The MIM-23B has a larger 163 lb 74 kg blast-fragmentation warhead a smaller and improved guidance package and a new M112 rocket motor. The AIM-23B Fakkur semi-active radar homing missile has a maximum range of 44 miles 70km with an effective range of 31 miles 50km It is not only reliable but has a heavier warhead a more. Since its entry into service the MIM-23 has been extensively modernised with the MIM-23B which entered service from 1971 measuring 5cm shorter than its predecessor but deploying a warhead. On another revealing stencil below I can just about make out AIM-23B AIM-23 aka Sedjil is the IRIAF designation for the air launched MIM-23 Hawk that Iran attempted to make as a. SAM Improved Hawk MIM 23B In 1972 the Hawk SAM system was adopted by the US Army to replace the Hawk complex developed in the late 50s..
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