FB-6A Chinese 4x4 Mobile Short-Range Air Defense System

The FB-6A is a copy of the US Army's AN/TWQ-1 Avenger Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD) system. The HMMWV copy that carries the pedestal launcher is the Shenyang SFQ2040. The main difference between FN-6A and its successor FB-6A is that the SAM system is broken down into two portions in the FB-6A: FB-6A SAM system consists of two vehicles, one carrying the engagement radar, while the other carrying the missile launcher and missiles. Although the 12.7 mm heavy machine gun is no longer the standard equipment of FB-6A system, it can be added as an option, and is interchangeable with other machine guns. The total numbers of missiles carried by the launching vehicle of FB-6A remain the same as FN-6A, still totaling eight. A command vehicle and 8 launching vehicles form an air defense battery when fighting as a coherent unit, and this in turn can be integrated into larger air defense networks. Alternatively, the launching vehicle can be directly integrated into larger air defense networks without the need of the command vehicle. The launch vehicle can be task organized to fight alone without the radar however, aircraft acquisition become more difficult and engagement times become longer.