GM-578 chassis, while the 1S91 radar vehicle is based on a GM-568 chassis, all developed and produced by MMZ.
Specifications:
Defensive Maneuvers: Priority target for SEAD & CAS aircraft. Detectible via RWR, triggers RWR launch warning. Suppress with ECM. Engage with anti-radiation and stand-off munitions
HARM+Cluster Bombs~Standoff attack with AGM-65 and ECM. Missile uses lead pursuit course. Sustained 8-9g turns+Chaff/Beam/Retain High Airspeed//Destroy FCR
Medium chaff resistance. Hard to defeat kinematically. Site consists of 6x launchers and Straight Flush FCR.
HARM ALIC Codes:
Last updated: 20221215
RWR: 6
THREAT: MEDIUM
In-DCS Unit View:
Originators Designation: 2K12 Kub
NATO Reporting Name: SA-6 Gainful
Description: The 2K12 "Kub" (Russian: 2К12 "Куб"; English: cube) (NATO reporting name: SA-6 "Gainful") mobile surface-to-air missile system is a Soviet low to medium-level air defence system designed to protect ground forces from air attack. "2К12" is the GRAU designation of the system.
The SA-6 GAINFUL system is a mobile, radar guided SAM system. The missile is a two stage, low-altitude SAM that uses radio command guidance with semi-active radar terminal homing. It was designed to destroy aircraft, missiles, cruise missiles and assault helicopters at low to medium altitudes. Each battery has a Straight Flush FCR and six launchers, all on armored carrier chassis. It is supported by two ACRV antiaircraft vehicles and two support vehicles. The system can guide three missiles to one target at any given time but is limited to firing at a single target. The SA-6 has a range of 2 to 11 nm and can engage targets from 550 up to 36000 feet. The system is extremely vulnerable to a HARM attack due to it’s short range and single Straight Flush FCR, which if destroyed will shut down the entire battery but being a mobile system, it can still surprise aircraft by switching on at short range. The best defense against a missile launch is to beam and use an 8- 9g break-turn with chaff but even this is not guaranteed to cause a miss as the high speed of the SA-6 (up to Mach 2.8) makes them difficult to defeat kinetically. A high threat missile system, the SA-6 is resistant to chaff and is difficult to beat with a break-turn. The system should be destroyed from range using the HARM but any missiles in the
Each 2K12 battery consists of a number of similar tracked vehicles, one of which carries the 1S91 (SURN vehicle, NATO designation "Straight Flush") 25 kW G/H band radar (with a range of 75 km (47 mi)) equipped with a continuous wave illuminator, in addition to an optical sight. The battery usually also includes four triple-missile transporter erector launchers (TELs), and four trucks, each carrying three spare missiles and a crane. The TEL is based on a GM-578 chassis, while the 1S91 radar vehicle is based on a GM-568 chassis, all developed and produced by MMZ.
Specifications:
| Max Engagement Range: | 20nm |
| Max Engagement Height: | 33,000ft |
| Min Engagement Height: | 500ft |
| Max Speed: | M2.8 |
| ECM Burn Through | 18nm |
| Warhead Weight | N/A |
Defensive Maneuvers: Priority target for SEAD & CAS aircraft. Detectible via RWR, triggers RWR launch warning. Suppress with ECM. Engage with anti-radiation and stand-off munitions
HARM+Cluster Bombs~Standoff attack with AGM-65 and ECM. Missile uses lead pursuit course. Sustained 8-9g turns+Chaff/Beam/Retain High Airspeed//Destroy FCR
Medium chaff resistance. Hard to defeat kinematically. Site consists of 6x launchers and Straight Flush FCR.
HARM ALIC Codes:
| Straight Flush Track Radar | 108 |
| Spoon Rest Search Radar | N/A |
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