9K22 Tunguska - Operators and Combat History

Operators and Combat History

Variants of the 9K22 system have continued to serve in the Soviet and later Russian armed forces since their initial introduction in 1984. The 9K22 has also been inducted into the armed forces of a number of foreign states, most notably India. The 9K22 has been used in the 2008 South Ossetia war by Russian armed forces.

  • Belarus
  • People's Republic of China - see FK-1000 under Variants above
  • India: 66–92 2K22M/M1 ordered in 1996 (24–50 2K22M), 2001 (14 2K22M) and 2005 (28 2K22M1)
  • Morocco: 12 2K22M1 ordered in 2005
  • Russia: 256 2K22M/M1 All production in USSR, almost all Tunguska/-M
  • Ukraine: Unknown number

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